Resources on Gender equality

  1. Cooperatives

    When work is more than “just a job”

    02 July 2015

    As the world celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives, ILO News looks at how one cooperative in Brooklyn, New York, is offering migrants a dignified and sustainable way to make a decent living.

  2. Call for proposals

    Fund for Evaluation in Employment 2015

    01 July 2015

    The ILO invites researchers and M&E Officers to submit applications to receive technical assistance and financial support of up to US$650,000 for evaluation of youth employment programmes in the Middle East and North Africa.

  3. Project documentation

    Information Note - Fund for Evaluation in Employment 2015

    01 July 2015

    This note provides information about the call for proposals of the Fund for Evaluation in Employment 2015. The Fund is an initiative of the International Labour Organization (ILO) aimed at improving the effectiveness of employment and enterprise development interventions in the Middle East and North Africa.

  4. Publication

    Advancing gender equality: The co-operative way

    30 June 2015

    Great strides have been made towards gender equality over the last two decades. Nevertheless, deep gender disparities persist across the globe, surfacing in labour markets, as well as other realms. Compared to men, women continue to earn less, are more likely to partake in unpaid labour, and are more apt to be excluded from decent work and opportunities for advancement. As gender equity is increasingly seen as a pillar for sustainable economic development and broad social well-being, alternative models to development which incorporate women’s equality in work are needed. Rooted in values of self-help, equality, and equity, as well as economic growth through cooperation and democratic processes, co-operative enterprises are well-positioned to answer this call.

  5. 2015 World Report on Child Labour

    World Report on Child Labour 2015: Paving the way to decent work for young people

    10 June 2015

    The second volume of the ILO World Report on Child Labour series highlights the close linkages between child labour and good youth employment outcomes, and the consequent need for common policy approaches to addressing challenges arising in countries where both child labour and youth unemployment prevail.

  6. Project

    Women’s Economic Empowerment project in Somalia

    07 June 2015

    The project on women economic empowerment is a joint initiative between UN Women and ILO with the support of UN Women and Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA) promotes women’s economic empowerment through enhancing their entrepreneurial skills.

  7. Publication

    The way forward after the revolution - decent work for women in Egypt and Tunisia (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

    03 June 2015

    Project: RAF/12/01/FIN - Evaluation Consultant: Joseph Schechla

  8. Project

    ILO and IFAD partner to build evidence on gender outcomes in rural employment interventions in the Middle East and North Africa

    02 June 2015

  9. Publication

    Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments - Second (revised) edition

    01 June 2015

    The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 94th (Maritime) Session, is sometimes called a “bill of rights” for seafarers. It sets out seafarers’ rights to decent conditions of work and helps establish conditions for fair competition for shipowners.

  10. Publication

    COOP news update

    29 May 2015

    This issue of the COOP News includes articles on various events, projects, trainings and meetings related to the work of the ILO's COOP Unit between June and October, 2015.