News
September 2019
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ILO 100
ILO Centenary climbing team reach Mont Blanc summit
04 September 2019
Swiss and French government, employers’ and workers’ representatives and a team from the International Labour Organization have reached the summit of Mont Blanc to mark the ILO Centenary.
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G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
ILO welcomes G20 commitment to human-centred future of work policies
02 September 2019
The G20 Labour and Employment Ministers have adopted a Declaration committing to human-centred world of work policies. The ILO’s Director-General, who took part in the meeting in Japan, welcomed the statement.
August 2019
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G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Guy Ryder attends G20 meeting in Japan
30 August 2019
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization heads to a meeting of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Japan, focused on the future of work.
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© Amélie Benoist / BSIP 2019
Blog
In the care economy, unpaid does not mean worthless
30 August 2019
We need to recognize that unpaid caregiving and household services are work, and we must invest more in the creation of decent, paid, care jobs.
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Gender equality at work
A long, steep road to equality for women at work in Latin America and the Caribbean
27 August 2019
Women in the region are earning 17 per cent less than men per hour, on average, and while an increasing number of women are entering the labour force, their treatment is still far from equal, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
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© La Moncloa 2019
G7 Biarritz Summit
ILO welcomes G7 prioritization of inequality
26 August 2019
ILO Director-General Ryder emphasized at the G7 Leaders’ Summit that the tools to tackle inequality already exist, and that concrete measures are needed across a range of policy areas.
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G7 Biarritz Summit
The workplace equality challenge
22 August 2019
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has welcomed the decision to place the fight against inequality at the heart of this year’s G7 summit. Ryder, who will be attending the 24 to 26 August summit in Biarritz, France, called inequality one of the key challenges of our time.
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© DAMIEN MEYER / AFP 2019
Blog
Transforming Mona, the importance of relevant, equitable and inclusive education
12 August 2019
From engineer to entrepreneur. The story of Mona El Khodairy shows how the right training and education can transform young people’s lives.
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Blog
Navigating indigenous rights
09 August 2019
The International Labour Organization is working with Indigenous peoples in some of the remotest parts of Bangladesh to raise awareness of their rights and to ensure the voices of indigenous women and men are heard on issues that affect their communities.
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ILO100
Taking the ILO to South America: An epic historical journey
07 August 2019
Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile were founding members of the International Labour Organization but were far removed from its Geneva headquarters. In order to draw them in closer, the first ILO Director, Albert Thomas, undertook an epic 70-day journey to South America in 1925.