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November 2012

1. Extension of Social Security Series

   Social security and food security: Successful policy experiences in Brazil

   19 November 2012

   This paper presents an analysis of the reciprocal relation between the concepts of social security and food security as applied in public policy, with particular emphasis on the social protection floor.

September 2011

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   News item

   Brazil launches unprecedented social dialogue process to promote employment and decent work

   27 September 2011

   Brazil has launched a series of conferences on job creation and decent work in an effort to promote social dialogue on a scale that is unprecedented anywhere in the world, said the ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Elizabeth Tinoco.

March 2011

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   News item

   President Rousseff and President Obama to develop cooperation projects promoting the ILO Decent Work Agenda

   19 March 2011

   The Presidents of the two largest democracies and two largest economies of the Western Hemisphere “expressed the interest of both countries in strengthening their dialogue to promote the Decent Work Agenda, with a view to developing projects in cooperation with the ILO (…).”

2. News item

   ILO Director-General welcomes US-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to promote Decent Work through South-South and Trilateral Cooperation

   19 March 2011

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Juan Somavia, has welcomed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Governments of Brazil and of the United States to promote South-South and Trilateral Cooperation around the ILO's Decent Work Agenda.

July 2010

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   Questions and Answers

   Youth employment in crisis: Questions and answers on the situation of youth on the labour market

   14 July 2010

   Young people have been disproportionately affected by the global crisis that broke out in the autumn of 2008. This trend has exacerbated earlier challenges and there is concern that unless action is taken, the situation of youth will become unsustainable, putting social cohesion at threat. Interview with Raymond Torres, Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies and Steven Tobin, ILO economist, co-authors of a new report entitled "Youth employment in crisis".

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   Video interview

   Protecting Domestic Workers: An Interview with Creuza Oliveira (in Portuguese)

   08 July 2010

   ILO TV interviews Creuza Oliveira, President of the Brazilian National Federation of Domestic Workers about the need to protect the working rights of domestic workers globally and in Brazil. Delegates will vote on a new international labour standard for domestic workers at the 100th International Labour Conference in June 2011.

June 2010

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   Video

   Success Stories on Social Protection

   16 June 2010

   Ensuring a basic level of social protection and a decent life for all is the main goal of the UN Social Protection Floor Initiative. Many developing countries have already successfully taken measures supported by the Initiative and the ILO as one of its lead agencies. Other countries recently committed to start building their own Social Protection Floors. At the 99th International Labour Conference representatives from Brazil, Argentina, India, South Africa shared their experiences, highlighting the key factors of success as well as the positive impact on national social and economic development.

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   Video

   Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations, Brazil addresses the 99th International Labour Conference with a brief introduction from Gilles de Robien, ILC President

   14 June 2010

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   Video

   Interview with Mr. Quintino M. Severo, General Secretary, Central Sindical dos Trabalhadores (CUT), Brazil (in Portuguese)

   14 June 2010

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   Video

   An interview with Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations of Brazil

   14 June 2010