Resources on Gender equality

  1. © TOI 2024

    The Times of India

    Women still earn less, but wage gap has narrowed: ILO Report

    28 August 2018

  2. Our impact, their voices

    How a new law in Uruguay boosted care services while breaking gender stereotypes

    27 August 2018

    Its innovative care system is cited as a model for the future of care, in the ILO’s latest report on the care economy.

  3. Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

    Cooperative of Associated Work Planeta Verde: Improving living conditions of waste pickers in Colombia

    23 August 2018

    "Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. On this occasion, ILO interviewed Martha Elena Iglesias, a waste picker and the leader of Cooperative of Associated Work Planeta Verde in Colombia.

  4. © TOI 2024

    The Times of India

    ILO for stronger implementation of wage law in India; cites low pay, inequality

    20 August 2018

  5. BRICS BRIEF SERIES - Gender Equality

    Decent Work and Economic Growth: Women’s Participation – Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value

    02 August 2018

    Paper prepared for the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (LEMM) 2–3 August 2018 with separate country briefs for Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa

  6. Our impact, their voices

    “Today, I own my business and I know how to protect myself from HIV infection”

    23 July 2018

    An ILO project in Tanzania helps women to become financially independent while at the same time provides them with training on HIV prevention.

  7. © Al Jazeera 2024

    Al Jazeera

    Why are Indian women leaving the workforce?

    17 July 2018

    India's economy is booming, but many Indian women have chosen to remove themselves from the country's labour markets. Sher Singh Verick, Programme Manager at ITC-ILO, explains to Al Jazeera what can be done to tackle the problem.

  8. Event

    ILO at the 2018 United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

  9. © CNA 2024

    Channel News Asia

    Economic cost of sexual violence in India

    11 July 2018

    About 20 million women have vanished from India's workforce in the last eight years. And every year, more continue to drop out. Aya Matsura, ILO Gender specialist, tells CNA about the importance of education in ending sexual violence.

  10. © Bloomberg 2024

    Bloomberg

    Their jobs haven’t changed, but Iceland’s women are getting raises

    09 July 2018