Course Details:
| Course Title | Training Programme on Emerging Perspectives on Gender, Labour Codes and International Labour Standards |
| 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 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. The programme would also provide an orientation on the new labour codes and its implications on the labour market. |
| Course Objective | To provide an overview of labour codes, 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 codes, gender inequalities in the labour market, national legislations and policies on promoting workplace equality, international instruments/international labour standards on gender equality. |
| Participation Level | Government Officials, Union Leaders from Central Trade Unions, Researchers and Civil Society representatives. |
| Faculty | Dr. Ellina Samantroy |
| Date | From 20-11-2023 to 24-11-2023 |
| Training Details | Domestic Training Programmes |
| Venue | V.V.Giri National Labour Institute, Sector-24, NOIDA- 20l301, Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar Uttar Pradesh |
| Course Director | Dr. Ellina Samantroy Jena |
| Download Course Info | Download Course Info (Training Programme on Emerging Perspectives on Gender, Labour Codes and International Labour Standards from November 20-24,2023.pdf) |
| File Size | 1.9 MB |