Features
2013
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© ILO/Hoa Tran 2013World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Fighting a slow and invisible killer
23 April 2013
Rock quarries are among the most dangerous workplaces in Viet Nam. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping enhance self-inspection and training on occupational safety and health (OSH) to try to make work in the quarries healthier and safer.
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© KyleEJohnson / Flickr 2013From Chile
Indigenous communities take their place in the HIV battle
16 April 2013
The ILO and indigenous communities in Chile team up to battle discrimination and implement HIV guidelines in the transport sector.
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Natural disaster
Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake
01 April 2013
Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces, showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery.
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© Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh / ILO 2013Bangladesh
Removing the barriers to inclusion
28 March 2013
People with disabilities are overturning negative attitudes and stereotypes, with help from an ILO vocational training project in Bangladesh.
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© Joseph Eid / AFP 2013Social protection
Lebanon’s long awaited pension reform within reach
20 March 2013
For many workers in the Lebanese private sector, reaching retirement age means facing an uncertain future with little access to social protection. But that’s about to change thanks to the collaborative work of the government, its social partners, the ILO and the World Bank.
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Swaziland
Getting across the message on male circumcision and HIV in the workplace
14 March 2013
Many Swazi men have decided to get circumcised to reduce their risk of contracting HIV, after attending workplace information sessions organised by the ILO.
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© Jay Directo / AFP 2013Disability
Web accessibility – good for society, good for business
11 March 2013
Making the Web accessible to people with disabilities is the right thing to do. For a business, it can also mean added revenue and protection from lawsuits.
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© Photos.com / Jupiterimages 2013Sexual harassment
When work becomes a sexual battleground
06 March 2013
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, which focuses on ‘violence against women’, the ILO is highlighting the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace – an often subtle but disturbing form of aggression.
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Entrepreneurship skills
Afghan women unleashing their business potential
01 March 2013
How entrepreneurship enabled an Afghan woman to create a successful company and help other women do the same.
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Youth entrepreneurship
From slum living to company director
25 February 2013
One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.