Features

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

1. 

   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.