Resources on Gender equality

  1. Work based learning

    Shifting gears – Sri Lanka’s women crane operators

    25 January 2024

    Upeksha, Nimasha, Ruchini, and Nethmi are among the handful of women transfer crane operators in Sri Lanka's Colombo port. They are participants of ILO supported work-based training programme that's empowering women break stereotypes and take up careers in the largely male dominated maritime industry.

  2. Our impact, their voices

    Unlocking Potential #3: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Gad

    25 September 2023

    This is a third video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.

  3. Our impact, their voices

    Unlocking Potential #2: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Fatuma

    18 September 2023

    This is a second video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.

  4. Video

    Gilbert F. Houngbo, ILO Director General’s video message delivered at Women Deliver preconference 2023

    11 September 2023

    Large-scale investment in care policies could be transformative. We must teach ourselves to see care as an investment, said the ILO DG in a pre-conference on the care economy ´Strengthening Care Policies and Intersectional Movements for Care Justice´ organized at Women Deliver 2023 on 16 July 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda.

  5. Our impact, their voices

    Unlocking Potential: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Benjamin

    11 September 2023

    This is a first video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.

  6. Video

    Ratifying C190 is the right thing to do

    31 July 2023

    During the 111th International Labour Conference, ILO interviewed Ministers from some of the countries that have ratified the ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work (No. 190).

  7. Our impact, their voices

    Apprenticeship programme in Uganda helps youth find decent work

    03 May 2023

    An ILO Prospect apprenticeship programme trains youth in rural environment enabling them earn a living with decent work. Watch the story of Alma Gladys, a young mother who became carpenter in Uganda.

  8. International Women's Day 2023

    Sharon Stone: Let’s make gender equality a reality

    08 March 2023

    On International Women's Day, actress and activist Sharon Stone calls for a fair, inclusive and safe future of work that fosters equal opportunity and guarantees a real gender equal society.

  9. Video

    Encouraging the use of digital technology to increase SME financial access

    02 March 2023

    This video introduces the PROMISE II IMPACT project that aims to strengthen the enabling environment to drive a more inclusive financial sector for SMEs, generating post-pandemic economic growth and employment opportunities.

  10. Video

    Empowering women in STEM: ILO soft skills training at Nestle

    30 December 2022

    At Nestle Philippines, over 350 women were trained on critical soft skills needed in the workplace. Sara was one of the managers who were trained to be a facilitator for the In Business Programme. This training helped her manage her team and work across different projects at Nestle.