Publications on Equality and discrimination

March 2018

  1. Publication

    Rural Women at Work: Bridging the gaps

    06 March 2018

    Rural women - a quarter of the world’s population - work as farmers, wage earners and entrepreneurs. They represent an important share of the agriculture workforce and their contribution to the rural economy is widely underestimated. They are concentrated in the informal economy in low-skilled, low-productivity, and low or unpaid jobs with long working hours. Released ahead of the International Women’s day 2018, this brief captures the challenges rural women face at work and makes recommendations on how to bridge these gaps.

February 2015

  1. Report III (Part 1B)

    Giving a voice to rural workers

    05 February 2015

February 2012

  1. Publication

    Indigenous women workers - With case studies from Bangladesh, Nepal and the Americas

    15 February 2012

    This paper draws on the expertise and experience of two specialized ILO teams - the Programme to Promote ILO Convention No. 169 (PRO169) based in the International Labour Standards Department and the ILO’s Bureau for Gender Equality - with the aim of examining indigenous women’s position in the workforce.

July 2011

  1. Publication

    Guidelines for Combating Child Labour Among Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ITPs)

    01 July 2011

    Guidelines to combat child labour among ITPs, which meet the specific needs of ITPs through a rights-based approach.