All ILO Newsroom content

March 2013

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   Entrepreneurship skills

   Afghan women unleashing their business potential

   01 March 2013

   How entrepreneurship enabled an Afghan woman to create a successful company and help other women do the same.

February 2013

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   Gender gap

   India: Why is women’s labour force participation dropping?

   13 February 2013

   More women in India of working age are enrolling in secondary school but that is only one reason why the number of women who are either working or looking for a job is decreasing.

January 2013

1. Article

   Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for South-East Asia & the Pacific

   22 January 2013

2. Article

   Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for South Asia

   22 January 2013

3. Article

   Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for East Asia

   22 January 2013

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   Labour standards

   Domestic workers deserve a better deal

   15 January 2013

   Op-ed by Malte Luebker, ILO Senior Regional Wage Specialist, published in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on 12 January 2013.

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   Migrant workers

   Fighting forced labour with education

   04 January 2013

   Nepalese women migrating as domestic workers often risk falling prey to human trafficking. A little knowledge can go a long way towards reducing their vulnerability.

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   Post-conflict recovery

   ILO helps Sri Lanka war victims pick up the pieces

   02 January 2013

   Fishermen who lost their boats during Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war are back at sea. Farmers are learning to get better yields and war widows are running businesses. A look at how an ILO project is helping victims of the bitter conflict.

December 2012

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   Global Wage Report 2012/2013

   Is it the end of a low-wage production model in China?

   14 December 2012

   China’s long-held position as a country of cheap goods based on low-wage labour looks set to change, with wages rising sharply across the board, according to the latest ILO Global Wage Report.

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   Worker’s rights

   Migrant workers in Jordan are making their voices heard

   12 December 2012

   As the world marks International Migrants Day on December 18, ILO News looks at the impact of legislation allowing migrant workers in Jordan to join trade unions.