News

May 2012

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   News item

   Anti-homophobia campaign takes to the road in South America

   16 May 2012

   As the world marks International Day against Homophobia on 17 May, Chilean truckers carry a message of respect for colleagues, irrespective of sexual orientation.

December 2011

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   News

   ILO sets the tone at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)

   01 December 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing and participating in a series of events to highlight the importance of reducing stigma and discrimination in the workplace at ICASA, which opens Sunday, 4 December, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Own, Scale-up and Sustain”.

June 2011

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   Press release

   UN Women and ILO join forces to promote women’s empowerment in the workplace

   13 June 2011

   The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Monday 13 June, on key issues including promoting gender equality, eliminating sex discrimination, protecting domestic workers, promoting social protection floors and combating gender-based violence at work.

January 2011

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   I-News

   New UN report says rural women face increasing inequality: Calls for policies enabling women to drive rural economic growth and poverty reduction

   21 January 2011

   A new United Nations interagency report on the gender dimension of agricultural work says women still benefit less than men from rural employment and face new challenges due to the current economic and food crises.