25 September 2008 - 26 September 2008, Manila, Philippines International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development - Seizing Opportunities, Upholding Rights
The conference seeks to (a) highlight rights violations against women migrant workers and (b) provide a forum for policy dialogue, highlighting good practice in policies and programmes that protect the rights of women migrant workers at all stages of migration.
05 May 2008 - 09 May 2008, Geneva, Switzerland Knowledge Sharing for Gender Mainstreaming Using knowledge sharing to promote gender mainstreaming in Decent Work Country Programmes was the focus of a training held in Turin, Italy from 5-9 May 2008.
07 March 2008, Geneva, Switzerland ILO International Women's Day 2008: Investing in Decent Work for Women: Not Just Right, but Smart Each year, ILO marks International Women’s Day in Geneva with a major event to honour extraordinary women from all aspects of the world of work. This event has become a visible occasion for the people of Geneva as well as the international media to address women’s rights and achievements in the world of work.
17 January 2008, ILO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Planning Meeting on the Joint Immediate Outcome on Gender Equality Participants at a meeting held 17 January at ILO headquarters in Geneva discussed entry points in the ILO Programme and Budget (P&B) for 2008-09 for advancing gender equality in the world of work. The meeting, which brought together some 35 representatives of ILO work units, was organized by the Bureau for Gender Equality.
2007
01 November 2007 - 16 November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland ILO Gender Equality Action Plan 2008-09 At the November 2007 session in Geneva of the ILO Governing Body, a revised Gender Action Plan 2008-09 was presented and overwhelmingly received.
12 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland World Day Against Child Labour 2007 On 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour focused on the elimination of child labour in agriculture.
25 August 2006 - 27 August 2006, ILO Office in Mexico Trade Union Seminar on Gender and Child Labour This seminar, supported by ILO, was attended by 45 Mexican trade unionists, of whom 31 were women and 14 were men.