All ILO Newsroom content

October 2012

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   Gender equality

   African judges’ labour of law

   26 October 2012

   The ILO helps 25 African judges fight sex discrimination in the courts but cultural challenges remain the biggest obstacle for some.

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   Labour standards

   Employment rights essential to economic recovery, says new ILO boss

   01 October 2012

   In his first interview as Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder gives an overview of the major challenges facing the world of work and the ILO.

February 2012

1. News

   ILO launches comprehensive new database on labour standards

   12 February 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards as well as national labour and social security laws.

June 2011

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   I-News

   Singapore, First Asian country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   15 June 2011

   Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the full support of tripartite partners – the seafarer unions and the National Trades Union Congress, as well as the maritime industry and the Singapore National Employers Federation.

May 2011

1. Article

   The MLC, 2006 will benefit both seafarers and quality shipowners

   09 May 2011

   Interview with Arthur Bowring, Managing Director of Hong Kong Shipowners Association

2. Article

   Why training is essential for the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

   05 May 2011

   “This training activity is related to flag State ship inspection which is not just important, it is essential for the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006”. - Interview with Dominick Devlin, Special Advisor on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and one of the experts involved in the Maritime Labour Academy.

3. Article

   Making an impact, international progress on implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

   03 May 2011

   Interview with Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva

April 2011

1. Video

   Q&A-Manuela Tomei

   22 April 2011

   Ms Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO’s Conditions of Work and Employment Programme, explains how adopting an international labour standard on domestic work at the 100th ILC would help regulate what is most often an ‘unregulated’ and sometimes hazardous field of work.

December 2010

1. Article

   ILO launches new web-based information and assistance service for business: ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

   09 December 2010

   Building on the success of the ILO Helpdesk confidential assistance service established in March 2009 to help companies implement principles of international labour standards in business operations, the International Labour Office (ILO) has now launched a web-based information service component drawing on all sectors of the ILO. News item, 9 December 2010

November 2010

1. Article

   Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

   30 November 2010

   The workshop that was held in Nadi, Fiji from 27 to 29 October 2010 brought together seafarers, ship-owners and government labour and maritime officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to promote the ratification and implementation of the MLC, adopted by the ILO’s International Labour Conference in 2006.