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Decent Work: Decent Work: a socially dynamic concept a socially dynamic concept
The primary goal of the ILO today The primary goal of the ILO today isis
to promote opportunities for all to promote opportunities for all women and men women and men
to obtain decent and productive to obtain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, work, in conditions of freedom,
equity, security and human dignityequity, security and human dignity
Decent work: Decent work: a human face to global a human face to global
economyeconomy Mainstreamed policies forMainstreamed policies for
– developmentdevelopment– gendergender
Focus on enterprise: Focus on enterprise: – from local to global scalefrom local to global scale
Decent work: Decent work: mainstreaming developmentmainstreaming development
Copenhagen: complementarity of economic Copenhagen: complementarity of economic and social developmentand social development
ILO advocacy role:ILO advocacy role:– Research (empirical evidence-theoretical Research (empirical evidence-theoretical
justification)justification)– Focus on the working poorFocus on the working poor– Institution building for participation and social Institution building for participation and social
dialoguedialogue
Decent Work: Decent Work: mainstreaming gender mainstreaming gender
Gender: Gender: – a matter of human rightsa matter of human rights– a tool to identify and address inequality a tool to identify and address inequality – key factor in the quality and quantity of key factor in the quality and quantity of
labour marketlabour market– key factor for sustainable developmentkey factor for sustainable development
Decent Work: Decent Work: mainstreaming gendermainstreaming gender
The world of work seen through a The world of work seen through a gender perspective to:gender perspective to:– analyze economic and social rolesanalyze economic and social roles– identify forces leading to inequalityidentify forces leading to inequality– address de jure and de facto inequalityaddress de jure and de facto inequality
Decent Work: Decent Work: Strategic ObjectivesStrategic Objectives
Integrated strategies for Integrated strategies for development: development: – Fundamental principles & rights at workFundamental principles & rights at work– Employment & income opportunitiesEmployment & income opportunities– Social protection Social protection – Social dialogueSocial dialogue
FOR ALL, WOMEN AND MENFOR ALL, WOMEN AND MEN
Gender & Principles and Gender & Principles and Rights at WorkRights at Work
Core conventions directly relevant: Core conventions directly relevant: C100 Equal remunerationC100 Equal remuneration C103 Maternity ProtectionC103 Maternity Protection C111 DiscriminationC111 Discrimination C156 Workers’ with Family ResponsibilitiesC156 Workers’ with Family Responsibilities C175 Part time workC175 Part time work C177 Home workC177 Home work C179 Child labourC179 Child labour C180 Maternity (revised)C180 Maternity (revised)
The ILO Declaration on Fundamental The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)Principles and Rights at Work (1998)– Freedom of association and recognition of Freedom of association and recognition of
the right to collective bargainingthe right to collective bargaining– Elimination of all forms of forced or Elimination of all forms of forced or
compulsory labourcompulsory labour– Effective abolition of child labourEffective abolition of child labour– Elimination of discrimination in Elimination of discrimination in
employment and occupationemployment and occupation
Gender & Rights at WorkGender & Rights at Work
Gender & Rights at WorkGender & Rights at Work
Declaration as the threshold to Declaration as the threshold to Decent WorkDecent Work– a minimum a minimum social platformsocial platform for the for the
global economy (Copenhagen)global economy (Copenhagen)– a a promotionalpromotional instrumentinstrument for universal for universal
rights and the development agendarights and the development agenda– a a commoncommon objectiveobjective for the for the
international communityinternational community
Gender & Rights at WorkGender & Rights at Work
Follow-up to the Declaration sustains:Follow-up to the Declaration sustains:– Women’s socio-economic empowerment, Women’s socio-economic empowerment,
also in the informal economyalso in the informal economy– New avenues for women’s representation New avenues for women’s representation
in social dialoguein social dialogue– Further ratification of core conventionsFurther ratification of core conventions– Implementation of fundamental principles Implementation of fundamental principles
and rightsand rights
Gender and Rights at WorkGender and Rights at Work
Gap between Gap between de jure – de factode jure – de facto calls calls for proactive measuresfor proactive measures
Law enforcement mechanismsLaw enforcement mechanisms Information, dissemination, trainingInformation, dissemination, training Advocacy, mobilization, coordination, Advocacy, mobilization, coordination,
monitoringmonitoring Trade union action and partnership with civil Trade union action and partnership with civil
societysociety
Gender and EmploymentGender and Employment
More and Better JobsMore and Better Jobs
– Decent work: qualitative approachDecent work: qualitative approach– Address horizontal and vertical Address horizontal and vertical
segregationsegregation– Equal remuneration Equal remuneration
Gender and EmploymentGender and Employment
Gender sensitive labour market Gender sensitive labour market policies:policies:
– Widen occupational choices Widen occupational choices – Gender-focus training and re-training Gender-focus training and re-training
systemssystems– Enhance demand for female labour Enhance demand for female labour – Improve women’s awareness of Improve women’s awareness of
opportunitiesopportunities
Gender and EmploymentGender and Employment
Promoting women’s enterprise development Promoting women’s enterprise development (WED)(WED)– integrated women-specific sets of measures to integrated women-specific sets of measures to
facilitate facilitate entitlement and access to productive resources and creditentitlement and access to productive resources and credit access to markets to find better and more remunerative access to markets to find better and more remunerative
opportunitiesopportunities
Gender and EmploymentGender and Employment
Gender is a determinant of poverty Gender is a determinant of poverty and crisis situations:and crisis situations:– Integrated approach to poverty Integrated approach to poverty
eradicationeradication– Gender focussed crisis response and Gender focussed crisis response and
reconstructionreconstruction
Gender and Social ProtectionGender and Social Protection
Extending Social Protection to All::Extending Social Protection to All::– To reduce insecurity at workTo reduce insecurity at work– To ensure safe conditions of workTo ensure safe conditions of work– To maintain incomesTo maintain incomes– To ensure adequate access to care To ensure adequate access to care
and social servicesand social services
Gender and Social ProtectionGender and Social Protection
Women:Women:– Lower earnings, irregular employment Lower earnings, irregular employment
and contribution patterns and contribution patterns – Concentrated in the informal Concentrated in the informal
sector/atypical workssector/atypical works– Different trends in different regions, Different trends in different regions,
but regression in transition economiesbut regression in transition economies– Specific reproductive role Specific reproductive role
Gender and Social ProtectionGender and Social Protection
It’s necessary to find innovative It’s necessary to find innovative solutions tosolutions to– eliminate existing discriminationeliminate existing discrimination– extend coverage to those who are extend coverage to those who are
now excludednow excluded– meet specific needs of the workers, meet specific needs of the workers,
women and men, within their women and men, within their different roles, concerns, constraitsdifferent roles, concerns, constraits
Gender and Social ProtectionGender and Social Protection
Occupational safety & healthOccupational safety & health– women have lower no of accidentswomen have lower no of accidents– higher specific health risks (e.g. higher specific health risks (e.g.
pesticides)pesticides)– higher stress-related problems: dual higher stress-related problems: dual
role (economic/reproductive)role (economic/reproductive)– Enormously impacted by AIDS in Enormously impacted by AIDS in
specific regionsspecific regions
Gender and Social DialogueGender and Social Dialogue
Social dialogue: matching Social dialogue: matching economic growth and social justiceeconomic growth and social justice– a means to promote decent work and a means to promote decent work and
remove inequitiesremove inequities– an end in itself, as democratic an end in itself, as democratic
participationparticipation
Gender and Social DialogueGender and Social Dialogue
– Improving women’s representation in Improving women’s representation in SD structuresSD structures to include gender issues on the agenda to include gender issues on the agenda
and meet women’s strategic needsand meet women’s strategic needs
– Reaching out new partnershipsReaching out new partnerships including EO machineries, non traditional including EO machineries, non traditional
actors, the non organized, SMEs , informalactors, the non organized, SMEs , informal
– Reinforcing women’s organizational Reinforcing women’s organizational and negotiating capacityand negotiating capacity
Gender and Decent WorkGender and Decent Work
Gender cuts across the economic, Gender cuts across the economic, social, political and cultural spheressocial, political and cultural spheres
Gender inequalities in the world of work Gender inequalities in the world of work challenge the legitimacy of the challenge the legitimacy of the
dominant models of developmentdominant models of development
Gender and Decent WorkGender and Decent Work
Needs: Needs: – A holistic approach, macroeconomic levelA holistic approach, macroeconomic level– Mainstreaming gender at the highest Mainstreaming gender at the highest
policy levelpolicy level– Attention to strategic and practical needs Attention to strategic and practical needs
of womenof women– A new paradigm of development, A new paradigm of development,
integrating social standards into integrating social standards into economyeconomy
Gender and Decent WorkGender and Decent Work
All actors of civil society should be All actors of civil society should be involved in a concerted endeavour involved in a concerted endeavour to promote equality between men to promote equality between men
and womenand women
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