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ILO panel discussion explores gender equality and women’s empowerment in crisis settings

22 March 2022

Side event during the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

News

The ILO releases new guide to promote gender equality and empower women in the world of work in conflict, disaster and other fragile settings

22 March 2022

Video

Gender equality in the world of work in crisis and fragile settings

21 March 2022

Guide

Gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work in fragile, conflict and disaster settings

21 March 2022

Document

Initial review of community-based vocational training (CBVT) in G20 countries - presentation

18 March 2022

This presentation is based on the report prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for the 1st G20 Employment Group Meeting in 2022. It addresses one of the priorities identified by the Indonesian Presidency. It provides an overview of Community-Based Vocational Training (CBVT) schemes and approaches in G20 countries with a focus on rural areas. It describes how CBVT is organized, governed, financed, and implemented in different countries, building on community structures and decentralized forms of management. It clusters countries into different types of schemes, provides examples of the role CBVT has played during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role information technology and ICTs play in skills design and delivery of CBVT. Pointing to a number of lessons learned in making CBVT realize its potential in G20 countries, the presentation aims at informing policy debate and knowledge sharing among members of the G20 Employment Working Group.

Document

Initial review of community-based vocational training (CBVT) in G20 countries

18 March 2022

This report was prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for the 1st G20 Employment Group Meeting in 2022. It addresses one of the priorities identified by the Indonesian Presidency. This review provides an overview of Community-Based Vocational Training (CBVT) schemes and approaches in G20 countries with a focus on rural areas. It describes how CBVT is organized, governed, financed, and implemented in different countries, building on community structures and decentralized forms of management. It clusters countries into different types of schemes, provides examples of the role CBVT has played during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role information technology and ICTs play in skills design and delivery of CBVT. Pointing to a number of lessons learned in making CBVT realize its potential in G20 countries, the review aims at informing policy debate and knowledge sharing among members of the G20 Employment Working Group.

News

ILO and Japan launch five new water systems in Mindanao

17 March 2022

Over 3,000 households have gained access to safe and clean water as the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project launches five new water systems built by community members, indigenous peoples and former combatants in the Bangsamoro region.

International Women's Day 2022

Princess Sarah Culberson: Invest in the care economy for a better gender equal world

11 March 2022

In celebrating International Women's Week, author, humanitarian and global public speaker, Princess Sarah Culberson of Sierra Leone, joins the ILO to call on countries to invest in the care economy and transformative policies to shape a better future and achieve the SDGs in 2030.

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International Women's Day

ILO urges the government to heed the rights of female workers in oil palm plantations and fisheries

10 March 2022

The ILO Worker’s Rights in Rural Sector with Focus on Women Project and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta held a media webinar regarding women workers in rural areas, in conjunction with the International Women's Day.

ILO Working paper 55

Costs and benefits of investing in transformative care policy packages: A macrosimulation study in 82 countries

09 March 2022