25 марта, 2008Feature article examines the challenges confronted by workers in Belarus, special report looks at gender equality and participation of women in trade union work in Latin America, and IMF profiles Annie Labaj, director of the CAW international department.
19 марта, 2008Whether developing women activists, building international solidarity or fighting for fair trade, education is key to making real changes, believes Annie Labaj of the CAW.
19 марта, 2008Improving gender equality for women at work and increasing their participation in trade unions remains a big challenge, particularly in Latin America. In countries like Brazil and the Dominican Republic, there have been important cultural changes in trade union thinking that have opened the way for women to take on leadership positions. However, this has yet to take place in the rest of the continent.
19 марта, 2008Precarious work, the topic of the IMF Central Committee meeting in Brazil, represents a problem for a growing number of workers in many countries. In Belarus, IMF affiliate REPAM is confronted with a multitude of problems, one of which is precarious employment in the form of universal short-term contracts.
7 марта, 2008On the occasion of International Women's Day, two new reports show that despite women gaining greater access to employment and education they remain disadvantaged in the workplace both in terms of access to paid employment and pay equity.
