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ILO Hosts Consultation Meeting on Determining Gender Pay Gap

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey hosted a “Consultation Meeting on Determining Gender Pay Gap” on 3 April 2019 in Ankara with the participation of relevant stakeholders to evaluate the work on calculating and reducing gender pay gap and discuss future steps. At the meeting held under the programme “More and Better Jobs

Infographic on “Understanding the Gender Pay Gap” released

The infographic poster on “Understanding the Gender Pay Gap” was produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey to raise awareness in the context of ‘Global Wage Report:2018/2019’ published by the ILO. Infographic was prepared as part of the programme “More and Better Jobs for Women – Phase II” implemented by the ILO

New ILO Report: Work-related gender gaps persist but solutions are clear

A future of work in which women will no longer lag behind men is within reach, but it will take a quantum leap, not just hesitant incremental steps, to get there, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report published for International Women’s Day on 8 March. “We need to make it happen, and

ILO draws attention to gender pay gap in the Conference on the occasion of International Women’s Day

The International Labour Organization (LO) organised a conference on “Understanding Gender Pay Gap” on 1 March 2019 in Ankara on the occasion of March 8 International Women’s Day under the programme “More and Better Jobs for Women – Phase II” financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Themed “Understanding Gender Pay Gap” deriving

ILO and SIDA sign a cooperation agreement to promote women’s employment in Turkey

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) signed a cooperation agreement for the programme “More and Better Jobs for Women – Phase II” to be implemented to promote women’s employment in Turkey. Signed by Mr. Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey, and Ms. Malin Stawe, Head of

ILO organises a Multi-lateral Conference on Combating Violence and Harassment against Women at Work

The International Labour Organization (ILO) organised a “Conference on Prevention of Violence and Harassment against Women at Work” with participation of social partners on 6 December 2018 in Ankara under the project “More and Better Jobs for Women” funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Premised on the facts that violence and harassment

ILO Office for Turkey launches “Gender Equality Model in SMEs” in Turkey for gender equality at work

The launch meeting was held on 22 October 2018 in Istanbul for the “Gender Equality in SMEs Programme” (MIGSCORE) which was developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to improve gender equality in the world of work, for which Turkey will be the first country of full-scale implementation at global level. Developed by the ILO

Our project promotes gender equality through new publications

Four booklets were released in the context of “More and Better Jobs for Women” project implemented by the ILO Office for Turkey to promote gender equality in public employment services and world of work to increase women’s access to more and better jobs. The publications “Gender Mainstreaming in Public Employment Services”; “Gender Responsive Job and

Recently released ILO-supported study examines women’s entrepreneurship trainings from gender perspective in Turkey

A new study released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) evaluates the existing new entrepreneurship training services through employing a gender perspective and outlines the entry-points for creating a better practice. The study was prepared under the project “More and Better Jobs for Women” implemented jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Turkish Employment

The International Labour Organization is a UN specialized agency founded in 1919 which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

Sida is a government agency working on behalf of the Swedish parliament and government, with the mission to reduce poverty in the world and in Turkey supports the EU accession process.

In accordance with the needs of labour market; provides the service of finding job and employee effectively and enables employment through implementation of active labour market policies aimed at enhancing the employability of workforce.

The project “More and Better Jobs for Women: Women’s Empowerment through Decent Work in Turkey,” has been implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Turkish Employment Agency with the funding of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

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