Discusses the effects of two recent economic crises, 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, on gender and racial inequalities in Brazil. Argues that the effects of these crises on qualitative aspects of employment such as wages and employment status have been unequally felt by women and blacks in Brazilian...

Reviews the underlying causes of pay discrimination embedded within the organization of the labour market and structures of pay and reward. Discusses the need to focus on pay equity as part of a general strategy of promoting equity and decent work and examines the case for using minimum wage...

Reviews the functions of the administrative bodies of labour inspection, equality commissions and ombudsmen offices which have enforcement and supervisory powers over equality provisions. Addresses the issues involved in the judicial review of employment discrimination or equal pay complaints,...

This book helps us to better understand the problems women face in rising through the ranks and securing top positions, and offers some useful strategies for shattering the glass ceiling. It examines current gender inequalities in the labour market and in political and social life.

Assess the extent of the disparities in earnings between the public and private sectors and their implication for labour supply to the private sector.

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...

Examines how a minimum wage policy may be used as a tool to promote gender pay equity. Includes case studies of Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.