ILO / WESO TRENDS WOMEN

Marking the International Women’s Day, a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says women are less likely to participate in the labour market than men and are more likely to be unemployed in most parts of the world. ILO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:36
• Production Date: 7 March 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILO
• Subject Topical: EMPLOYMENT; GENDER EQUALITY; WOMEN WORKERS
• MAMS Id: 2105610
• Parent Id: 2105610
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STORY: ILO / WESO TRENDS WOMEN
TRT: 02:36
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTION: EMBARGO UNTIL 7 MARCH 2018 AT 21:00 GMT
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 07 MARCH 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

Shotlist

07 MARCH 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Various shots, press conference and report cover at the UN Palais des Nations
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Damian Grimshaw, Director of the ILO Research Department:
“In our global snapshot, the first headline finding is that we find a massive gap between men and women in labor. Labor force participation. So around 49 percent of women around the world compared to 75 percent of men. So that's significantly worrying. The second headline finding is on unemployment. So women are more likely to be unemployed; a higher rate of unemployment from men. And the third is to do with informal employment. So there we find that women are still at significant risk of falling into informal employment so losing social protection, employment rights, and falling into poverty. So we're calling in this report for a radical step change in many areas of policy. We know what works, but we need to do more to address those.”

FILE – ILO – COLOMBIA, 2015

3. Wide shot, street vendor of sweets, Bogota, Colombia

07 MARCH 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Shauna Olney, Chief of the ILO Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch:
“We need to value much more with the work that women do and that includes the unpaid care work that they do because that really links into how we value their work in the paid work force. So pay again comes up; we need to value women's work by paying them properly. So we're looking at equal pay as well. And that's an issue for women whether they're in the fields or in the boardroom. It's a very very significant issue.

FILE – ILO - FEBRUARY 2016, TUNISIA

5. Various shots, women selling fig jam, Tunisia
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shauna Olney, Chief of the ILO Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch:
"The issue that's really a top priority for many people right now and it is really in the headlines is violence and harassment in the world of work. And that's something that the ILO constituents have made a top priority and it will be discussed in the conference this year the International Labour Conference in June.”

FILE – ILO -DECEMBER 2017, MADAGASCAR

7. Various shots, female market vendor, Antananarivo, Madagascar

FILE – ILO - 2014, MONTENEGRO

8. Various shots, Men and women at work in office, Montenegro

FILE – ILO - 2013, MALAWI

9. Wide shot, women lining for heath benefit, Malawi

Storyline

Making the International Women’s Day, a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says women are less likely to participate in the labour market than men and are more likely to be unemployed in most parts of the world.

According the report, the past 20 years have witnessed some progress for women in the world of work and in terms of gender equality in society. Today, more women than ever before are both educated and participating in the labour market.

Damian Grimshaw, Director of the ILO Research Department said today (07 Mar) in Geneva
“the first headline finding is that we find a massive gap between men and women in labor. Labor force participation. Around 49 percent of women around the world compared to 75 percent of men. So that's significantly worrying.”

Grimshaw added “the second headline finding is on unemployment. So women are more likely to be unemployed; a higher rate of unemployment from men.”

He said the third is to do with informal employment, adding that “there we find that women are still at significant risk of falling into informal employment so losing social protection, employment rights, and falling into poverty. So we're calling in this report for a radical step change in many areas of policy. We know what works, but we need to do more to address those.”

Shauna Olney, Chief of the ILO Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch said “we need to value much more with the work that women do and that includes the unpaid care work that they do because that really links into how we value their work in the paid work force. “

She added “we need to value women's work by paying them properly. So we're looking at equal pay as well. And that's an issue for women whether they're in the fields or in the boardroom. It's a very very significant issue.”

Olney also noted “the issue that's really a top priority for many people right now and it is really in the headlines is violence and harassment in the world of work. And that's something that the ILO constituents have made a top priority and it will be discussed in the conference this year the International Labour Conference in June.”

The report “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 – Global snapshot” looks at the progress (or lack thereof) made during the past decade and assesses women’s labour market prospects by examining the gaps between men and women according to a selection of ILO statistical indicators, namely labour force participation, unemployment, informal employment and working poverty.