ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the development of gendered international labour policy in the interwar period which touched upon the question of unpaid labour in the service of social reproduction. It explores how these international policies on unpaid work were developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with reference to broader transnational arguments and debates, debates in which women's networks played key roles. The ILO was established in conjunction with the League of Nations in the aftermath of World War I. Its founders declared that lasting peace had to be based upon social justice. In the interwar period, the ILO formed a key point of reference for transnational activism, sustained by many different individuals, networks, groups and organizations who aimed to bring about social reform and betterment in the world of work. In addition, the politics of the ILO brought about policy innovation in labour law.
