Features

2013

1. 

   Social entrepreneurship

   Helping women to help themselves escape poverty in Myanmar

   10 June 2013

   A non-profit organization set up in response to the devastation caused by cyclone Nargis employs women to run small businesses that benefit poor communities.

2. 

   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.

3. 

   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.

4. 

   Somalia

   Drop the gun and take a pen

   21 February 2013

   Countries have stepped up their efforts to fight piracy and warlordism in Somalia. The ILO has partnered with other UN agencies to address the root causes of the conflicts: chronic unemployment and a lack of prospects for youth.

2012

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   Article

   Philippines: Boosting entrepreneurship to ease jobs crisis

   16 July 2012

   One third of the Philippines population live in poverty, and thousands head out every day to work abroad. The ILO is promoting entrepreneurship as an alternative to hard-to-get wage jobs and migration.

2009

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   Social Entrepreneurship Award 2009

   One dinner that changed thousands of lives

   27 October 2009

   Last month, the Salvadoran NGO Agape was awarded the Social Entrepreneurship Award 2009 for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic. The prize, presented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, recognizes Agape’s contribution to improving the lives of thousands of poor Salvadorans as well as its leadership and innovation in applying a successful business model.

2007

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   Article

   Women entrepreneurship: a road to decent work and MDGs in Africa

   04 May 2007

   In Africa the equal rights of women and their equal participation in the social, cultural, economic and political life have remained illusive. Women are still the main victims of poverty, social prejudice, lack of access to health services and education.

2006

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   Article

   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   Start your business, tailor your life

   14 June 2006

   According to the ILO Director-General Juan Somavia's report to the Conference, global unemployment increased by 21.9 per cent between 1995 and 2005. Among the main factors contributing to this rise, the report cites, is the deterioration of the employment situation in Eastern European and Central Asian transition countries.