News
July 2018
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World Youth Skills Day
Quality Apprenticeships: Life-changing experiences
13 July 2018
An ILO apprenticeship programme for young people in Tanzania is teaching skills that are leading them to decent jobs.
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International Day of Cooperatives
A future of work based on sustainable production and employment
06 July 2018
The head of the ILO’s Cooperative Unit, Simel Esim, explains how cooperatives are contributing to sustainable consumption and production.
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Vision Zero Fund
Myanmar ginger farmers trained on safer and healthier practices
06 July 2018
A group of 35 ginger famers and government officials from Myanmar’s Shan State received a week-long training to help reduce the health risks associated with their workplace and improve their agricultural practices.
June 2018
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© Dominic Chavez / World Bank 2018
Care economy
ILO calls for urgent action to prevent looming global care crisis
28 June 2018
New ILO report highlights inadequate policy responses to the rising demand and quantifies the extent of the care burden on women.
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Youth employment
Lebanon: Better technical and vocational education and training for higher youth employment
27 June 2018
At the launch of the Technical and Vocational and Education Training (TVET) National Strategic Framework, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri says the framework will increase employment prospects for youth and boost productivity and economic growth.
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Disability and work
ILO business platform on disability goes from strength to strength
27 June 2018
Two US-based multinational companies, DXC Technology and MSD, have joined the ILO Global Business and Disability Network.
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© Rodrigo Soldon 2018
Human rights
Coalition launches new independent ‘Centre for Sport and Human Rights’
26 June 2018
The International Labour Organization will be a member of the Centre’s governance committee, along with the International Organisation of Employers, the International Trade Union Confederation, UN agencies and other organizations.
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News
ILO to hold Technical Training Workshop on Cooperatives in Guyana
25 June 2018
Workshop to be opened by the Minister with responsibility for Labour within the Ministry of Social Protection, the Honourable Keith Scott.
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Media advisory
ILO to launch new report addressing the looming global care crisis
20 June 2018
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Global Summit in Singapore
The future we want depends on innovative policies, responsible business conduct and people-centred technology
14 June 2018
ILO head says that “businesses have a central role to play in fighting the global scourge of forced labour”.