All ILO Newsroom content
April 2012
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Statement
ILO Director General statement to the XIII session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
25 April 2012
In the name of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, Mr. Salazar, ILO Executive Director for Employment Sector, addressed the General Debate of the XIII session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) taking place in Doha, from 21 to 26 April 2012.
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Video
Youth Employment in Tunisia
25 April 2012
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Video News Release
Spanish youth: Facing the job crisis
25 April 2012
The global jobs crisis is hitting the younger generation hard. According to the ILO, worldwide over 75 million young people are out of work and the problem is especially acute in countries like Spain that have been hard hit by the Euro crisis.
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Video interview
An interview with Manuela Tomei on Occupational Safety and Health in the Green Economy
25 April 2012
ILO TV interviews Manuela Tomei, Director of the Labour Protection Department about the new report "Promoting safety and health in a green economy" in the lead up to this year's World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
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Q&A
Zooming in on the safety and health dimension of greening the economy
23 April 2012
The 2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) in a green economy. The shift to a green economy is perceived as a way to reconcile the world’s economic and social needs with environmental sustainability. However, even if certain jobs are considered to be “green”, the technologies used may protect the environment but not be safe at all. In this interview, Ms Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Labour Protection Department (PROTRAV), looks at the less visible dimension of green jobs and the greening of traditional sectors.
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Statement
Leading the Way to Sustainable and Inclusive Globalization - Message by Juan Somavia at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank
21 April 2012
The head of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Juan Somavia, called for a major “rethink” of current policies so that the recovery starts having a real impact on people’s lives, in a statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee, at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group.
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Article
Decent work and social justice: A spiritual perspective
16 April 2012
How do different religious traditions view the world of work and can they play a part in promoting ILO core values? A new publication entitled “Convergences: Decent work and social justice in religious traditions”, explains the positions of various religious traditions regarding social justice and decent work issues. The ILO’s special adviser for socio-religious affairs, Pierre Martinot-Lagarde spoke to ILO Online.
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Publication
Table of Contents - Protecting the Poor, Vol. II
12 April 2012
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News
Microinsurance coverage expanding at breathtaking pace according to ILO and the Munich Re Foundation
10 April 2012
The number of people covered by microinsurance has increased by almost 6.5 times in five years, reaching nearly 500 million today according to the latest ILO/Munich Re Foundation survey.
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Video
India: Out of the Repair Shop and In to School
10 April 2012
When you think of what trade unions do, rescuing children from illegal child labour is not usually the first thing that comes to mind. But in India's Tamil Nadu State, six trade unions have come together to eradicate child labour, especially in its most hazardous forms. In the district of Erode, nearly a hundred children have been removed from auto and motorcycle repair shop work and are now back in school.