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Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises
ILO Publications 2001; US$ 5.00rovides a review of relevant approaches to formulating effective policies to promote womens entrepreneur development. Following the identification of three paradigms of medium and small scale entrerprise development (the neo-liberal market pardigm, feminist empowerment, and interventionist poverty alleviation), reviews the diverse economic and... more...
Quality of Womens Employment
ILO Publications 2004; US$ 5.00Provides a theoretical discussion and literature survey on the quality of womens employment in the South Asian and African regions. Explores factors that influence the links between gender and employment quality and identifies institutional and economic factors that increase womens participation in the labour force. more...
Sexual Harassment at Work
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Examines initiatives to prevent and combat workplace sexual harassment at international level and in countries across the world. Reviews international standards and national legislation; the activities of government, employers and workers organizations, and NGOs; and workplace policies and programmes. The report identifies the main approaches being... more...
Social Auditing in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Based on a survey of 400 enterprises, draws conclusions about the length, methodology, impact and costs of social auditing undergone during the past two years. more...
Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 19.95The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Addis Ababa Forum in June 2003 focused on the role of women entrepreneurs in private sector development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth and development. It provided an opportunity for the AfDB and the International Labour Office (ILO) to join forces using their complementary expertise in support... more...
L'emploi des femmes
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Gives an overview of the situation of women within labour markets around the turn of the century. Highlights ILOs action to promote gender equality in the world of work. more...
Business Strategies of Informal Micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru
ILO Publications 2004; US$ 5.00Based on a survey of 67 informal microentrepreneurs conducted between 2001 and 2002. Examines how these entrepreneurs develop their activities in a poor district in Lima, identifies the problems they face in marketing their products and in accessing credit and investigates strategies used to overcome these problems. Evaluates the degree of informality... more...
Cambodia's "Beer Promotion Girls"
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Presents the results of a survey of some 400 beer promotion girls and eight employers in Phnom Pen Municipality. more...
Extending Maternity Protection to Women in the Informal Economy
ILO Publications 2003; US$ 5.00Surveys non-statutory health care schemes available in selected African, Asian and Latin American countries. Provides coverage by prenatal and postnatal care, transportation costs, and type of financing (mostly micro-insurance, few through prepayment or self-help). more...









