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Decent Work and Women's Economic Empowerment: Good Policy and Practice

Publisher: UN Women & ILO
Author: UN Women: Women’s Economic Empowerment Section, Policy Division; ILO: Gender Equality Bureau
Type: Report
Date: 2012
Location in CRTDA: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/---ifp_seed/documents/genericdocument/wcms_184878.pdf
Women contribute substantially to economic and social development, but are discriminated against in the world of work 2. Invest in gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, more jobs and decent work for women because it is the right thing to do and it promotes sustainable growth and development 3. Implement development strategies, policies and programs that generate more jobs and ensure decent work for women, particularly in the informal sector 4. Promote women’s leadership in public and corporate economic decision-making and in employer’s and worker’s organizations 5. Promote a culture of equality and shared responsibility between men and women in paid and unpaid care work

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