News

December 2012

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   Global Employment Trends for Women 2012

   Labour market gender gap: Two steps forward, one step back

   11 December 2012

   The gender gap in global labour markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.

October 2012

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   International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

   Guy Ryder: New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten

   17 October 2012

   Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

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   Global jobs situation

   ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis

   11 October 2012

   The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.

June 2012

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   News

   Social protection expands despite crisis, ILO-World Bank report says

   07 June 2012

   A new ILO-World Bank report and online data tool shows that social protection systems expanded in many parts of the world between 2008 and 2010.

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   News

   Analyzing national responses to the global economic and social crisis

   07 June 2012

   On 12 June, Swiss Federal Counselor and Minister of Economic Affairs Johann Schneider-Ammann will present a new ILO-World Bank database to the International Labour Conference in Geneva. For the first time, the new database lists and examines the policy responses taken by 77 countries since the start of the financial and economic crisis.

November 2011

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   News

   New ILO study says greener economies will require development of new green job skills

   07 November 2011

   The employment potential of the transition to greener economies cannot be realized without the development of a wide range of relevant new skills for green jobs, according to a new global study by the ILO of 21 countries representing some 60 per cent of the world population. “Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View” is the most comprehensive report to date, outlining the needs and challenges of developing new skills that will be critical to sustaining the growth of green economies.

October 2011

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   News

   UN panel calls for global ‘protection floor’ with income security and health services

   28 October 2011

   With more than five out of every seven people in the world lacking adequate social security, a high-level United Nations panel called for guaranteeing basic income and services for all, not only as a means to ensure peace and stability but also to boost economic growth.

2. News

   G20 Summit at Cannes: priorities, challenges and actions

   05 October 2011

   Ambassador Jean-David Levitte outlines France’s priorities for the G20 Summit in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011.

June 2011

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   News

   High-level panels to examine global jobs crisis, balanced growth and decent work

   07 June 2011