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August 2015
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© Giovanni Isolino / AFP 2024
Migration crisis
ILO Director-General calls for durable solution to migrant and refugee crisis
07 August 2015
“Stopgap measures to halt the flows of migrants only scratch the surface of the problem. We need to go deeper into the root causes that force people to put their lives in danger in order to find work and security in foreign lands," said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
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© Danilo Pinzon / World Bank 2024
Sustainable Development Goals
2030 development agenda: Major breakthrough for world of work
04 August 2015
"The unanimous endorsement from UN member States gives the international community the impetus we need to work together to tackle the formidable challenges confronting humanity and our planet, particularly those we face in the world of work,” says ILO Director-General following the agreement of a new development agenda.
July 2015
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© Curt Carnemark / World Bank 2024
World Breastfeeding Week
“Breastfeeding and Work - Let’s Make it Work!”
31 July 2015
"Ensuring adequate maternity protection and time and space for breastfeeding at work is not only the right thing to do, it also makes economic sense," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
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© B. Patel / ILO 2024
Human trafficking
Labour migration: The dark side of the coin
29 July 2015
A new ILO study exposes the pitfalls of labour migration for women domestic workers both within India and abroad and provides policy-makers and service providers with deeper insight into the nature of forced labour and trafficking in the region.
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World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Working together against trafficking in persons
28 July 2015
"21 million of the most vulnerable workers have been tricked and trapped into forced labour. We cannot stop until we get every single one of them out of forced labour and into Decent Work," said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a joint message by the Inter-agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons to mark the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July 2015. (Closed Captions available)
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Article
Emerging Insight: A need for permanent subsidies for health insurance to contribute towards universal health coverage
24 July 2015
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Article
Emerging Insight: A need for permanent subsidies for health insurance to contribute towards universal health coverage
24 July 2015
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© Bruce Strong /Together Liberia 2024
Decent Work Bill
Liberia’s new labour law commits to decent work
24 July 2015
Liberia has made history by adopting a new labour law, as it is the only one in the world that directly refers to the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda in its title.
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Climate change
Solomon Islands: Cash for work helps natural disaster recovery
22 July 2015
Climate change directly affects lives around the world, especially as extreme weather events become more common. In the Solomon Islands, villages were washed away when heavy torrential rains, caused two rivers to burst their banks. The ILO's Cash for Work program helps the government, and workers from those communities restore their villages and livelihoods.
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© Arne Hoel / World Bank 2024
Labour reforms
Cutting back workers' protection does not lead to stronger growth
20 July 2015
A recent ILO flagship report looks at the employment impact of labour reforms.