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	 <title>ILO statement on the Wing Star shoe factory building collapse</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The ILO is saddened by the deaths and injuries resulting from the building collapse at the Wing Star shoe factory on Thursday (May 16th) in Cambodia. The ILO would like to express its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, and to wish the injured workers a speedy recovery.]]>
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	 <title>The Gender Unit, Department of Labour Punjab, wins prestigious UN Public Service Award</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The Gender Unit, Department of Labour, Punjab, established under the ILO, CIDA funded project, Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE), has, from amongst 2000 applicants, won a United Nations Public Service Award in recognition of its work on gender mainstreaming.]]>
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	 <title>Labour Standards: Unions from Italy, Moldova and Ukraine sign cooperation agreements </title>
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	 <title>Making decent work a reality for domestic workers in Africa</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The ILO is organising a Knowledge Sharing Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 28-30 May 2013 to share good practices, practical initiatives and new policies to promote decent work for domestic workers in Africa.]]>
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	 <title>Women Entrepreneurship Development Training in East Africa</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[An ILO-Women&#39;s Entrepreneurship Development (WED) training for future ILO-WED assessors in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from April 10 -12.]]>
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	 <title>ILO global forum to discuss decent work in the fishing industry</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Government, employer and worker delegates will share ideas on how the Work in fishing convention (n°188) can address major challenges in the industry, including safety and health and forced labour.]]>
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	 <title>The link between good workplace practices and small enterprise performance</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The ILO brought together international experts, researchers and field practitioners to explore the impact of improvements in workplace practices in small and medium enterprises on SME performance in developing and transition economies.]]>
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	 <title>The impact of agricultural trade on labour markets</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[A new ILO/UNCTAD book highlights the role of agricultural trade in creating jobs and alleviating poverty around the world.]]>
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	 <title>Launch of the plan for expanding social protection in Thailand </title>
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	 	<![CDATA[A joint UN/Royal Thai Government report that analyses policy options and costing for expanding social protection coverage in Thailand was launched today by the Minister attached to the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr Niwatthamrong Busongphaisan.  The report argues that comprehensive measures to implement a nationally defined social protection floor  (SPF) would cost between 0.5 and 1.2 per cent of current GDP. The goal of a SPF is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable essential health care, and that everyone, including children and the elderly, have a guarantee of income security throughout their lives.]]>
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	 <title>Secretary-General&#39;s statement on the upcoming national elections in Pakistan</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the upcoming national elections in Pakistan]]>
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	 <title>Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[A new ILO report says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, creating a generation at risk of suffering decent work deficits throughout their lives.]]>
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	 <title>Global youth unemployment rate to reach 13 per cent this year: ILO</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The world youth unemployment rate this year is close to its crisis peak  and is not expected to decline before 2018, according to a new ILO report. Unemployment rate among young people in Viet Nam is also more than three times higher than the adult rate.]]>
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	 <title>Long term youth unemployment causes generation&#39;s distrust</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[A new ILO report says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, creating a generation at risk of suffering decent work deficits throughout their lives and causing distrust in the socio-economic and political systems.]]>
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	 <title>Plan for expanding social protection in Thailand to be launched</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[A report laying out a plan for expanding social protection in Thailand will be launched in the presence of the Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, on Friday 10 May 2013.
The report “Social protection assessment based national dialogue: Towards a nationally defined social protection floor in Thailand” gives an assessment of the social protection situation in Thailand, identifies policy and implementation issues,  offers policy recommendations as well as cost estimates of proposed social protection benefit packages, for creating a comprehensive social protection floor  (SPF) in Thailand. The goal of an SPF is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable essential health care, and that everyone, including children and the elderly, have a guarantee of income security throughout their lives.]]>
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	 <title>Better protecting Indonesian migrant workers through bilateral and multilateral agreements</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[As the second largest sending country, some 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers.]]>
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	 <title>Providing better financial access to Indonesian micro and small enterprises</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Indonesia have significant potential to create jobs and reduce poverty by providing access to a range of financial services. The sector is gearing up for exponential growth and expected to reach more people in urban and rural areas with their microfinance products.]]>
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	 <title>The true potential of the social and solidarity economy</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Cooperatives and social enterprises can help expand decent work and job opportunities, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.]]>
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	 <title>International Nurses’ Day:
EU and ILO Manila promote decent work agenda for Filipino health professionals</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Thousands of Filipino health professionals migrate every year for work raising important questions related to the global shortage and inequitable distribution of health professionals in and between many countries.]]>
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	 <title>Police Officers trained to address legal needs of bonded labourers</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The Sindh Police in collaboration with the International Labour Organization conducted a 3-day master trainer course on Strengthening Actions and Responses against Bonded Labour.]]>
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	 <title>The ILO and the government of Bangladesh to hold a press conference on Rana Plaza disaster</title>
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