Features

2004

1. Article

   Rural community based tourism: a portal to living cultures

   10 May 2004

   In the age of globalization, tourism is spreading beyond traditional tourist destinations. In Latin America, a number of small communities are taking up the challenge and seizing the opportunity to improve their conditions of life in ways that respect their heritage.

2. Article

   Fighting child labour in Indonesia: ILO launches new programme

   05 May 2004

   Some 4 million children below the age of 18 in Indonesia work in often dangerous jobs. Can they find another way of life that benefits them and their families? As the ILO launches a new programme in Indonesia to fight child labour, ILO Online examines how one child traded work for education and found a better future for himself and his family in the process.

3. Article

   28 April, World Day for Safety and Health at Work - Two million work deaths a year: A preventable tragedy

   28 April 2004

   Work kills more people than wars – some 6,000 a day. And almost 270 million accidents are recorded each year, of which 350,000 are fatal. Many of these could be prevented, the International Labour Office believes. 20 years after one of the worst industrial accidents on record – the Bhopal disaster, which killed 2,500 people and injured 200,000 in the space of a few hours, later some 20 000 have died – the situation has scarcely improved.

4. Article

   Gawanas Bience: "Decent work is about realizing how each of us can make a contribution to the whole"

   23 April 2004

5. Article

   Pulling back from the edge of poverty: Social security coverage for all

   14 April 2004

   Only 5-10% of Africa's workers have any social security coverage to tide them through sickness, disability, unemployment, pregnancy or old age. In the face of tremendous challenges, the ILO experience in West Africa has shown that there are ways to extend coverage. In Senegal, where community-based micro health insurance schemes are paving the way, the ILO is launching the "Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All" in Dakar on 14 April.

6. Article

   Innovation: The key to social security

   14 April 2004

   The Portuguese-speaking African countries plan to develop social security systems. The ILO recommends an innovative approach to extending social security coverage.

7. Article

   New ILO Study: How the right environment can create good jobs in micro- and small-enterprises

   24 March 2004

8. Article

   Child trafficking in Moldova

   15 March 2004

   An estimated 1.2 million children worldwide are victims of child trafficking. One of them is Ioana, who was trafficked from Moldova to Ukraine. Natalia Cojocaru, a Moldavian journalist for the newspaper "Timpul" reports.

9. Article

   New study: Balancing flexibility and security in Central and Eastern Europe

   04 March 2004

   A new study published by the ILO says that for many workers in the new Europe, post-Communist era reforms have meant more work and less job security. " Labour markets in transition: Balancing flexibility and security in Central and Eastern Europe" says that while labour market flexibility is increasing in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, workers also often face a sharp increase in open unemployment. As a result, these transition economies need to find a way to balance between more open labour markets and job and income security.

10. Article

    Jobs after war – Building sustainable peace

    23 February 2004