105th International Labour Conference

Decent Work and the Gender Gap

In his book, The Coming Jobs War, Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton states that his company’s global surveys have shown one consistent reality: “What everyone in the world wants is a good job.” For women, it seems, fulfilling this need is much harder than for men. This week, on the side lines of the International Labour conference, ILO News spoke to two International Labour Organization gender experts about why the gender gap remains stubbornly wide.