Feature articles

September 2006 

• Mongolian child jockeys – balancing cultural heritage with safety
  22 September 2006 - Horse races with child jockeys are part of Mongolia's cultural heritage, but the growing number of races and serious, sometimes fatal accidents have drawn increasing public attention. The issue was discussed for the first time at a recent national forum which was supported by the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). N. ...
• The global jobs crisis: Address the growing imbalance between growth and jobs creation
  20 September 2006 - Faced with the fact that growth is not producing enough jobs worldwide, the world's financial leaders recently gathered in Singapore must focus on more than trade and financial imbalances, says ILO Director-General Juan Somavia. In this article, Mr. Somavia calls for significant policy reforms to deal with global imbalances between growth and job creation.
• The "Future Store Initiatives": technological and structural change in the retail industry
  15 September 2006 - The introduction of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology replacing bar codes on products will be one of the driving factors contributing to productivity gains in the retail sector but also affect the levels and quality of employment, says a new ILO report. ...
• Social security for all: combating poverty through basic welfare schemes
  06 September 2006 - A number of developing countries have in recent years introduced basic pensions or child benefit schemes financed from the general exchequer which are proving to be a powerful means of combating poverty. Strong evidence of positive experience comes from countries as diverse as Brazil, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal and South Africa. ...

August 2006 

• 14th Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea (29 August - 1 September) Making progress in combating child labour in Asia
  28 August 2006 - Despite declines both in the child population and in the number of economically active children, the ILO estimates that Asia has the largest number of child workers in the 5-14 age group - some 122 million. Here are some FAQs on child labour compiled by ILO Online.
• 14th Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea (29 August - 1 September) Workers on the move in Asia
  24 August 2006 - In recent years, almost three million workers in Asia have left their homes each year to work abroad, according to a new report for the ILO's Asian Regional Meeting. While the growing mobility has benefited sending and receiving countries as well as the migrant workers themselves, migration also poses enormous challenges for states of the region. ...
• 14th Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea (29 August - 1 September) Improved working conditions create a win-win story in Asia's factories
  24 August 2006 - Asia's ability to sustain its impressive economic growth and competitive edge will depend greatly on the ability of governments and companies to ensure the benefits are shared by employers, the workforce and the wider population. ...
• Saving lives, protecting jobs: Strategic HIV/AIDS responses by enterprises (SHARE)
  11 August 2006 - Ninety per cent of the 40 million people living with HIV worldwide will get up today and go to work. For many, it will be a day of stigma and discrimination and struggling with ill health, often with limited information, help or treatment. ...
• International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2006 Recognizing the rights of the guardians of the forest: "pygmies" in Cameroon
  04 August 2006 - The Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (PRO 169) was launched in 1996 to protect the human rights of some 350 million indigenous and tribal peoples worldwide. ...

July 2006 

• A "vector" of hope for street children in St. Petersburg
  28 July 2006 - Some groups of child labourers, including street children, are particularly difficult to reach. The ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) project in St. Petersburg, where 16,000 children work in the streets, seeks to rehabilitate these children and show the way to other regions in the Russian Federation.