Gender Issues
Trade unions need women members to make unions stronger, and, likewise, women need unions to get their demands met and, ultimately, live better.
The ICEM sectors are still largely male dominated, even though women are, as a result of globalisation, working more and more in the industries organised by the ICEM. Many of these industries increasingly require white-collar workers, not only in offices, but also in research and technology-driven jobs. These jobs are more attractive to women workers.
All ICEM's work has a gender perspective (Contract and agency labour, HIV/AIDS, global agreements, collective bargaining, trade union organising, privatisation, restructuring, work-life balance, etc.). All of these work-related topics affect men and women differently, which is why the ICEM covers them all with a gender perspective.
The ICEM publishes a monthly e-mail bulletin on gender issues that you can subscribe, or contribute to, by sending an e-mail to press@icem.org. You can also find current and previous versions of this bulletin by scrolling down this page.
 Geneva Marks International Women’s Day |
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8 March 2010 Switzerland ICEM InBrief  |
Today, International Women’s Day, was marked in Geneva with a large demonstration at plaine de Plainpalais, between 12pm and 2pm. The ICEM, along with other Geneva-based Global Union Federations turned out in support.
The manifestation, organized by ICEM’s Swiss affiliate UNIA, protested the issues of raising the retirement age of women, fighting for gender equality on wages, the... Read the article |
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| UK TUC Releases Excellent Women Empowerment Publication |
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8 March 2010 United Kingdom ICEM InBrief  |
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of the UK released a new publication today, on International Women’s Day. The magazine profiles, and gives voice to, prominent women trade unionists from around the world, specifically the global south.
The TUC carries out considerable international solidarity work, much of this work in the global south focuses on women, as the publication explains “whether...Read the article |
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| CUT-Brazil to Conduct 100-kilometre, 10-Day Women’s March |
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8 March 2010 Brazil ICEM InBrief  |
Today in Brazil, the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) will begin a 100-kilometre, 10-day march from Campinas in São Paulo state to the city of São Paulo itself in honour of International Women’s Day. The march, celebrating 100 years of the announcement of International Women’s Day and under the banner “We’ll Keep Marching Until Every Woman is Free,”...Read the article |
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| Women’s Symposium to be Held in Trinidad and Tobago, 11 March | ||
8 March 2010 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM International Women’s Day Bulletin: 8 March 2010 / Boletín de la ICEM | ||
5 March 2010 |
Belgium Chile Denmark ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| Hashmeya Muhssin Launches Social Security Campaign in Iraq | ||
25 January 2010 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 37/ Boletín de noticias de la mujer de la ICEM No. 37 | ||
7 January 2010 |
Belgium Brazil Canada ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 51, December 2009 | ||
16 December 2009 |
Ethiopia Ghana India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| SINAP Congress in Brazil Charts New Path with Gender Initiatives | ||
30 November 2009 |
Brazil |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Iraqi Women's Workshop Meets in Erbil | ||
30 November 2009 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| CEP Women Turn Out in Record Numbers at Canadian Conference | ||
16 November 2009 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 36/Boletín de noticias de las mujeres de ICEM No. 36 | ||
5 November 2009 |
Australia Belgium Switzerland ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM’s Latin America/Caribbean Regional Delegates Meet in São Paulo Last Week | ||
2 November 2009 |
Argentina Brazil Chile ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Union Pressure Helps End BHP Manganese Strike in South Africa for NUM | ||
8 October 2009 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| USW Women call on US Government to Take Definitive Action in Honduras | ||
7 September 2009 |
Honduras United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 35/Boletín de noticias de las mujeres de ICEM No. 35 | ||
3 September 2009 |
Bolivia Botswana Canada ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin No. 46 July 2009 | ||
16 July 2009 |
Ghana Guyana India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 33 | ||
18 June 2009 |
Botswana Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Chile ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin No. 45 June 2009 | ||
16 June 2009 |
Canada Dominican Republic India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Gender Equity, Decent Work Linked at Current ILO Session | ||
15 June 2009 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
