Publications
2020
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The COVID-19 response: Getting gender equality right for a better future for women at work
11 May 2020
This policy brief provides information on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects women and men differently in the world of work and highlights the specific challenges facing women. It provides an overview of the various measures that countries have taken to address the immediate needs of different categories of women workers, and suggests short- and long-term actions that governments can take to advance gender equality for more resilient, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies.
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The COVID-19 response: Getting gender equality right for a better future for women at work
11 May 2020
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Family-friendly workplace practices and policies for employers in the context of COVID-19
06 April 2020
This document builds on material developed by UNICEF EAPRO, UNICEF ESARO and the ILO. It is an interim guidance note, developed in a fast-evolving situation. It provides general recommendations that aim to help employers strengthen support for workers and their families.
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Some world agreements about stopping violence and harassment at work
10 March 2020
An easy-to-read guide to the Violence and Harassment Convention No.190 and Recommendation No.206
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Some world agreements about stopping violence and harassment at work
10 March 2020
An easy-to-read guide to the Violence and Harassment Convention No.190 and Recommendation No.206
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Fact sheet - Implementing the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169: Towards an inclusive, sustainable and just future
03 February 2020
2019
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The Employment Generation Impact of Meeting SDG Targets in Early Childhood Care, Education, Health and Long- Term Care in 45 Countries
19 December 2019
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The Unpaid Care Work and the Labour Market. An analysis of time use data based on the latest World Compilation of Time-use Surveys
19 December 2019
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Guidance Note 4: Integrating gender equality in monitoring and evaluation
26 September 2019
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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.
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The business case for change: Country snapshots
22 May 2019
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Women in Business and Management: The business case for change
22 May 2019
Our second global report on Women in Business and Management offers new insights into how gender diversity at the top improves organizational performance. These include how the many dimensions of an organization’s policies, a gender-balanced workforce and a gender-inclusive culture, among other factors, move the needle for more women to hold decision-making power.
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Women in Business and Management: The business case for change
22 May 2019
Our second global report on Women in Business and Management offers new insights into how gender diversity at the top improves organizational performance. These include how the many dimensions of an organization’s policies, a gender-balanced workforce and a gender-inclusive culture, among other factors, move the needle for more women to hold decision-making power.
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Closing the Gender Pay Gap: What Role for Trade Unions?
09 April 2019
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.
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A quantum leap for gender equality: For a better future of work for all
07 March 2019
This report is the culmination of the extensive and often ground-breaking work undertaken in the ILO’s Women at Work Centenary Initiative. It is closely aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
2018
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HIV self-testing at the workplace
30 November 2018
Launched ahead of World AIDS Day 2018, the policy brief, developed by ILO and WHO, outlines key planning and implementation considerations for managers and implementers on HIV self-testing at workplaces. Given the gaps in HIV testing, HIV self-testing is one of the options recommended by WHO that can be used to reach undiagnosed populations. HIV self-testing at workplaces gives workers more choices, greater confidentiality and convenience.
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Labour market challenges of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: A qualitative assessment of Employment Service Centres
11 October 2018
The “Impact Report Series” disseminates research reports from Taqeem-supported impact evaluations. Reports include baseline, endline and qualitative reports which describe the research designs, methodologies, interventions under investigation and policy and programmatic findings and recommendations.
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ILO Action Plan for Gender Equality 2018-21
01 October 2018
This Action Plan aims to support effective and inclusive gender-responsive delivery of the Decent Work Agenda by operationalizing the ILO gender equality policy.
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Assessing the impact on employability and quality of employment of non-formal apprenticeships in agriculture-related trades
25 September 2018
The “Impact Report Series” disseminates research reports from Taqeem-supported impact evaluations. Reports include baseline, endline and qualitative reports which describe the research designs, methodologies, interventions under investigation and policy and programmatic findings and recommendations.
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The impact of HIV and AIDS on the world of work: Global estimates
24 May 2018
Bringing together health data, in particular HIV prevalence data, with labour force, economic and demographic data, the report sets out social and economic impacts on workers and their households for 2005, 2010 and 2015, as well as projections for 2020.