Resources on Gender equality
-
International labour standards
Nigeria ratifies ILO conventions on occupational safety and health and on violence and harassment in the world of work
08 November 2022
Nigeria is the 29th country to ratify the Convention No. 187 promoting safe and healthy working environment and the 22nd to ratify the ILO Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work.
-
Project
Understanding and improving women's work on digital labour platforms
02 February 2022
The project explores the experiences of women on digital labour platforms in multiple sectors of the economy in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. It builds evidence on the emerging opportunities and challenges platforms create to provide guidance for ensuring decent working conditions on platforms.
-
Publication
Women migrant workers’ labour market situation in West Africa
21 July 2020
This report provides an overview of the situation of women migrant workers in West Africa based on a review of laws, regulations, policies and exisiting data, with a special focus on Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. It includes data on women migrant workers' working conditions and wages, sectors of employment, representation in the informal economy and other labour and social protection issues. The report was carried out with financial support from the "Support to Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa" project (FMM) funded by the EU and ECOWAS.
-
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.
-
Gender equality
African judges’ labour of law
26 October 2012
The ILO helps 25 African judges fight sex discrimination in the courts but cultural challenges remain the biggest obstacle for some.
-
Publication
Desk review of research on HIV/AIDS in the world of work
31 July 2012
This desk review was conducted by ILO/AIDS as part of the Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV workplace policies/programmes and private sector engagement (IATT/WPPS). It is based primarily on the research documents shared by the IATT members, covering vulnerability studies, stigma and discrimination studies, impact and cost-benefit studies.
-
Publication
Assessment of the environment for the development of women's entrepreneurship in Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal
19 December 2011
Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 15