Publications on Equality and discrimination

March 2022

  1. Guide

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

    21 March 2022

November 2021

  1. 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

  1. 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.

March 2021

  1. Empowering Women at Work

    Government laws and policies for gender equality

    04 March 2021

    This report examines how governments can design and implement policies that promote a future of work that is gender-responsive by design and is anchored in social justice and decent work principles.

December 2020

  1. Empowering Women at Work

    Policies and practices for gender equality in supply chains

    20 December 2020

November 2020

  1. 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.

August 2020

  1. Technical annex

    Youth and COVID-19: Impacts on jobs, education, rights and mental well-being

    11 August 2020

July 2020

  1. 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.

May 2019

  1. Women in Business and Management

    The business case for change: Visual resources for the report

    22 May 2019

  2. Survey

    Women in Business and Management: A global survey of enterprises

    22 May 2019

    This global analytical survey report examines business practices and outcomes related to gender diversity in approximately 13,000 enterprises in over 70 countries.