Gender-responsive national employment policies
In addition to the longer-term labour market issues countries were facing, such as persistent informality and increasing inequality, the COVID-19 crisis has severely impacted employment around the world, especially in hard-hit sectors and among certain groups, including women and youth. Gender-responsive national employment policies can play an important role in promoting an inclusive, job-rich recovery from the crisis but need to be adapted in terms of both existing policy frameworks and the formulation of recovery strategies.
To respond to these challenges, EMPLAB supports countries in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and review of national employment policies, along with employment strategies for youth, through a three-pronged approach which embraces:
Relevant instruments and undertakings include:
To respond to these challenges, EMPLAB supports countries in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and review of national employment policies, along with employment strategies for youth, through a three-pronged approach which embraces:
- Policy advisory services;
- Employment diagnostics and research, including on national employment policies as a response to future of work challenges; and
- Capacity building for constituents, partners and ILO staff, including face-to-face and online training activities with the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin.
Services and products
To support country-level efforts on the above services, EMPLAB develops a range of policy tools, guidelines and research, covering various policy dimensions, including the COVID-19 crisis.Relevant instruments and undertakings include:
- COVID-19 crisis: Rapid assessments and guidelines; policy briefs
- SDG 8: Employment working papers and other briefs
- Youth employment: Guidelines and toolbox for measuring decent work for youth
- Global discussions: General Survey on “Promoting employment and decent work in a changing landscape”; Recurrent Item Discussion on Employment: Employment policies for sustainable recovery and development; The youth employment crisis: A call for action 2012
- Capacity building: E-learning course on “National employment policies for a job-rich and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 crisis”