Resources on Gender equality

  1. Women in Business

    Women in Business: How employer and business membership organizations drive gender equality

    05 March 2024

    In this report, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) examine the progress made by business organisations on gender equality and diversity within their organisations over a period of six years

  2. UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

    Assessing the employment situation in five countries and promoting a gender responsive structural transformation

    09 February 2024

    A consolidated report on lessons learned and policy insights

  3. UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

    Social accounting matrix-based analysis of gendered employment sectoral strategies in Ethiopia

    09 February 2024

  4. UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

    Gendered employment analysis and policy recommendations in Ethiopia

    09 February 2024

    Evidence from Hawassa and Yirgalem Intergrated Industrial Parks

  5. © D. Beamer/Unsplash 2024

    Publication

    EMPLOYMENT Department Newsletter, January/February 2024

    25 January 2024

  6. ILO brief

    Promoting gender equality through responsible business conduct: the role of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations

    04 January 2024

  7. Research Paper

    Platform work in developing economies: Can digitilisation drive structural transformation?

    31 December 2023

    This paper discusses the expansion or penetration of digital economic activity in the context of developing economies, and what this may mean for economic or structural transformations for countries in the global South.

  8. ILO Working paper 99

    Digital labour platforms and national employment policies in China: Studying the case of food delivery platforms

    04 December 2023

    This paper takes the food-delivery platforms as a case study to examine the impact of digital labour platforms on employment and labour market in China. It reviews the recent employment policies in the digital economy including policies of labour relations, social security, wages, etc., and suggests the new approaches and elements for the comprehensive national employment policies framework in the era of digitalization in China.

  9. DRAFT PREVIEW

    Gender equality and inclusion for a just transition in climate action: A practical guide

    01 December 2023

    Climate impacts could exacerbate existing inequalities and decent work deficits and become an additional driver of growing societal and economic injustice. This draft practical guide is intended to fill a knowledge gap by addressing the gender and equality dimensions of environmental challenges and opportunities in just transition policies and programmes that can minimize social, economic, and environmental risks while supporting greater inclusion and equity.

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    Publication

    Employment Policy Department Newsletter, Nov/Dec 2023

    24 November 2023