Abc Of Women Workers Rights And Gender Equality

2nd version of a 1994 publication.

This guidebook assists the general public in understanding the legal frameworks and socio-economic developments surrounding gender equality and women workers' rights in the world of work. Completely updated, it incorporates important information about the latest developments on gender issues such as girl child labourers, export processing zones, gender mainstreaming, the glass ceiling and many more. Each entry in the guide provides a clear definition and directs the reader to relevant laws, ILO conventions, and other topics for further research.

2nd version of a 1994 publication.

Women’s ILO examines a century-long history of women and their networks involved in and with the ILO, the gendered meaning of labour standards, and the challenges of achieving gender equity through international labour law, transnational campaigns, and local labour policies.

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, many US private employers enacted foetal protection policies that barred women - that is, women who had not been surgically sterilised - from working in jobs that might expose foetuses to toxins. This text analyses these policies and the ambiguous responses to them by federal and state courts, legislatures, administrative agencies, litigants and interest groups. It poses provocative questions about the implicit links between social welfare concerns and paternalism in the workplace: are women workers or wombs?