Publications on Equality and discrimination

February 2013

  1. Publication

    ILO Partners’ Meeting promotional brochure: Rising to the challenge – scaling up the response to HIV and AIDS through workplace action in Africa

    13 February 2013

November 2012

  1. Comparative study

    Good practices and challenges on the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156): A comparative study

    05 November 2012

    The working paper presents ten national case studies on Conventions No. 183 and 156. It identifies opportunities for stepping up ratification and implementation of these Conventions, as requested in the 2009 International Labour Conference Resolution concerning gender equality at the heart of decent work. An annex contains an annotated bibliography of 150 relevant publications, making this a complete reference tool for policy-makers and practitioners.

October 2012

  1. Publication

    Gender Equality and Decent Work: Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that promote gender equality as of 2012

    17 October 2012

    This guide provides the text of some of the key Conventions for promoting gender equality in the world of work

  2. Publication

    Pioneering Partnership Responds to HIV/AIDS in the World of Work

    11 October 2012

    This article deals with the joint action of the ILO, Sierra Rutile and NAS to evaluate Sierra Rutile’s HIV/AIDS programme.

  3. Publication

    Knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and AIDS among manufacturing industry workers in Nicaragua

    01 October 2012

    A baseline study was conducted in 2010, by the ILO and supported by the OPEC for OFID, to assess the vulnerabilities, knowledge, attitudes and practices associated with HIV and AIDS among workers of the manufacturing industry.

  4. Publication

    Honduras: A Living Memory - Policies and Programs on HIV and AIDS for the World of Work in Honduras

    01 October 2012

    This technical cooperation project carried out by the ILO reached achievements such as a national HIV/AIDS workplace policy, the promotion of the ILO Recommendation on HIV and AIDS, 2010 (No. 200), strengthening technical capacities to tackle HIV at the workplace and evidence-based data production.

  5. Publication

    Knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and AIDS among manufacturing industry workers in Honduras

    01 October 2012

    This study was conducted by the ILO and the UNAH-VS, in partnership with UNAIDS, the Honduran Manufacturers Association and ASONAPVSIDAH. The objective is to identify the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relative to HIV and AIDS among the workers of six companies in the manufacturing industry located in Villanueva and Choloma of the Cortés Region.

  6. Publication

    Knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and AIDS among national port authority and dock workers in Honduras

    01 October 2012

    This study was conducted by the ILO, with the support of the OFID, in collaboration with UNAH-VS, UNAIDS, ENP, SITRAENP, and ASONAPVSIDAH. The objective is to ascertain the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV and AIDS among the workforce of the National Port Authority (ENP), and the dock workers employed at Puerto Cortés.

August 2012

  1. Publication

    United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership (UNIPP) Strategic Framework 2011-2015

    02 August 2012

    (UNIPP) is a joint rights and results based initiative between the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The Partnership underscores the significant place of indigenous peoples as rights holders under international human rights law so as to advance the rights of these peoples.

  2. Publication

    United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership Brochure (2012): Delivering as One UN at the country level

    02 August 2012

    Indigenous and tribal peoples constitute at least 5,000 distinct peoples with a population of more than 370 million, living in 70 different countries. They are part of the overall contribution of all peoples’ to the diversity and richness of the world. Yet there is an urgent need to respect, promote and protect their inherent collective and individual rights that derive from their social, economic, cultural and political institutions, traditions and knowledge. This Brochure addresses the collective strategy of the five UN agencies in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples.