• NORMATIVE BACKGROUND• MONITORING• LESSONS LEARNED• NEXT STEPS

Composition of delegations and panelsthe ILO experience

Normative background

Article 389 of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles (now article 3.2 of the Constitution) When questions specially affecting women are to be considered by the

Conference, one at least of the advisers should be a woman 1975 ILC Resolution concerning a Plan of action with a

view to promoting equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers call on member States to ensure appointment of women in delegations

on the same basis and by the same standards as men 1981 ILC Resolution concerning ILO action for women

workers call on member States to secure the widest possible participation of

women at the ILOC on the same footing as men 1990 ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/1990/15

recommended targets for increasing the proportion of women in leadership positions: 30% by 1995 and 50% by 2000

Normative background (cont.)

1991 ILC Resolution concerning action for women workers call on governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations to include

more women in their delegations to the Conference and other major ILO meetings.

2009 ILC Resolution concerning gender equality at the heart of decent work call on the ILO to improve through concrete measures the representation

of women at all levels in the ILO, in all ILO meetings, and develop a set of gender indicators

2012 Report of the ILC Credentials Committee noting a decrease in the participation of women Request to the Governing Body to consider measures to improve the

situation 2012 Follow-up decision of the Governing Body

Request more detailed reporting on the participation of women Establish a reporting mechanism through annual requests to States below

the 30% target

Monitoring (evolution)

Basic monitoring of women participation in ILC since 1982 (following 1981 ILC resolution), and since 1990s for ILO regional meetings

Annual Office web posted report on Gender balance in the ILC since 2001

Special section of ILC Credentials Committee report on proportion of women in delegations since 2013 (following decrease in 2012)

DG’s request to selected member States since 201330% target reached at ILC in 2015Breakdown by country since 2016

Scope of monitoring (current)

Credentials committee & subsequent Office report Overall proportion of women and men, including 10-year

trends Breakdown by group (Government - Employers - Workers) Breakdown by category (in leadership positions and other

positions) Breakdown by country (and by region)

Reporting mechanism for countries < 30% target Reasons for not having met the target Measures taken to address the situation and to achieve

ultimate parity goal Clinics with selected countries to analyse the situation

Monitoring sample 1

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 20160%

500%

1000%

1500%

2000%

2500%

3000%

3500%

4000%

4500%

5000%

Governments Employers Workers Conference total

Proportion of women by group

Monitoring sample 2

Governments Employers Workers 0%

500%

1000%

1500%

2000%

2500%

3000%

3500%

4000%

4500%

5000%

Titular delegates Substitute delegates Technical advisers

Proportion of women by function

Monitoring sample 3

Proportion of women by region

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

2013

 

2014

 

2015

  2016

Africa 23.4

 

22.6

 

20.3

 

23.9

 

23.8

 

24.5

  23.7

Arab States 13.0

 

12.8

 

11.7

 

14.0

 

22.8

 

18.8

  29.5

Asia and the Pacific 21.3   23.9   24.6  21.1   24.8   27.7   23.5

Europe 36.3

 

35.6

 

35.8

 

36.1

 

38.6

 

38.3

  38.4

Americas30.9

  35.0

 32.2

 

32.2

 

34.0

 

34.1

  33.8

Total 27.6

 

27.9

 

26.8

 

27.2

 

29.7

 

29.8

  30.2

Monitoring sample 4

Proportion of women by country and group

Some lessons learned

Success factors Gender equality as part of Organization’s core

mandate Senior management drive and support Dedicated ressources

Need for improvement No progress without indicators and close monitoring Impact analysis of national policies and incentives Need for better communication of best practices and

training opportunities

Next steps

Beyond the 30% target - moving towards gender parity in major ILO meetings

Expanding the data collection and monitoring to all ILO meetings

Start monitoring gender dimension in panels/committees

Momentum for further action by 2019 in the context of the «women at work» ILO centenary initiative

Useful links

Last Credentials Committee report:http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_486711.pdf Last Office report: http://www.ilo.org/gender/Informationresources/WCMS_438292/lang--en/index.htmWomen at work centenary initiative:http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/history/centenary/WCMS_480301/lang--en/index.htm ILO Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch:http://www.ilo.org/gender/lang--en/index.htm