GENEVA, NOVEMBER 4 – The new head of the International Labour Office (ILO) Gilbert Houngbo appointed Manuela Tomei as one of two Assistants Director General. “We are honoured that he chose an Italian woman who has always worked for equality and women’s working rights”, remarked the Italian Mission to the International Organization in Geneva after the appointment.
Manuela Tomei has been Director of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department, International Labour Office (ILO) since 2013. She has held various posts at ILO Headquarters in Geneva and its Regional Office in Peru. She was lead coordinator of the preparatory work that culminated in the adoption of the last two ILO Conventions, namely, C.190 on violence and harassment in the world of work in 2019, and C.189 on decent work for domestic workers in 2011.
Together with UN Women and OECD, the ILO established and launched at the UN General Assembly in September 2017 the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) to contribute to the realization of SDG 8.5, in which Ms Tomei played a key role. She led the work that resulted in the adoption by the 2021 International Labour Conference of the Resolution on inequalities and the world of work. She has written and provided policy advice on a range of subjects, including gender, poverty and work, informal and non-standard forms of employment, wages and the gender pay gap. (@OnuItalia)
