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"The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference, held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, in the month of June.



Each member State is represented by a delegation consisting of two government delegates, an employer delegate, a worker delegate, and their respective advisers. (Employer and Worker delegates are nominated in agreement with the most representative national organizations of employers and workers.)



Every delegate has the same rights, and all can express themselves freely and vote as they wish. So it happens that worker and employer delegates sometimes vote against their government's representatives or against each other. This diversity of viewpoints, however, does not prevent decisions being adopted by very large majorities or in some cases even unanimously."



This year the Conference will take place 3-19 June. Among the items that will be discussed this year is the issue of “Gender equality at the heart of decent work”. It’s the first time that this topic is being discussed in over 20 years. There is still a lot of work to be done in order to achieve gender equality in the workplace: millions of women face serious discriminations as regards work regulations and conditions; the pay gap continues to be a problem in many countries; there is a higher percentage of women engaged in precarious employment, with low salaries and bad conditions; and most workers in the informal economy in developed countries are women.



Reports submitted to the Conference: http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Officialmeetings/ilc/ILCSessions/98thSession/ReportssubmittedtotheConference/lang--en/index.htm



*Report VI: Gender equality at the heart of decent work: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_105119.pdf



Agenda of the 98th Session of the ILC: http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Officialmeetings/ilc/ILCSessions/98thSession/lang--en/docName--WCMS_103619/index.htm



Conference Guide: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_101558.pdf