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May 2012

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   Defeat jobs crisis, “improve economy”: Voices from the Youth Employment Forum

   24 May 2012

   Young people from around the world are discussing ways to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in the face of a global jobs crisis that affects 75 million youth. Over 100 young men and women are taking part in the Youth Employment Forum at the ILO in Geneva, sharing their experiences and points of view. These are some of their voices:

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   G20 still facing a 21 million jobs shortfall, say ILO and OECD

   16 May 2012

   If employment continues to grow at the current rate of 1.5 per cent, it will be impossible to close the approximately 21 million jobs gap that has accumulated across the G20 since the onset of the crisis in 2008, said the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in a joint report ahead of the G20 labour ministerial meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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   Young people take centre stage at ILO’s global consultations on youth employment

   10 May 2012

   Against the backdrop of record levels of youth unemployment, the ILO has undertaken a series of consultations, bringing together hundreds of young people to discuss the alarming jobs crisis. The consultations come ahead of a major Youth Employment Forum taking place at the ILO in Geneva on 23-25 May.

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   US corporate profits back to pre-crisis levels but jobs market still lagging

   04 May 2012

   According to the ILO, recent US payroll figures show sluggish employment levels. Corporate profits in the United States have gone back to pre-crisis levels but business investment remains weak amid economic uncertainty.

December 2011

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   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”.

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   Global South-South Development Expo 2011: ILO Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security

   01 December 2011

   As part of the forthcoming 2011 Global South-South Development Expo, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be hosting a Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security on 6 December at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

November 2011

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   Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to promote decent work in the occupied Palestinian territory

   15 November 2011

   Kuwait grants ILO half a million dollars to promote Palestinian job creation, social dialogue and social protection.

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   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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   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.

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   ILO meeting to discuss restructuring in the chemical industry

   21 October 2011

   Some 90 Government, employers’ and workers’ delegates from more than 40 countries will discuss restructuring in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and ways to make it sustainable through improved industrial relations at a meeting which runs in Geneva from 24-27 October.