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April 2013

  1. © Munir uz Zaman / AFP 2013
    ILO to send high-level mission to Bangladesh following the Rana Plaza Building collapse

    29 April 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says it is time for horror and regret to translate into urgent action.

  2. ILO report shows why social protection is crucial to tackle child labour

    29 April 2013

    Measures such as cash transfers or health insurance programmes can sometimes determine whether a child spends the day studying and playing, or working and being deprived of a fair chance at a decent future.

  3. © Gianluigi Guercia / AFP 2013
    ILO calls for urgent global action to fight occupational diseases

    26 April 2013

    According to a new ILO report, prevention is key to tackling the growing number of work-related diseases, which claim an estimated 2 million lives per year.

  4. © Lejia Lombardi, IDB photograph 2013
  5. Bolivia ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

    18 April 2013

    Bolivia is the sixth ILO member State and the second Latin American member State to ratify this instrument

  6. ILO and Fair Work Commission sign MOU on labour dispute resolution

    15 April 2013

    The ILO and the Australian workplace relations tribunal signed a memorandum of understanding to provide technical assistance in the area of labour dispute resolution.

  7. © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013
    Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

    11 April 2013

    Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region.

  8. The ILO: The employers' and workers' views

    10 April 2013

    Daniel Funes de Rioja and Luc Cortebeeck, respectively Employers' and Workers' spokespersons at the ILO's Governing Body, discuss the role of the ILO against the backdrop of a persisting global jobs crisis.

  9. © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013
    Jobs for youth: What works

    10 April 2013

    Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis.

  10. © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013
    ILO Director-General urges closer cooperation between IMF, EC and ILO

    09 April 2013

    The three international institutions need to work together to find solutions to the economic crisis in Europe, says Guy Ryder.

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