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.
 ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin |
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8 July 2008 Afghanistan Canada Côte d'ivoire ... ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin  |
HIV/AIDS Project in India Launched
The ICEM HIV/AIDS Project, in cooperation with affiliates in India and sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, a German world leader in pharmaceuticals, was launched with a planning workshop in Delhi on 3-4 July.
The workshop was attended by 16 participants from ICEM affiliates in the cement, diamond, chemicals, and coal mining sectors. The workshop benefited... Read the article |
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| ICEM Global Info 2008 |
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7 July 2008 Canada Iraq Liberia ... PDF  |
Global Info contains, among other stories:
• Petro-Canada Lockout - energy workers resist break-up of pattern bargaining
• Victory at SIG Combibloc in Thailand - New Zealand unions deliver justice at paper plant
• ICEM Women 7-point agenda adopted
• ICEM Battles HIV/AIDS Pandemic - grass-roots work in Africa needed and necessary
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| ICEM Women's Bulletin: June 2008 |
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27 June 2008 Botswana Colombia Costa Rica ... ICEM Women's bulletin  |
1. ICEM Women’s Committee Holds Meeting in Geneva
ICEM Women’s Committee met on 19 June 2008, in Geneva, and appealed to the federation’s leadership to return to the usual practice of holding the committee meetings prior to Presidium and Executive Committee meetings. Since it was the first meeting of the Congress period, the women introduced themselves at length. Some of the highlights...Read the article |
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| ICEM Women’s Committee Adopts Action Plan on Zimbabwe | ||
20 June 2008 |
Zimbabwe |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| ICEM’s Sub-Sahara Africa Conference Adopts Four-Point Work Plan | ||
16 June 2008 |
Ghana |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Latin American/Caribbean Region Firms Action Plan for 2008-2011 | ||
2 June 2008 |
Argentina Bolivia Brazil ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Global Events Mark International Women’s Day, 8 March | ||
10 March 2008 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| WOMEN’S BULLETIN NO. 27 | ||
4 March 2008 |
Afghanistan Colombia Germany ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| Resolutions as adopted by the 4th ICEM World Congress | ||
1 February 2008 |
Côte d'ivoire Colombia Cuba ... |
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| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
8 January 2008 |
Botswana Namibia Nigeria ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| 447-Day Long Strike Ends with First Trade Union Inside Turkey's Antalya Free Trade Zone | ||
18 December 2007 |
Germany Turkey |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 27 | ||
18 December 2007 |
Colombia Iraq Netherlands ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| 4th ICEM World Congress - Speech by ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda | ||
22 November 2007 |
Global |
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| ICEM Women Elect New Vice President, Adopt 7-Point Programme | ||
19 November 2007 |
Iraq Russian Federation Zimbabwe ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| 4th ICEM World Congress - Women – Work – 21st Century | ||
18 November 2007 |
Brazil Canada Germany ... |
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| ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 26 | ||
12 November 2007 |
Morocco Mexico Senegal ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| 4th ICEM World Congress - Women’s Conference | ||
26 October 2007 |
Global |
ICEM Congress document |
| 4th ICEM World Congress - ICEM Secretariat report | ||
19 October 2007 |
Global |
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| Broad Turkish Attention Given One-Year Novamed Strike | ||
24 September 2007 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| North American ‘Women of Steel’ Convene Largest Ever Women’s Conference | ||
24 September 2007 |
Canada United States |
ICEM InBrief |
