Publications on Equality and discrimination
November 2021
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Publication
Women at Work in G20 countries: policy action since 2020
25 November 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on employment was initially greater for women than for men. Unlike in previous crises, sectors in which women are over-represented were hit more by job and work hour losses than those in which men prevail. The crisis has also highlighted the need to improve working conditions in essential service jobs, such as lower-skilled occupations in the health and care sectors, where women make up the majority of workers in most G20 economies.
July 2021
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Policy Brief
Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the core of the COVID-19 recovery
19 July 2021
This policy brief provides an outlook of where women stand in the labour market after more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Publication
Women at Work in G20 countries: policy action since 2020
15 July 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on employment was initially greater for women than for men. Unlike in previous crises, sectors in which women are over-represented were hit more by job and work hour losses than those in which men prevail. The crisis has also highlighted the need to improve working conditions in essential service jobs, such as lower-skilled occupations in the health and care sectors, where women make up the majority of workers in most G20 economies.
April 2021
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Publication
Exploring and Tackling Barriers to Indigenous Women’s Participation and Organization
09 April 2021
A study based on qualitative research in Bangladesh, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Cameroon and Guatemala
March 2021
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Research brief
Gender and the labour market in Viet Nam
02 March 2021
This is an analysis based on the Viet Nam Labour Force Survey
November 2020
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Joint OECD/ ILO/ CAWTAR publication
Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
10 November 2020
The OECD, ILO and CAWTAR have joined forces– with the support of numerous local, regional and international experts– to produce this study, which captures the potential of a region on the move towards greater economic empowerment of its women citizens.
October 2020
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Publication
Indigenous women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator
30 October 2020
The result of a collective and community-led data-gathering exercise relying on the Indigenous Navigator framework and tools, this report identifies and discusses the experiences, needs, concerns and aspirations of indigenous women in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The report sheds light on inequalities and intersecting forms of discrimination affecting indigenous women, which placed them in a particularly vulnerable situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these persisting challenges, reported experiences testify to Indigenous women’s role as leading actors in building resilience.
August 2020
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Technical annex
Youth and COVID-19: Impacts on jobs, education, rights and mental well-being
11 August 2020
July 2020
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Publication
Gender equality in the world of work: Towards a transformative and measurable agenda for more equal societies
27 July 2020
This brochure provides an overview of the situation of women in the labour market and proposes a package of interventions that aim at promoting a transformative and measurable agenda for more equal societies. The brochure provides information on the ILO approach to gender equality in the world of work and its most recent work.
June 2020
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ILO/UN Women
Protecting the rights of domestic workers in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
16 June 2020
This note explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic workers in Malaysia. It highlights the requirements of migrant domestic workers in light of the existing and emerging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and makes recommendations to protect the rights of domestic workers in Malaysia.