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Fallout of COVID-19: working moms are being squeezed out of the labour force

ILO and UN Women • November 27, 2020 • COVID-19, Inactivity, Labour force, Women • Analysis

A workable balance is what parents are desperately trying to find in these uncertain times. Even in “normal” times, the balance between work and family has not been an easy one to achieve. The challenge is not new, especially for women. But the pandemic is shining a stadium size light to the problem, can it also shine light on the solution?

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Lessons from the pandemic: building better gender data for the future

Kieran Walsh • October 20, 2020 • 19th ICLS, COVID-19, LFS, Women • About

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare not only inequalities in the world of work, including between women and men, but it has also further emphasised the gender data gaps that hamper our understanding of the depth, nature and evolution of those inequalities.

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International Day of Rural Women: the unfinished quest for decent work for all

Rosina Gammarano • October 15, 2020 • Decent work, Labour underutilization, Rural economy, Women, Youth • Analysis

Challenges to decent work are different in rural and urban areas, but women in rural areas face additional hurdles to access decent work. Higher labour force participation in rural areas in the developing world and widespread decent work deficits of rural jobs reveal the need to promote healthy rural labour markets for everyone.

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Millions of hours spent daily on unpaid work: evidence from Asia and the Pacific

ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific • September 25, 2020 • Asia and the Pacific, Unpaid work, Women, Working time • Analysis

Unpaid production work is the foundation of all other productive work, yet the time spent on these activities is often neglected in labour market analyses.

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Education pays off, but you have to be patient

Rosina Gammarano • August 18, 2020 • Education, Job quality, School-to-work, Skills, Unemployment, Youth • Analysis

The pandemic is making us rethink and re-organize education. Workers with higher educational attainment may expect to be able to find a job (and a quality job, for that matter) as soon as they become available. But is that so?

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International Day of Families: how marital status shapes labour market outcomes

Rosina Gammarano • May 15, 2020 • Decent work, Inactivity, Labour force, Women • Analysis

Married life still has a gendered effect on women and men’s labour market outcomes, including their labour force participation, the type of jobs they hold and the forms of labour underutilization they are exposed to.

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COVID-19 and the new meaning of safety and health at work

Rosina Gammarano • April 30, 2020 • COVID-19, Decent work, Fatalities, Health, Injuries • Analysis

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, occupational safety and health takes on even greater importance. It is a core aspect of decent work, and as such, it should be universally guaranteed. Yet, too many work accidents still take place every year. Work accidents have a significant human, social and economic cost, which we should strive to eliminate by ensuring that all workplaces are safe and healthy.

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Will COVID-19 impair the availability and quality of labour statistics?

Kieran Walsh • April 16, 2020 • COVID-19, LFS, Methods • Methods

The pandemic is radically impacting our lives. But what about the statistics used to assess those impacts? Without timely and accurate information, we will not act through adequate and informed policies. Though numbers should focus on the health of the population, we also need to understand what is happening in the domain of labour statistics. That is, how is COVID-19 affecting our working lives? What is less obvious, however, is that the pandemic is also affecting our ability to compile such statistics.

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COVID-19: are there enough health workers?

Admin • April 3, 2020 • COVID-19, Employment, Health, Occupation, Social protection • Analysis

As the COVID-19 crisis puts pressure on health services across the globe, ILOSTAT data highlights the already existing shortages of health workers.

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“I am Generation Equality”: ideals versus reality in Asia and the Pacific’s labour markets

ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific • March 11, 2020 • Asia and the Pacific, Labour force, Women • Analysis

In 1995, an ambitious and progressive plan to improve empowerment of all women and girls globally was developed at the historic Fourth World Conference on Women. Since then, a new generation of women workers have become eligible to enter the workforce; but have they been able to find equal work and pay?

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