The ILO-GIP project aims to contribute to the overall reduction of poverty and the empowerment of Myanmar women working in the garment industry by improving labour relations, social dialogue and gender.

More concretely, the project�s objectives are to:
� Assist and train employers and workers in selected garment enterprises to build sound labour relations practices, including (but not exclusively) effective communication, workplace cooperation, dispute prevention and settlement, occupational health and safety, (OSH), gender equality, productivity and collective bargaining;
� Empower women via the removal of obstacles to their participation in different level of social dialogue, including increasing their knowledge of health and reproductive related matters;
� Increase the capacity of employers and workers organizations to deliver training and other support services to their members; and
� Support employers� and workers� organizations at the sectoral level through training on social dialogue and sound industrial relations practices and in developing practices of bi-partite social dialogue.