Features

2013

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   Disability

   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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   Sexual 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.

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   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.

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   Cooperatives

   Egypt’s farmers: Sowing the seeds of an agricultural revolution

   07 February 2013

   Agriculture will be critical to future economic growth in Egypt, says the ILO – but only if the laws on farmers’ co-ops are reformed.

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   Discrimination

   The sex and race workplace double whammy

   31 January 2013

   Ethnic minority women face double discrimination in the workplace because of their race and their gender. Many fail at the application stage simply because of their names.

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   Disaster response in the Philippines

   Rebuilding a better future in the wake of typhoon Bopha

   25 January 2013

   Almost two months after Typhoon Bopha slammed the Philippines, survivors are still struggling to rebuild their lives. The ILO is helping give communities new livelihood prospects, but renewed flooding has affected aid efforts.

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   Safety at work

   Turning computer junk into jobs

   18 January 2013

   Vast amounts of electrical and electronic waste end up in developing countries where the recycling methods are often hazardous. Integrating informal e-waste operations into the formal sector can help make the process safer, according to an ILO study titled "The global impact of e-waste".

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    Domestic workers

    Uniting on the home front

    11 January 2013

    Against all the odds, domestic workers around the world have joined forces to push for better working conditions.