workplace inequality

Two women check industrial looms in a rug factory in Mongolia.
ILO Photo

News in Brief 19 July 2021

19 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Fewer women than men will regain work during COVID-19 recovery: ILO
  • Myanmar: ‘Terror campaign’ targets rights defenders, UN experts say
  • Mali: surge in attacks on 'slave' workers
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On 23 April 2020, a child washes dishes in the Maarat Misrin camp north of Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic.
© UNICEF/Omar Albam

News in Brief 23 July 2020

23 July 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID threats and opportunities for Arab region: Guterres
  • Temporary Basic Income proposal: UNDP
  • School funding boost for 900,000 youngsters
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Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, briefs journalists.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN Women: Workplace equality focus of International Women’s Day

8 March 2017
UN Gender Focus

Although technological advances and globalization are providing unprecedented opportunities in the workplace, women on average still earn around a quarter less than men, for the same job.

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