Title page -- Copyright information -- CONTENTS -- Executive summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Gender equality and the Decent Work Agenda -- 1.1. Access to employment -- 1.2. Access to social protection -- 1.3. Access to social dialogue -- 1.4. Access to principles and rights -- 1.5. Gender, the ILO and the United Nations -- 1.5.1. ILO tools in UN collaboration -- 1.5.2. ILO and the inter-agency system -- 1.5.3. The ILO and One UN country programmes -- 1.5.4. Functional commissions and treaty bodies -- Chapter 2. Gender equality and tensions in a globalized world -- 2.1. Women, men and poverty -- 2.2. Gender and the current financial and economic crisis -- 2.3. Climate change -- 2.4. Gender and the demographic situation -- 2.5. Decent work in the life cycle -- 2.6. Men and gender relations -- 2.7. Selected themes common across the life cycle -- 2.7.1. Violence against women and girls -- 2.7.2. Domestic labour -- 2.7.3. HIV and AIDS -- Chapter 3. Maternity, healthy infancy andworking parents -- 3.1. ILO action -- 3.1.1. Employment -- 3.1.2. Social protection -- 3.1.3. Social dialogue -- 3.1.4. Principles and rights -- 3.2. Links to the United Nations and international agencies -- 3.3. The way forward -- Chapter 4. A decent childhood for both girls and boys -- 4.1. Gender and education -- 4.2. Girls, boys and household chores -- 4.3. Gender and working children -- 4.3.1. Worst forms of child labour -- 4.4. ILO action -- 4.4.1. Adult employment instead of child labour -- 4.4.2. Social protection -- 4.4.3. Social dialogue in defence of children -- 4.4.4. Principles and rights -- 4.5. Links to the United Nations and international agencies -- 4.6. The way forward -- Chapter 5. Gender, youth and employment -- 5.1. Gender issues -- 5.1.1. Gender, youth and social stability -- 5.1.2. Gender roles and women's labour force participation.

5.1.3. Occupational segregation and stereotyping -- 5.1.4. Export processing zones -- 5.2. ILO action -- 5.2.1. Employment -- 5.2.2. Social protection -- 5.2.4. Social dialogue -- 5.2.5. Principles and rights -- 5.3. Links to the United Nations and international agencies -- 5.4. The way forward -- Chapter 6. Working women and men in adulthood -- 6.1. Global supply chains -- 6.2. Vulnerable employment -- 6.3. Non-standard forms of work -- 6.3.1. Part-time employment -- 6.3.2. The informal economy -- 6.3.3. Home work -- 6.4. Entrepreneurship -- 6.5. Equal pay -- 6.6. Migration -- 6.7. The care economy -- 6.8. ILO action -- 6.8.1. Employment -- 6.8.2. Social protection -- 6.8.3. Social dialogue -- 6.8.4. Principles and rights -- 6.9. Working with the United Nations and international agencies -- 6.10. The way forward -- Chapter 7. Older workers and the senior years: Rights, jobs and social security -- 7.1. ILO action -- 7.1.1. Employment -- 7.1.2. Social protection -- 7.1.3. Social dialogue -- 7.1.4. Principles and rights -- 7.2. Links to the United Nations and international agencies -- 7.3. The way forward -- Chapter 8. Main policy orientations for international and national action -- 8.1. Leveraging social dialogue for gender equality -- 8.2. Men and women in leadership positions -- 8.3. Enhancing governance through gender equality -- 8.4. What has worked and what needs more attention -- 8.5. Future work -- Suggested points for discussion -- Appendix.