Decent Work, Decent Life for Women is the theme of the 1st World Women’s Conference of the ITUC, October 19th to 21st 2009 in Brussels, and of a continuing ITUC’s Global Campaign. On the conference, ITUC presented a report which examines decent work for women in 12 coutries.

The report, based on WageIndicator data, concludes that women are adversely affected compared to their male colleagues in the following areas: pay, promotion and progression, work-life balance, working conditions.

More about ITUC's report The Decent Work Agenda: a gender perpective

On average 4 out of 10 employees work more hours than agreed in their contracts. On top, half of those working overtime are not compensated at all for the extra hours put in. Next , employees from around the globe in equal measure report their work to be physically exhausting and mentally even more so. This is the major outcome of an international study based on WageIndicator data. It compares Decent Work standards as perceived by almost 350,000 employees in 11 countries ranging from Europe, to Latin America and Africa.

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