This page provides information and resources on the intersection between gender equality, women’s empowerment and the world of work, from a range now widely recognised as one of the major driving forces of global economic growth and well-being.

Download ETI’s Base Code guidance on gender equality

The business case for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace

Progress and Potential: A Focus on Gender – The Better Work Programme, ILO/IFC

Want better outcomes? Take a hammer at your company’s glass ceiling

Women’s Empowerment in Global Value Chains: A Framework for Business Action –  BSR, 2016

What Women’s Economic Empowerment Means for Companies & Actions for Companies to Advance Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Brief – United Nations, 2016

She Works: Putting Gender Smart Commitments into Practice – IFC, 2016

The business case for women's economic empowerment - an integrated approach –  International Center for Research on Women and Dalberg Global Development Advisors (commissioned by the Oak Foundation), 2014.

Ending violence and sexual harassment in the world of work

Ending violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work – CARE, 2018

Gender in Occupational Safety and Health – TUC, 2017.

Resource Kit on Gender-based Violence – Fair Wear Foundation, ITC/ILO, 2016.

Standing firm against factory floor harassment  - Fair Wear Foundation 2013

Trade unions

The pages below provide useful material on trade union activities around gender-based violence and women’s empowerment.

• ITUC 
• ITUC 
• IUF 
• IndustriALL

Additional toolkits and guidelines

Gender equality in social auditing guidance – BSR, 2018

Gender equality in codes of conduct guidance – BSR, 2017

How to change business culture and practice – UN High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, 2016.

Improving Opportunities for Women in Smallholder-based Supply Chains – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2010.