Feature articles

November 2009 

• Occupational safety and health in times of crisis: “We have to invest in a healthy workforce now”
  05 November 2009 - More than 300 participants from some 60 countries discussed this week the potential impact of the global economic crisis on occupational safety and health (OSH) at an international conference hosted by the ILO in Düsseldorf on “Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards Globally”. ILO Online asked Dr. ...
• Czech student wins international letter writing contest on decent work
  05 November 2009 - More than 2 million children from some 60 countries took part in the 2009 international letter writing competition for young people organized by the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The theme chosen for this year was “Decent Work”, a notion at the heart of the work of the International Labour Organization (ILO). ...
• Fighting a leading killer: how the German TÜV promotes health at the workplace and beyond
  04 November 2009 - It is estimated that one million people worldwide develop colorectal cancer every year. In 2008, the German TÜV, a private-sector regulatory and safety inspection body, launched a colorectal cancer screening campaign reaching tens of thousands of employees. This week, the initiative was presented at an international ILO occupational safety and health conference in Düsseldorf.
• Peacebuilding as one: UN launches new policy on generating employment in post-conflict environments
  03 November 2009 - Promoting employment is difficult in peacetime, and significantly more so in post-conflict situations. A major new effort by 20 UN agencies, funds and programmes now aims to scale up and maximize the impact, coherence and efficiency of employment support to post-conflict countries. ...

October 2009 

• Business continuity planning: how the ILO prepares enterprises for a major Influenza A pandemic
  29 October 2009 - The ILO held a workshop on “Business continuity planning for Pandemics” with the participation of workers’ and employers’ representatives from key sectors, as well as representatives from related UN agencies. The meeting aimed to promote preparedness among diverse economic sectors for the spread of Influenza A (H1N1) and its potential impact on businesses worldwide. ...
• One dinner that changed thousands of lives
  27 October 2009 - Last month, the Salvadoran NGO Agape was awarded the Social Entrepreneurship Award 2009 for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic. ...
• Somalia: addressing the root causes of piracy and warlordism
  13 October 2009 - Faced with a dramatic increase in piracy off the Horn of Africa, countries have stepped up their efforts to protect shipping in the region. However, attention is now turning more to the question of why people turn to piracy to make a living and what can be done to provide an alternative. ...
• Climate change in Asia: while awareness is increasing, the water is rising
  06 October 2009 - As global awareness on climate change increases, some regions of the world are already suffering from its consequences. In one such area in the Philippines, the ILO has launched a new project to lessen the impact of changing weather patterns on the local economy. ...

September 2009 

• Social security for all, the Brazilian way
  23 September 2009 - Brazil has been at the fore front of social security protection and promotion in Latin American over the past years. Its social protection programmes are widely regarded both for their scope and innovation. ...
• India’s barefoot solar engineers fight climate change and poverty
  04 September 2009 - The year 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s gender equality action plan, and the end of a year-long global ILO campaign on gender equality and the world of work. One of the themes of the campaign was the linkage between climate change and the role of women in the world of work. ...