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HIV Workplace Corner inaugurated at the Judicial Training Center in Tajikistan

12 June 2013, Tajikistan

Dushanbe, June 10, 2013. The "HIV Workplace Corner" at the Judicial Training Center, Council of Justice`s premises was inaugurated by Mr. Muhammad Rasulov, Deputy Director, Judicial Training Center, Council of Justice in Tajikistan.
ILO launches new initiative to reach 5 million workers with voluntary HIV testing by 2015

06 June 2013,

ILO Director-General and UNAIDS Executive Director launch new programme on voluntary and confidential HIV counselling and testing to reach 5 million workers world-wide.
Launch of a landmark global initiative on HIV in the world of work

04 June 2013,

UNAIDS and the ILO to launch new initiative to provide 5 million working women and men with Voluntary and confidential HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT@WORK) by 2015.

India launches the “Getting to Zero at Work” Campaign

24 May 2013, New Delhi, India

“Has the countdown to zero begun at your workplace?” is the key message of “Getting to Zero at Work” Campaign launched in India.
Experts consultation on HIV and social protection research 20-21 May 2013

20 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

ILO/AIDS held an experts consultation to develop country research methodologies to generate knowledge on “the access to and effect of social protection programmes on women and men workers in formal and informal economies living with HIV and their households.” This experts consultation was held at the ILO in Geneva on 20 – 21 May 2013 and brought together HIV, social protection and research experts from around the world.

Getting across the message on male circumcision and HIV in the workplace

14 March 2013,

Many Swazi men have decided to get circumcised to reduce their risk of contracting HIV, after attending workplace information sessions organised by the ILO.

ILO Partners’ Meeting: Rising to the challenge – scaling up the response to HIV and AIDS through workplace action in Africa

30 January 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

The objective of the meeting will be to capitalize on successes and exchange ideas to accelerate the HIV and AIDS response through workplace and private sector action.
Letter of Agreement between the Africa Union and the ILO

04 January 2013,

19 December 2012: A Letter of Agreement was signed between the Africa Union (AU) and the ILO to collaborate in implementing the AU workplace policy on HIV and AIDS among the AU staff.

People Living with HIV launched their HIV Global Advocacy Agenda

10 December 2012,
Message by ILO's Director-General on World AIDS Day 2012

01 December 2012, Geneva

This World AIDS day commemoration carries a unanimous hope that the world can bring an end to AIDS.

Heads of UN agencies launch “Getting to Zero at Work” campaign

29 November 2012,

The campaign aims to promote ILO Recommendation 200 concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010.
HIV Stigma – a new form of dying

28 November 2012,

HIV is no longer a killer but HIV stigma is. As World AIDS Day is observed on 1 December, ILO research in China, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand sheds light on the problem and suggests ways it can be addressed.
The world of work walks in Colombo to commemorate World AIDS Day

28 November 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The countdown continues: Getting to Zeros – Zero New HIV infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS related deaths

28 November 2012, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

On 30 November 2012, the Director for the ILO Dar es Salaam Country Office, Mr. Alexio Musindo and staff commemorated the World AIDS Day.
World AIDS Day: launching the “Getting to Zero at work” campaign

26 November 2012, 13:30 at ILO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

UN Heads of Agencies to launch the “Getting to Zero at work” campaign.
Official Launching of the Innovation Funds by the Minister of Labour under the Sida Funded Economic Empowerment Program and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe

22 November 2012, Zimbabwe

On 22 November, the ILO and SEDCO - the Small Enterprises Development Corporation have signed an agreement on the establishment of the Economic Empowerment Fund, under the patronage of the Minister of Labour and Social Services of Zimbabwe.

ILO/AIDS Update - October 2012

30 October 2012,
Corrigendum to "HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights & Health" by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law

19 October 2012,

On 9 July 2012, the Global Commission on HIV and the Law released its comprehensive report, HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights & Health. The report sets out evidence gathered by the Commission on human rights and legal issues related to HIV, examining the impact of national legislative and policy frameworks on HIV responses. The report makes a series of recommendations aimed at guiding law and policy makers, civil society, the public and private sectors and other actors engaged in the response at global, regional and national levels.

ILO course on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work: a prevention & social protection perspective, 12-23 November 2012

13 September 2012, Turin, Italy

The ILO Training Centre in Turin is organizing a two-week capacity-building course on HIV/AIDS and the world of work, with a prevention and social protection perspective. The course aims to strengthen the capacity of planners and social actors to develop and implement workplace policies and programmes on HIV and AIDS that build on and benefit from the decent work approach, covering rights, prevention, employment issues, social protection aspects and social dialogue.

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