UN Women - ILO Policy Tool

Gendered employment analysis and policy recommendations in Ethiopia

09 February 2024

Evidence from Hawassa and Yirgalem Intergrated Industrial Parks

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Care economy

Childcare allows an informal, working mother to care and support her family

20 November 2023

This is the life journey of Siti Riyanti, a working mother of two who has been able to support her family and take care of her sons with the support of a quality, affordable childcare service.

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Care economy

A company-based childcare service improves workers’ loyalty and productivity

09 November 2023

The ILO, together with its social partners, conducts a visit to Tunas Cinta childcare service in Mojokerto District in East Java to learn about challenges and opportunities in providing a greater access to childcare for Indonesian workers nationwide.

ILOSTAT

Why measuring unpaid domestic and care work matters

27 October 2023

Every day, more than 16 billion hours are devoted to unpaid domestic and care work around the world. As global populations age, these figures are set to rise, and quantifying unpaid domestic and care work is critical to understanding labour under-utilisation, employment trends, and gender-based inequalities.

World Breastfeeding Week 2023

Employers need to do more to support breastfeeding women in the workplace –UNICEF, ILO

01 August 2023

UNICEF and the ILO urge employers in the Philippines to do more to support breastfeeding mothers in the workplace, which is good for mothers, babies and businesses.

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Gender equality and women workers

Childcare shortfalls having major impact on gender equality in labour markets across Asia and the Pacific

01 August 2023

New report highlights impacts of shortfalls in childcare provision in the region, makes recommendations for change at all levels.

Gender equality and women workers

Investments in childcare for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific

01 August 2023

The report highlights why and how investing in childcare impacts positively on gender equality and decent work in Asia and the Pacific.

Publication

Public investment in care services in Argentina. Coverage of deficits, employment generation, fiscal efforts and economic impacts

17 July 2023

Based on the methodology developed by ILO-UN Women (2021), this study provides the results of an exercise to estimate the deficits in meeting the demand for care in the country (coverage and quality, including staff working conditions) for each of the sub-sectors (education, health and long-term care), as well as the investments needed to reverse this, and the economic and employment implications of expanding and strengthening care policies in a comprehensive manner in a future scenario up to 2030.

Event

Workshop on the Rights of Domestic Workers

The half-day workshop was organised in collaboration with the Labour Department of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Event

The New ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator: Technological innovation to promote gender-transformative investments in the care economy