Publications on Equality and discrimination
December 2013
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Publication
Gender dimensions of national employment policies: A 24-country study
06 December 2013
This report provides an overview of the 24 countries sampled, including a methodology for analysis, a mapping of the gender responsiveness of the policies along a “spectrum of gender dimensions”, and an examination of the recurrent themes and patterns that emerge from the review.
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Studies on Growth with Equity
Kenya: Making quality employment the driver of development
02 December 2013
The report analyses how the growing disconnect between growth and job creation in Kenya is having detrimental consequences on living standards and working conditions, especially for youth. It discusses how a comprehensive approach that integrates employment goals with strategic growth plans can contribute to a more stable and equitable growth pattern.
November 2013
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Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 7
Working time of live-in domestic workers
28 November 2013
This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.
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Publication
Inclusion of people with disabilities in vocational training: A practical guide
27 November 2013
This guide is designed to provide practical advice to administrators and trainers in vocational training centres and vocational training programmes about how to include people with disabilities.
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Publication
Disability: A human rights issue
18 November 2013
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Publication
Gender dimensions of national employment policies: A 24 country study
18 November 2013
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 152
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Publication
Labour Administration in Uncertain Times: Policy, Practice and Institutions
01 November 2013
The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a re-evaluation of established policies and institutions in the areas of labour, employment, social protection and industrial relations.
October 2013
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Report
OHCHR Report - Migration and human rights: Improving human rights-based governance of international migration
04 October 2013
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Guidelines
Equal Pay - An introductory guide
04 October 2013
Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.
August 2013
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Technical brief
Gender equality in tripartite social dialogue in Europe and Central Asia
14 August 2013
This technical brief presents unique data on the participation of men and women in tripartite social dialogue in 50 countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA region). Despite tangible progress, women remain under-represented in national social dialogue institutions in the ECA region (18 per cent of participants). The target set by the United Nations of at least 30 per cent of women at decision-making level is achieved only in 15 per cent of social dialogue bodies. In 18 per cent of countries women are not represented at all. The best results are in Western Europe (17 per cent), followed by Eastern Europe and Central Asia (14 per cent), and Central and South Eastern Europe (8 per cent). More encouraging figures come from the analysis of the gender composition of tripartite delegations in the International Labour Conference. In 2012, the best result among regions was that of the European delegations (36 per cent), while the whole Conference registered 27 per cent women participants. The European Regional Conference in Oslo in 2013 gathered delegates from 42 countries out of whom 41 per cent were women. The brief concludes with some policy advice for further promoting gender equality in social dialogue institutions at national, regional and international level.