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Emerging Perspectives on Gender, Labour Laws and International Labour Standards (SLI, Orissa)

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Course Title Emerging Perspectives on Gender, Labour Laws and International Labour Standards (SLI, Orissa)
Course Aim The programme endeavours to sensitize the participants about the inequalities prevalent in the world of work and the challenges faced by women in the labour market. It would also enable the participants in developing an understanding about the existing legal instruments and international labour standards for ensuring equality at workplace and promoting workers’ rights based on a model of social justice. The programme also aims to address the larger questions on intersection of paid work and unpaid unpaid/care work and recognition of care as a right that need to be incorporated into the policy framework for facilitating women’s employment and sustenance in the labour market.
Course Objective
  • To provide an overview of gender and the labour market.
  • To analyse gender inequalities and discriminatory practices with regard to access to labour market, wages, working conditions, employment security, etc. 
  • To  understand  the  gendered  vulnerabilities  and  intersection  of  paid  work  and unpaid/care work, challenges in reconciling paid work and family responsibilities that  leads  women  to  precarious  forms  of employment  that  remain  outside  the purview of available legal and policy responses. 
  • To  sensitize  the  participants  about  the  existing  legal  instruments  and  national polices on promotion of gender equality at the workplace.
  • To understand the various international labour standards/international instruments and good practices on gender equality.
  • To discuss about strategies of promotion of rights to fair/decent work and care within the framework of employment law and policies that would address the larger question of equality of opportunity and women’s employment and sustenance in the labour market
Course Profile Gender and labour laws, gender inequalities in the labour market, national legislations and policies on promoting workplace equality, international instruments/international labour standards on gender equality
Methodology Lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, case studies and experience sharing.
Participation Level Government Officials, Union Leaders from Central Trade Unions and civil society representatives
Faculty Besides the VVGNLI faculty, experts in the field will be invited to deliver sessions.
Date From 24-10-2016 to 26-10-2016
Training Details Domestic Training Programmes
Venue SLI, Orissa
Course Director Dr. Ellina Samantroy Jena