If women and men had a chance to be more productive and increase their earnings through better quality jobs, poverty and employment vulnerability in the country would decline. This is why equal access to decent work and productive employment for women and men is essential as a sustainable way out of poverty and therefore, to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The DWCP (2016-20) aims at creating equal employment opportunities for youth and disadvantaged- women and men- through inclusive and gender responsive skills, employment and enterprise development programmes. It promotes tools for gender responsive value chain analysis, and improves the quality and quantity of women’s participation in agricultural value chain.

Within the DWCP-III framework, the ILO is working with its constituents and stakeholders including sister UN agencies, International CSOs, Academia and research organizations to facilitate further implement the existing legislation around promotion of gender equality and non-discrimination, addressing Sexual Harassment at the Workplace and eradicate Gender Based Violence. A number of IEC materials were made available with the support of ILO CO to raise awareness on CO100, C111, C190 and national laws around gender equality and protection of workers form violence and sexual harassment at the workplace.