Women's ILO: transnational networks, global labour standards, and gender equity, 1919 to present
Boris, Eileen ; Hoehtker, Dorothea ; Zimmermann, Susan
BRILL; ILO
- Geneva 2018 412 p. gender equality ; womens rights ; history ; ILO Studies in global social history 32 Gender equality & Women English Bibliogr.;Index
"What is the place of women in global labour policies? Women's ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards, and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present gathers new research on a century of ILO engagement with women's work. It asks: what was the role of women's networks in shaping ILO policies and what were the gendered meanings of international labour law in a world of uneven and unequal development? Women's ILO explores issues like equal remuneration, home-based labour, and social welfare internationally and in places such as Argentina, Italy, and Ghana. It scrutinizes the impact of both power relations and global feminisms on the making of global labour policies in a world shaped by colonialism, the Cold War and post-colonial inequality. It further charts the disparate advancement of gender equity, highlighting the significant role of women experts and activists in the process."
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