Action against child labour. IPEC highlights 2008 - Buy now This report is the mid-term implementation report of the International Labour Organization’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour for the biennium 2008-09.
2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia stated, "The ILO's message is realistic, not alarmist" with respect to this situation.
June 2009
The Government of Romania and the ILO: A decade of cooperation on the elimination of child labour 2000-2009 This publication covers 10 years of joint action in Romania among the government, ILO-IPEC and national partners to end child labour. It describes the nature of child labour in Romania and a number of successful activities and polices that have had an important impact in reducing it. It also reviews the remaining challenges for the coming years for completely eliminating child labour.
Forced labour and human trafficking. Casebook of court decisions - Buy now The present casebook fills an important gap. It covers a range of national experience, from judicial decisions on forced and bonded labour in a number of developing countries, through to the more recent decisions on forced labour and trafficking in industrialized countries. ...
Electronic Newsletter PRO169 - June 2009 Welcome to the PRO 169 electronic
newsletter. This is the first issue of PRO 169's electronic newsletter, which replaces the earlier printed newsletter. The aspiration is to reach a larger number of readers faster!
Give girls a chance - Tackling child labour, a key to the future This report provides an overview on the involvement of girls in child labour and the policy responses required to tackle the problem. It provides global estimates on girls involvement in child labour and looks at major sectors of work in which girls are involved. It also considers the issue of gender inequalities in education and how these contribute to child labour and the transition of girls into the youth labour market. The report concludes with proposals on the policy response required to tackle child labour of girls.
ILSE - International Labour Standards Electronic Library. Edition 2009 - CD-ROM (E/F/S/P) - Buy now ILSE is an electronic reference library of basic International Labour Standards documents, including ILO Conventions, Recommendations, Constitution, Standing Orders of the International Labour Conference, General Surveys, the Digest of Decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association, the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Global Reports, and the recent publications ...
Global Employment Trends, May 2009 Update - [pdf 4430 KB] Prepared to provide an update to the ILO’s previous projects of the potential impact of the crisis on labour markets in 2009, this Global Employment Trends Update estimates that global unemployment could increase by between 29 million (lowest scenario) and 59 million (highest scenario) unemployed people in 2009 versus 2007, with a middle scenario of 39 million. ...
International and comparative labour law: current challenges - Buy now Written by a leading expert in labour law, International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing labour law in the twenty-first century across the globe.
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The financial and economic crisis: A decent work response - Buy now This study reviews world-wide responses to the global financial crisis and contributes to the ongoing debate on restoring stability. The study provides evidence-based policy analysis on how ILO Members can best mitigate the effects of the crisis and advocates the need for a global jobs pact to support recovery.
Tackling the global jobs crisis. Recovery through decent work policies - Buy now This report proposes the initial elements of a Global Jobs Pact based on the policy orientations provided by the Governing Body in November 2008 and March 2009 and by recent regional and
sectoral tripartite ILO meetings on responses to the crisis. ...
Forced Labour: Facts and Figures - The Cost of Coercion, Regional Perspectives: AFRICA - [pdf 38 KB] Forced labour has tended to receive less attention in Africa than in other regions, in part because of difficulties in collecting reliable information about the extent and nature of the problem. Nonetheless, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the third highest incidence of forced labour in relation to population, after Asia and Latin America. ...
Forced Labour: Facts and Figures - The Cost of Coercion, Regional Perspectives: ASIA - [pdf 46 KB] Asia accounts for by far the biggest share of the world’s forced labourers. Many are migrants, either from elsewhere in Asia or their home country. Research has also shown the existence of forced labour in sectors that had escaped previous attention, including Thailand’s shrimp, fishing and seafood processing industries and shrimp production in Bangladesh.