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	 <title>Youth speak out on employment crisis</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[This 2012 International Labour Conference (ILC) will focus much of its attention on the issue of youth employment. While for years young people world-wide have had difficulty finding decent work, with the global economic downturn their struggles have become more acute and what was a challenge has been transformed into a crisis. By Matthieu Cognac, Youth Employment Specialist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.]]>
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	 <title>Eight blocks for building better working lives</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[May 1st is Labour Day, an opportunity to reflect on the near-universal experience of work, its quality and quantity. One ILO initiative is seeking to achieve 100 per cent ratification of the eight ILO Conventions covering fundamental labour standards by 2015. Tim De Meyer, the ILO Senior Specialist on International Labour Standards and Labour Laws explains why these instruments are important and how they are linked to relieving poverty and improving lives.]]>
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	 <title>Child Labour in Cambodia - A New Direction</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Although Cambodia is emerging as one of the brightest economic growth stories of Southeast Asia, over 313,000 children are trapped in the worst forms of exploitation such as drug trafficking and prostitution. But the end of all worst forms of child labour in the country is within reach, according to Elaine Moore, a Phnom Penh based journalist, and Allan Dow from the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok who sent us this report.]]>
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	 	<![CDATA[Almost a year ago, in June 2011, a milestone event took place that promised to improve the lives of millions of working people – mostly women - worldwide, including more than a quarter of a million in Hong Kong and potentially as many as 20 million in mainland China.  
By Amelita King-Dejardin
Conditions of Work and Employment Branch, ILO]]>
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	 <title>‘The main change has to happen in peoples’ minds’: a child labour film programme in Kyrgyzstan</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The ILO Global Report “Accelerating action against child labour“, launched in May 2010 calls for “better targeted advocacy” based on “filling important knowledge gaps and making greater use of the media”. This story shows how a small-scale but successful child labour awareness programme in one of the Central Asian countries is putting this kind of advocacy to work.]]>
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	 <title>Zooming in on the safety and health dimension of greening the economy</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The 2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) in a green economy. The shift to a green economy is perceived as a way to reconcile the world’s economic and social needs with environmental sustainability. However, even if certain jobs are considered to be “green”, the technologies used may protect the environment but not be safe at all. In this interview, Ms Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Labour Protection Department (PROTRAV), looks at the less visible dimension of green jobs and the greening of traditional sectors.]]>
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	 <title>Small enterprise development in Uganda: Making markets work for the poor</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Information is critical in effective business operations and in the efficient operation of markets. An ILO project in Uganda empowers the poor to advocate for their own business interests and to expand their business as a result of putting into practice what they learned on the radio. It is one of many success stories in small enterprise development contained in a new ILO report to be discussed at the International Labour Conference.]]>
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	 <title>The role of employment in crisis recovery </title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Emergency relief aid is the priority in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, but recovering jobs and livelihoods are an important part of reconstruction.  Through labour-intensive infrastructure rehabilitation projects and other kinds of job creation, the ILO helps disaster victims rebuild their lives. 
By Shukuko Koyama, Crisis Specialist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]]>
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	 <title>Decent work and social justice: a spiritual perspective</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[How do different religious traditions view the world of work and can they play a part in promoting ILO core values? A new publication entitled “Convergences: decent work and social justice in religious traditions”, explains the positions of various religious traditions regarding social justice and decent work issues. The ILO’s special adviser for socio-religious affairs, Pierre Martinot-Lagarde spoke to ILO Online.]]>
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	 <title>Towards a greener and fairer society</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Climate change means that resource scarcity and environmental degradation have become major, and urgent, challenges. In response, the ILO is promoting the concept of green jobs as a driving force towards a greener and fairer development path that can support economic and social development at a sustainable level.  By Vincent Jagault, Senior Specialist in Environment and Decent Work, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]]>
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	 <title>Campaign for domestic workers’ rights gathers pace</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day, 8 March, is “Empower Rural Women, End Poverty and Hunger”. One path that many rural women take to escape poverty is to become a domestic worker in a big city household or overseas. Yet when they do, many find themselves exploited, with little or no legal protection to guarantee basic rights to pay, rest and freedom from abuse. However following the adoption of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), the campaign to ensure domestic workers’ rights are respected is gaining momentum.  
By Lotte Kejser, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor Leste]]>
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	 <title>Land rights mean social justice for Cambodia&#39;s indigenous peoples</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[February 20 is World Day for Social Justice, focusing attention on the necessity for economic growth to promote equity and social justice, and that “a society for all” must be based on social justice and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms. In Cambodia new legislation is helping some indigenous peoples achieve some of these rights and build a more secure future.
By Maeve Galvin, Communication and Advocacy Officer, ILO Cambodia.]]>
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	 <title>Public-private partnerships in Asia Pacific – the best of two systems
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	 	<![CDATA[Public-private partnerships are gaining increasing traction in international development cooperation and are being used more and more by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
By Wolfgang Schiefer, Chief, Regional Partnerships, Resource Mobilization and UN Reform, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]]>
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	 <title>Making public-private partnerships work for better insurance coverage</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has seen more than its share of both natural and man-made disasters. In a country like Haiti, microfinance not only helps to create jobs and income, but becomes a relief and survival strategy after disaster. Sarah Bel, Information Officer for the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility, reports on how public-private partnerships play an important role to scale up quality and affordable insurance products for low-income workers.]]>
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	 <title>Buried in bricks: Bonded labour in Afghanistan</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Bonded labour of adults and children in brick kilns is one of the most prevalent, yet least known forms of hazardous labour in Afghanistan. A new ILO study on the phenomenon marks the first attempt to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of bonded labour in two provinces of the country. ILO Online spoke with Samuel Hall consulting, lead author of the study.]]>
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	 <title>Social Protection for Thailand’s Informal Economy Workers</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[People working in the informal economy are vulnerable and often lack social protection. When natural disasters such as the 2011 flood in Thailand strike, they are frequently left without adequate support. But now the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other United Nations agencies are working with the Thai Government to change this and create a suitable social protection system. Alice Molinier and Kakkanang Ghettalae, ILO Social Protection Consultants, and Poonsap Tulaphan, Foundation for Labour and Employment Promotion report.]]>
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	 <title>Giving an ancient craft a new shine: Training youth in the brassware sector in India</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Low levels of education, lack of skills, diplomas or certificates within a technical field severely limit the chances of gainful employment for a vast number of youth in India. A new programme of skills developing and training, however, is providing an alternative. Neelam Agnihotri, ILO communication officer in New Delhi, reports how this initiative is providing new jobs for youth in the centuries-old traditional brassware industry in Moradabad, northern India.]]>
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	 <title>Social Protection for Thailand’s Informal Economy Workers</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[People working in the informal economy are often vulnerable and frequently lack social protection. But now the ILO and other United Nations agencies are working with the Thai Government to change this and create a suitable, social protection system.]]>
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	 <title>Gender equality in the rural sector: The ever-present challenge</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day – Empower Rural Women, end poverty and hunger – highlights the need to tackle gender inequalities in the rural sector. Women living and working in rural areas are often perceived and treated as second-class citizens. Despite the low level of recognition given to their work, their socio-economic contribution to the welfare of their households and communities is immense. In this interview, ILO Gender Bureau Director Jane Hodges discusses the many facets of the plight of rural women.]]>
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	 <title>Decent work and education: A win-win combination</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[In 2003, Argentina became one the first countries to incorporate the concept of Decent Work to its national development agenda. Since then, a number of government programmes have put into practice different aspects of the Decent Work Agenda. In 2004, Argentina and the ILO teamed up to launch the Building a Future with Decent Work project, which aims to promote and develop the dignity of work in each person. As ILO News explains, this a road that begins in the primary years at school.]]>
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