Video interview
27 April 2012
ILO TV interviews Marva Corley and Steven Tobin, Senior Economists at the International Institute for Labour Studies on the effect austerity measures and reduced public investment had on a deteriorated job market. In contrast, some countries implemented policies to successfully generate jobs and improve the quality of employment.
Crisis response
07 June 2010
Join us for a panel discussion: 10 June, 14:00-15:00, Room IX, ILO Geneva
News item
14 July 2009
Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses.
Video
14 July 2008
Many women in Cambodia risk losing their jobs when they become pregnant. But most textile factories monitored by the ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia programme now offer maternity protection to their employees. For Ros Kimsreng, she now has the opportunity of keeping a good job and providing for her family’s future.
Video
03 March 2008
ETI is an alliance of companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and trade union organisations who aim to promote and improve the implementation of corporate codes of practice which cover supply chain working conditions. Their ultimate goal is to ensure that the working conditions of workers producing for the UK market meet or exceed international labour standards.
Video
08 October 2007
The World Bank group provides a toolkit designed to assist staff in analyzing core labor standards (CLS) in Country Assistance Strategies (CAS), according to the recommendations of donors. It provides background information on four principles from international conventions known as "core labor standards." The toolkit also includes links to resources for finding information on a country's compliance with each of the standards and suggestions for integrating an analysis of the standards into the CAS.
Video
07 March 2007
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) provides socially responsible business solutions to many of the world’s leading corporations. They provide one page dedicated to forced labour.