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Policy Brief

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: What Role for Trade Unions?

This policy brief focusses on four main trade union strategies that address overall gender discrimination, overall wage inequality, specific gender pay gaps and Women’s representation in decision-making.

Further project information

Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development in Zimbabwe

GREEN ENTERPRIZE

SIMUKA-PHAKAMA Is your business ready to leap and go green?

UNHCR Study

Vulnerability Assessment Framework - Population study 2019

This 2019 study, for the first time, provide insights into the prevalence of child labour as a result of a collaboration between UNHCR and ILO Research Teams.

Bilateral labour agreements

Core elements of a bilateral agreement or a memorandum of understanding on labour migration

The Government of Bangladesh has been developing and maintaining bilateral relationships for labour migration with countries in the Middle East and East Asia. Such relationships are promoted through memoranda of understanding and bilateral...

Bilateral labour agreements

Assessment guide for bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on labour migration, with a special focus on Bangladesh

Bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding between countries of origin and countries of destination provide States with operational frameworks for regulating labour migration flows, ensuring conditions for decent work and protection...

Labour agreements

Good practices and provisions in multilateral and bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding

Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral agreements (BLAs) are key instruments of labour migration governance, and when drawn in line with international labour standards, they can be an important tool in making migration a positive...

Understanding the Gender Pay Gap

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone: Main Findings

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone: Brochure

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Sierra Leone was assessed through a careful review of secondary data, findings from a large national enterprise survey, in-depth interviews and supplementary information from published and...

Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for Sri Lankan Journalists

This toolkit was created to help Sri Lanka journalists report on fair recruitment and forced labour. It was created by the International Federation of Journalists and the Free Media Movement in Sri Lanka.

Employer's Package Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA). Brochure.

Labour migration

Building partnerships for effectively managing labor migration: Lessons from Asian countries

This publication analyzes labor migration trends and policies in Asia and emphasizes the importance of partnerships to promote effective labor migration management.

2018 Third-party monitoring of child labour and forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

Annual Results Report 2018

In Pursuit of Equality & Prosperity in Egypt- 2018 Results

In 2019, ILO reflects with pride on 60 years of achievements in Egypt, in addition to celebrating 100 years of results at the global level (1919- 2019). In this report, you will read about the reach and results of ILO-Cairo’s 2018 programme, framed...

Ukraine and the ILO Vol. I.

Ukraine and the ILO Vol. II.

Myanmar National Occupational Safety and Health Profile - 2018

Identifying the real situation of the existing occupational safety and health (OSH) in the country is very important in order to establish and organize the effective future activities, plans and programs for OSH in Myanmar. OSH is an important...

Case Brief #15: MicroEnsure's Innovation Lab

MicroEnsure is a leading global insurance solutions provider serving more than 42 million customers in emerging markets. It has over a decade of experience of introducing innovations in insurance for the low-income market. This brief focuses on...