News

May 2012

1. 

   Aung San Suu Kyi to address the ILO’s International Labour Conference

   22 May 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that Ms Aung San Suu Kyi - General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar - will attend the 101st International Labour Conference.

2. Temporary, part-time jobs: a trap for youth?

   22 May 2012

   The use of temporary contracts for young workers has nearly doubled since the onset of the economic crisis, said the ILO in its Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012 report.

3. 

   What are the challenges behind Russia’s plan to boost job creation?

   21 May 2012

   Russia recently announced an ambitious plan to create 25 million high productivity jobs by 2020. Olga Koulaeva, Employment Specialist at the ILO Moscow office, analyses Russian labour market challenges in an interview with ILO News.

4. 

   How to beat a crisis: Interview with Argentinean Vice President

   17 May 2012

   In 2001 Argentina defaulted on its debt and ended the parity of its currency with the US dollar. The South American country plunged deeper into crisis, but within months economic growth set in. We asked Argentine Vice President Mr Amado Boudou if Eurozone countries can learn from Argentina how to beat the crisis.

5. The hidden face of youth unemployment

   17 May 2012

   Extremely adverse labour market conditions are forcing many youth to give up the job search altogether or to continue their stay in the education system. Globally, some 6.4 million youth have dropped out of the labour force.

6. Neither working nor studying, the fate for millions of youth worldwide

   17 May 2012

   Millions of youth around the world have essentially given up looking for a job since the onset of the crisis, reflecting an increasing detachment from the labour market.

7. Four million more jobless youth since 2007

   17 May 2012

   The global youth unemployment rate for 2012 remains stuck at crisis peak levels and is not expected to come down until at least 2016, says the ILO in its Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012 report.

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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.

9. 

   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.

10. 101st ILO International Labour Conference - Media accreditation information

    16 May 2012

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold its annual International Labour Conference in Geneva from May 30 to 14 June, 2012.