Gender guidelines for employment and skills training in conflict-affected countries

Citation

(1999), "Gender guidelines for employment and skills training in conflict-affected countries", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 23 No. 8. https://doi.org/10.1108/jeit.1999.00323hae.005

Gender guidelines for employment and skills training in conflict-affected countries

Gender guidelines for employment and skills training in conflict-affected countries

International Labour Office (ILO)ILOLondon1998ISBN 92 2 111124 5 (Paperback)

Keywords Conflict, Skills, Training, Employment, Gender

Skills training and employment promotion are critical for reintegrating the large numbers of conflict-affected groups into civil society, for reconstructing their communities and for promoting long-term peace. Unfortunately, special gender concerns in the conflict context are often ignored or at best inadequately considered in the design and implementation of such programmes. Taking these concerns into account in the peculiar conflict-affected context is a challenging task which is, however, critical for social justice, equity, sustainable development and peace. To assist efforts in this area, this document brings together the key issues concerning women and gender in the conflict-affected countries and provides guidelines for dealing with them within employment and skills training.