Features

2013

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   © Sam Panthaky / AFP 2013

   Workers' cooperatives

   Cooperatives today: Challenges and opportunities

   14 May 2013

   A recent seminar organized by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities and the ILO’s Cooperative Branch brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world to talk about some of the issues and experiences that cooperatives are facing today.

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   From China

   Lifting the barrier of intellectual disabilities

   13 May 2013

   There are almost 200 million persons with intellectual disabilities in the world. For many of them, finding a stable job represents a major challenge. In Li’s case, a little help has made a big difference.

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   Social insurance

   A smart way to prevent bonded labour

   03 May 2013

   A young couple and their new baby are the first beneficiaries of a national health insurance scheme which now extends to migrant brick kiln workers at risk of bondage, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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   © ILO/Hoa Tran 2013

   World 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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   From 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 2013

   Bangladesh

   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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   Social 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 2013

    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.