Resources on Gender equality
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G7 Summit
ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence
27 June 2022
In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender gaps.
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News
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab
21 January 2022
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Social Summit in Porto
ILO Director-General addresses EU Social Summit in Porto
13 May 2021
Europe must seize its opportunity to increase investment in training, social protection, social dialogue and the jobs of the future, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told EU leaders at their Social Summit in Porto, Portugal.
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News
EU and ILO reinforce cooperation for just recovery from crisis and promote decent work
04 February 2021
The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on the world of work.
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News
ILO COOP/SSE participates in a Masterclass on gender equality and women’s empowerment in social economy
26 January 2021
On January 21, 2021 ILO COOP/SSE participated in a virtual Masterclass on gender equality and women’s empowerment in social economy organized by the Diesis network.
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Bloomberg News
The Pandemic’s Gender Bias Needs Urgent Fixing
14 May 2020
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News
ILO COOP 100 Webinar II - Advancing gender equality though cooperatives
28 April 2020
Four cooperative practitioners reflected on the current situation of gender equality within the cooperative movement, the role cooperatives can play, and the challenges they face in advancing gender equality. Their presentations highlighted the implications of COVID-19 on women in cooperatives and emerging responses. Over 160 people from around the world participated in the webinar.
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News
ILO’s message to a conference on Italian cooperative responses toward advancing gender equality at work
11 April 2019
ILO has sent a video message for a conference on women in the workplace and cooperative responses to advance gender equality in Italy.
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News
ILO joins the conversation on women’s empowerment through cooperatives, an Italian perspective
08 March 2018
ILO COOP Unit Manager participated in the event on “WomeNpowerment in Coops: Italian cooperatives contributing to the achievement of gender equality in the world” organized on the occasion of the International Women’s Day by the Commission of Women Cooperative Managers of the Italian Confederation of Cooperatives (ConfCooperative) and CooperMondo.
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A cooperative 2030 series
Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 5
08 March 2018
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief in the series focuses on SDG 5 – achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.