Indigenous women workers - With case studies from Bangladesh, Nepal and the Americas

This paper draws on the expertise and experience of two specialized ILO teams - the Programme to Promote ILO Convention No. 169 (PRO169) based in the International Labour Standards Department and the ILO’s Bureau for Gender Equality - with the aim of examining indigenous women’s position in the workforce.

The paper summarises the results of a number of case-studies undertaken in South America, Nepal and Bangladesh and makes some recommendations for how Decent Work can be advanced for indigenous women. It was developed with the support of the Government of Denmark.