GENDER AUDIT OF LABOR LEGISLATION

It is analysed the problematic aspects of providing gender equality in labor relations in the article, as one of the key areas of ensuring Ukraine's democratic progress on the basis of European integration values is the introduction of gender equality in all spheres of public life. Women's rights and gender equality belong to the fundamental human rights guaranteed in numerous international contracts, resolutions, declarations, platforms and action programs in the field of human rights. The purpose of research is to study the world experience in assessing gender inequality, analysis and systematization of existing theoretical and methodological approaches to gender audit of labor legislation, and generalization of the main regulations aimed at implementing gender audit to provide gender balance in the implementation of the right to work. Gender audit is a new tool in promoting gender equality policy. It allows to analyze how the principles of gender equality are reflected in the activities of the organization, how gender components are integrated into strategic, program documents, documents on current activities, in the relationship in the staff. The article presents the main methodological tools for gender audit developed by the ILO and used recently: gender development index, gender inequality index. It was noted that there is a need for the rapid introduction of a methodology for measuring gender inequality, which will be able to cover all areas of human life as widely as possible and provide the most objective assessments of gender imbalance. The above regulations allow us to conclude that gender audit launches a process of systematic self-analysis in the field of both organizational capacity and program activities. The participation in the audit enhances the gender competencies of the participants and provides specific tools and methods of work on gender equality issues. The development of action plans based on the results of the gender audit makes it possible to strengthen the gender competencies of employees and introduce new modern methods of work to increase organizational capacity and improve the quality of working conditions for women and men. The key to the successful implementation of the outlined tasks is the legislative consolidation of these guarantees in the current legislation.