More & Better Jobs For Women an action guide
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSIntroduction Aims of the manual Significance of women's employment Structure of the manual . . Women in the economy: Critical concerns and strategic objectives Introduction Concerns and basis for action Critical areas of concern and strategic objectives The supply side of the labour market The demand side of the labour market Discrimination and cumulative disadvantage Implications of the changing environment for action Demographic trends Structural adjustment and economic reforms: Positive or adverse for women workers? Globalization and the international division of labour . . Technological transformation and women's employment Integrated and comprehensive strategies for action Introduction Main types of action for enhancing women's economic position . . . "Gender-blind" and "gender-neutral" policies and programmes Mainstreaming and women-specific activities Anti-discrimination legislation and positive action Specially-targeted interventions Protective measures: Helping or hindering women? Distinguishing the biological and social differences between women and men Why the need for integrated and comprehensive strategies? Promoting employment, ensuring labour rights, supporting disadvantaged groups Creating a supportive legislative and regulatory framework Harmonizing work and family responsibilities Fostering positive socio-cultural attitudes and perceptions Ensuring gender-sensitive macro and sectoral economic and social policies Strengthening institutional structures and administrative mechanisms . Empowering women Increasing the visibility of women in the economy Enhancing the quality of female labour supply Introduction Importance of investing in education for women Improving education for girls and women Training and retraining for women Action at the national level to improve training for women Improving training provided by employment services Improving training for women in self-employment and the informal sector Improving women's access to employment opportunities Introduction Harmonizing work and family responsibilities for women and men . . . Putting women in touch with employment opportunities Helping women to gain equal access in recruitment Helping women to move to jobs Promoting jobs and employment for women Introduction Removing discrimination in access to jobs An equal employment opportunity policy Positive action Improving women's occupational choices Creating employment opportunities for women Subsidized private sector employment Public sector employment Direct wage-employment creation schemes Self-employment and entrepreneurship development for women Credit schemes for self-employed women Quality versus quantity of employment for women Introduction Equal pay for work of equal value Promoting occupational safety and health for women workers Improving security in non-standard employment Freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively Deregulation: Good or bad for women's employment? Do women need protective legislation? Guidelines for review . Social security and social protection for women workers Introduction Social protection for women in employment Protection for women in precarious economic situations Protection for women as mothers  |
