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August 2012

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   Allow moms to breastfeed at work

   03 August 2012

   World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7) is celebrated in more than 170 countries to encourage the practice and improve the health of babies. Marking the occasion, the ILO highlights the importance of allowing breastfeeding at the workplace.

January 2012

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   ILO's 2011 Labour Overview: Unemployment continues to fall in Latin America and the Caribbean

   13 January 2012

   The urban unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean continued to fall in 2011, reaching a historic low of 6.8 per cent, announced the International Labour Organization (ILO) today, as it presented the latest version of its annual report, Labour Overview, in which it also warns of the need to address the challenges of improving job quality.

June 2009

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   ILO and UNDP: First report on work and the family in Latin America and the Caribbean – Tensions between family and labour life entail high costs for more than 100 million women integrating the region’s workforce

   11 June 2009

   The massive and irreversible inclusion of Latin American and Caribbean women in the workforce has highlighted the challenges of traditional interplay between work and family life. Responding to these tensions is an essential step towards gender equality and for more productive economies, says a joint report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).