I-news

2010 

• ILO study explores how workplaces are helping with childcare to allow more women to remain in paid employment
  08 March 2010 - A new study by the International Labour Office (ILO) says shortfalls in childcare for pre-school as well as school-age children have important implications for working parents, employers and societies as a whole.
• ILO Conference to promote training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities, Lusaka, 9-11 March 2010
  04 March 2010 - The International Labour Organization will hold a conference in Lusaka on 9-11 March to explore opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to work in the general community.
• ILO and FAO launch joint initiative to nurture peace, security and decent work in the Philippines: Government of Japan allocates 2.5 million USD for inter-agency programme
  04 March 2010 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will launch a new project to help fishers, farmers and workers in a Philippine province affected by conflict and natural disasters, in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).
• ILO Director-General welcomes Business Leaders’ Declaration on International Trade and Economic Recovery at Davos
  29 January 2010 - ILO Director-General Juan Somavia welcomed a statement adopted by the International Business Council (IBC) of the World Economic Forum in Davos. ...
  • Global Jobs Pact
• ILO mobilizing resources as part of international response to earthquake in Haiti
  15 January 2010 - The Organization will assess the impact of the devastating earthquake in Haiti on key services, industries and other facilities and mobilize its resources to support job-creation and reconstruction efforts as they develop, working in close cooperation with United Nations and other partners.
  • Earthquake in Haiti - Eyewitness account by ILO's Richard Lavallée
• ILO mourns death of former Governing Body chair Philippe Séguin
  07 January 2010 - ILO Director-General Juan Somavia expressed his deep sorrow at the death of Philippe Séguin, government representative of France in the ILO Governing Body from 2002 to 2005.

2009 

• International Labor Organization appoints Nancy Donaldson as New Director of ILO’s Washington Office
  23 December 2009 - The International Labor Organization (ILO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, has appointed Nancy Donaldson to head its Washington Office.
• ILO and Denmark join forces to generate decent jobs for youth in Africa
  23 December 2009 - The Government of Denmark and the International Labour Organization (ILO) signed a cooperation agreement with a total value of approximately US$40 million to fund initiatives aimed at generating more decent jobs for young women and men in Africa.
• ILO hails UN proclamation of 2012 as International Year of Cooperatives
  22 December 2009 - The International Labour Office (ILO) hailed the proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly of 2012 of the International Year of Cooperatives as an acknowledgement of the fundamental role of cooperatives in promoting the socio-economic development of hundreds of millions of people worldwide, especially in times of economic crisis.
• Human rights key for an economic recovery based on decent work, says ILO Director-General
  09 December 2009 - Respecting and promoting fundamental principles and rights at work and their related international labour standards can and must be part of integrated policy measures for an economic recovery that is based on the dignity of work, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia said in a statement issued for Human Rights Day on 10 December.