Gender equality and decent work

Project objective:
Contribute to building the capacity of Ministries of Labour and National Machineries for the Advancement of Women to engage in dialogue, exchange of information/experiences and joint formulation of gender-responsive labour policies.

Project results:

Donor(s): Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Duration: 4 years (January 2008 to December 2011)

Main products:

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Institutionalization of a gender approach in the Ministries of Labour of the Americas: Follow-up to the workshops on strategic planning with a gender perspective
(CIM, July 2012)

This publication focuses on the follow-up process to a series of sub-regional capacity-development workshops with the Ministries of Labour and National Machineries for the Advancement of Women.

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Advancing gender equality in the context of decent work
(CIM, November 2011)

This study analyzes the achievements and persistent challenges to advancing women's rights and gender equality in the world of work. It also follows-up on the actions undertaken at the Ministerial level in fulfillment of agreed commitments, re-framing the analysis of the situation of women in the hemisphere in light of the effects of the economic and financial crises on women and men in the labour market.

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Training Guide: Gender-Responsive Participatory Strategic Planning
(CIM, 2011)

Applying strategic planning with a gender perspective to the labour sector is an effective management mechanism to help foster gender equity and equality in the four components of the decent work framework: promotion of labor rights, work opportunities, improvement of social protection and the strengthening of social dialogue.

Labour workshop photo

Labour workshop photo

Labour workshop photo

Training workshops: Strategic planning from a gender perspective

During 2010, the CIM carried out a series of workshops with representatives from the National Machineries for Women and the Ministries of Labour of the region, on the topic of gender-sensitive strategic planning.

CARICOM workshop

Central America workshop
(Documents available in Spanish only)

Andean region workshop
(Documents available in Spanish only)

MERCOSUR region workshop
(Documents available in Spanish only)