Feature articles
March 2010
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Labour inspection in Europe: fighting undeclared work and trafficking
12 March 2010 - Europe’s labour inspectors face daunting challenges. They not only try to ensure decent working conditions, but also contribute to the fight against trafficking and undeclared work. ... -
Decent Work in India - A triumph of enterprise: Sitabai’s story
09 March 2010 - Last month, the ILO’s tripartite partners in India – the government, employers and workers – formally adopted a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP for India). The new programme will focus on enhanced opportunities for productive work for women and men, particularly for youth and vulnerable groups. ... -
Small Premiums, Long-term Benefits: Why Poor Women Need Microinsurance
05 March 2010 - 15 years have passed since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing decided on a global platform for action on gender equality and women’s empowerment. For poor women in developing countries, microinsurance coverage is an important safety net, providing a powerful tool to protect their households and productive assets. ... -
Questions and Answers on Intellectual Disabilities
04 March 2010 - An estimated 10 to 15 million people in Africa have some form of Intellectual disability and the majority live in poverty and isolation. ...
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February 2010
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Employers’ organizations responding to the impact of the crisis
17 February 2010 - With the adoption of the Global Jobs Pact by the 183 member States of the ILO at the International Labour Conference in June 2009, the world’s governments, employers and workers have at their disposal an integrated portfolio of policies to address the global economic and social crisis. ...
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January 2010
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Vulnerable employment and poverty on the rise, Interview with ILO chief of Employment Trends Unit
26 January 2010 - The economic crisis has had a major impact throughout the world on the level of employment as well as its quality. The ILO’s annual report on "Global Employment Trends 2010" says the share of workers in vulnerable employment worldwide may have increased by more than 100 million in 2009, and with it global poverty. ... -
Questions and answers on jobs recovery and the development of decent work for people in the Pacific Islands
11 January 2010 - In February 2010, at Port Vila, Vanuatu, Labour Ministers, Senior Labour officials and representatives of worker and employer organizations from all eight countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu – as well as Australia and New Zealand – took part in the first high-level gathering of its kind. ...
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December 2009
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Tripartism in the times of neoliberalism
18 December 2009 - For much of the 1990s and the first half of the present decade, many developing countries seeking integration into the global economy adopted the type of market-oriented measures pushed forward by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. ... -
Green policies and jobs: a double dividend?
11 December 2009 - Nearly 40 per cent of all jobs worldwide are in high carbon intensive sectors. If we want to arrest climate change, this will inevitably create an employment challenge as workers will have to move to different jobs and sectors. And it raises the question to what extent “green” policies can produce a double dividend, in terms of environmental and employment goals. ... -
Helping women and men with disabilities fulfil their potential
02 December 2009 - December 3 marks International Day for Persons with Disabilities. This year, the theme focuses on the empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities. Emanuela Pozzan, ILO Subregional Coordinator on Disability for East Asia, looks at a Vietnamese woman whose work in this area has received international recognition.
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