Comment and analysis
2020
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Blog
It’s possible to break the working poverty vicious circle
28 February 2020
Put yourselves in the shoes of a vulnerable worker: You have a job but you struggle to make ends meet. You want to improve your skills so you can get a better job but it’s impossible because you are too busy working. How can you break this working poverty vicious circle?
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© Shawn 2020
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258 million workers over-educated for their jobs
26 February 2020
More than 935 million workers in the world have jobs that don’t match their educational level: 72% of them are under-educated for their jobs, while the remaining 28% are over-educated. This new data in ILOSTAT covers 114 countries, which means that the actual global figures are probably much higher.
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Can we achieve decent work for all by 2030?
22 February 2020
The ILO Department of Statistics has just fulfilled its SDG reporting duties for 2020. What the data show is not encouraging: at this pace, we won’t achieve decent work for all by 2030.
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© Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS 2020
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Hard data needed on disability and work
19 February 2020
"The ILO is committed to drive the discussion on disability inclusion. Measuring and monitoring progress will be vital if we are to go beyond words," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
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© Gabon Review 2020
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How many women work in STEM?
11 February 2020
New data on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) occupations reveal the extent to which women are employed in this field across countries.
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© J. Harpy 2020
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New lives, new freedoms – How labour migration empowers Nepali women
31 January 2020
The importance of migration and remittances will continue to grow in Nepal, because approximately 500,000 individuals are entering the labour market annually but only one in 10 are finding jobs.
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© Business Reporter 2020
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Why we need a human-centred future of work
27 January 2020
While there is no doubt some jobs will be lost through these changes, there is also a huge potential to create decent work. But, at the moment, these are just possibilities. It is up to us to turn them into reality.
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Measuring job quality: Difficult but necessary
27 January 2020
The quality of our job determines to a great extent our well-being and life quality, but measuring it requires taking into account numerous aspects of our working conditions.
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Transition from school to work remains a difficult process for youth
16 January 2020
The ease or difficulty with which young people are able to transition from school to work has a lasting impact on their lives and labour market prospects.
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Gender equality in the workplace remains elusive
11 January 2020
ILOSTAT data show that progress is needed in many areas and in every region to achieve gender equality in the labour market.