ILO pub. Article commenting on labour legislation protecting woman workers during pregnancy and providing for maternity leave in Western Europe - presents a comparison of measures adopted regarding employment security, occupational health, maternity benefit, and duration of paternity leave....

ILO pub. Article presenting a disaggregated approach to employment effects of agricultural mechanization in punjab, India - analyses employment impact according to type of wheat cultivation technique (tractor, high crop yield seeds, tubewells, etc.), Type of labour (family, permanent...

ILO pub. Article commenting on labour legislation provisions concerning equal opportunities for woman workers in Spain - examines employment opportunities, equal pay, maternity benefits, etc., and finds that social security legislation in particular still contains provisions which manifest sex...

ILO pub. Article on social role of woman workers in contemporary Algerian society - focuses on the destruction of traditional family-based economic structure and the transition to new means of production involving employment of women, changes in life style, and problems of equal opportunity....

ILO pub. Article on child care services for children of men and woman workers - examines the social policy attitudes and the different institutional frameworks of child care in developed countries and developing countries, discusses the need for a well-conceived child care policy, and includes...

ILO pub. Article on community law (EC international law) regulating equal opportunity for men and women in statutory and occupational social security schemes - discusses emoluments under article 119 of the Treaty of Rome, existing inequalities (e.g. Exclusion of woman workers from certain...

ILO pub. Article on comparison of employment policies (western Europe, Canada and USA) intended to diversify employment opportunities and create a better division of labour with respect to woman workers - considers the existence of labour market segmentation, and presents an evaluation of recent...

Covers the period from 1980s to end of 1990s.

This training guide aims to improve market access for women in the informal economy, as well as women-operated micro enterprises.

Examines characteristics of youth unemployment in the period 1960-2003.