Promising practices, experiences and lessons learned in eliminating gender inequality in the garment sector in Asia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Labour Organization, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade--Asia.

Clothing trade.

Sex discrimination in employment--Asia.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Women textile workers--Asia.

Women textile workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva 22, Switzerland : International Labour Organization, 2022.

Summary:

This report seeks to contribute towards a shared knowledge base of "what works" in the garment sector and to identify key actions towards addressing gender gaps in the garment sector in Asia.

Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Background

Pay equity

Workplace discrimination, violence and harassment

The COVID-19 pandemic

Method

Findings on enabling factors

1. Multi-stakeholder social dialogue is critical to success

2. Capacity building must be comprehensive and go beyond women on the factory floor

3. Efforts must be implemented over an extended period of time

4. Legislation and shared frameworks are critical

Key challenges

1. Social norms are a barrier to uptake

2. The perception of turnover and actual turnover are obstacles

3. COVID-19 risks stalling or reversing progress on reducing gender gaps

Conclusions

References Generated by AI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9789220362150

9220362155

OCLC:

1306060662