News

April 2013

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   Arab Labour Conference

   Ryder: Arab region must seize opportunity for reform

   15 April 2013

   ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, highlighted the need for strengthened social dialogue, social protection measures and efforts to tackle youth unemployment in Arab countries, at the opening of the Arab Labour Conference in Algeria.

January 2013

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   Global Employment Trends 2013

   Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

   22 January 2013

   Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.

October 2012

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   Youth jobs data

   Youth labour market still critical in G20 countries

   03 October 2012

   Data presented at a G20 meeting in Geneva shows that youth unemployment rates remain alarming, ranging from about 8 per cent to over 50 per cent in 17 of the 20 member countries. The G20 Task Force on Employment agreed to promote quality apprenticeships.

September 2012

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   Youth Conference

   ILO calls for urgent investment in youth work opportunities

   11 September 2012

   The head of the ILO’s Employment sector outlines the ILO’s vision for investment in young people in order to tackle the world-wide youth unemployment crisis.

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   Global Employment Outlook

   Youth unemployment getting even worse

   04 September 2012

   An ILO paper shows that the impact of the euro crisis is spreading as far afield as East Asia and Latin America, worsening the situation for many young jobseekers.

June 2012

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   News item

   Mexico: A labour market overview

   29 June 2012

   As Mexicans go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president and legislature, the ILO presents a snapshot of the employment situation based on the May edition of "The Labour Situation in Latin America"*.

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   News item

   101st ILO annual conference concludes with call for democracy in Myanmar

   15 June 2012

   The International Labour Conference adopts new international labour standard on social protection and calls for urgent action on youth employment

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   News item

   Invest in youth or lose a generation, ILO says

   14 June 2012

   The International Labour Conference calls for urgent action to tackle the jobs crisis that affects 75 million young men and women across the globe. Political commitment and innovative approaches are needed.

May 2012

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   News item

   Greek youth lose faith in the future

   29 May 2012

   When Greek unemployment hit another record high at the end of 2011, it was the first time that the number of young people without a job outnumbered those in work. Qurratul-Ain Haider, a journalist based in Geneva, reports from Athens.