Empowering women at work : trade union policies and practices for gender equality.

This paper outlines key areas where trade unions are addressing the barriers that women face in the labour market and in employment, and underlines the fact that gender equality is union business.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Organisation (ILO) Publishing, 2020.
Temas:
Sex discrimination in employment.
Women in the labor movement.
Women labor union members > Employment.
Sex role in the work environment.
Women > Employment.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi.
Femmes dans le mouvement ouvrier.
Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail.
Sex discrimination in employment
Sex role in the work environment
Women > Employment
Women in the labor movement
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Conclusions
  • ANNEXES
  • Endnotes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive Summary
  • List of acronyms
  • Introduction
  • PART 1:
  • SETTING THE SCENE FOR TRADE UNION ACTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY AT WORK
  • 1.1 Social dialogue and gender equality: The case for action
  • 1.2 International policy frameworks
  • 1.3 European Union and other European Policy Frameworks
  • 1.4 The G7 Gender Policy Framework
  • PART 2:
  • GENDER EQUALITY AND TRADE UNION ACTION: ILLUSTRATIVE PRACTICES
  • 2.1 Promotion of women to leadership positions in trade unions
  • 2.2 Non-discrimination and equal pay for work of equal value
  • 2.3 Violence and harassment against women in the world of work
  • 2.4 Work-Life Balance
  • 2.5 Decent work in the care economy
  • Conclusions
  • ANNEXES
  • ANNEX 1: Principles of the ILO MNE Declaration
  • ANNEX 2: The women's empowerment principles and targets
  • ANNEX 3: Helpful resources
  • Endnotes
  • Figure 1. Union density rates by gender, 2016/17
  • Figure 2. Gender pay gap (mean factor-adjusted) and trade union density, latest year
  • Table 1. Illustrative practices by topic, geographical coverage and type of initiative
  • Box 1: A life story: "What the unions did for me"
  • Box 2: ITUC global awareness-raising on ILO Convention No. 190, including in the time of the Covid-19 crisis
  • Box 3: Domestic violence and the COVID-19 crisis: immediate actions that can be undertaken by trade unions
  • Box 4: Responding to the COVID-19 crisis with family-friendly policies
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