News

March 2012

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   ISSA and ILO sign “historic” co-operation agreement on social security

   22 March 2012

   The International Social Security Association and the ILO have forged a new link aimed at promoting extension of social security to the 80 percent of the world's people who lack coverage.

2. Lusaka kicks off ILO’s youth consultation

   15 March 2012

   The Zambian capital hosted the first of the 45 national events planned for consulting young women and men on local youth employment issues.

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   Nominations close for top ILO post

   12 March 2012

   Nine candidatures were submitted for election to the post of Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), as nominations to the ILO top job officially closed on 9 March 2012.

4. 

   ILO launches a video contest on Decent Work for Youth

   08 March 2012

   Are you between the ages of 18 and 29 years? Struggling to find a job or working under poor conditions? Want things to change? Make a video expressing your views and get a chance to present it at the Youth Employment Forum in Geneva.

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   ILO holds global consultation of young people on youth jobs crisis

   02 March 2012

   The ILO is holding events in 46 countries around the world throughout March and April to hear young people’s views on the alarming youth employment situation.

February 2012

1. ILO warns youth job crisis threatens social cohesion, calls for more and better jobs for youth

   27 February 2012

   Addressing a special event organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York, the head of the ILO Employment Sector, José-Manuel Salazar, has warned of the risks of a lost generation due to a growing youth employment crisis, and called for new and stronger partnerships to create more and better jobs for young people.

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   ILO study says workplace inequality in Europe has increased significantly since start of financial crisis

   24 February 2012

   Workplace inequalities have increased significantly across Europe as a result of the global economic crisis and will continue to do so as more and more countries introduce austerity measures and labour reforms, according to “Work Inequalities in the Crisis: Evidence from Europe“, a new study published by the International Labour Office (ILO) and co-funded by the European Commission.

3. World Day of Social Justice 2012: Somavia calls for commitment to a “new era of social justice”

   20 February 2012

   ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, has called for a commitment to a new era of social justice, warning that “there is a widespread feeling that too many people, economies, and societies have been on a rigged course leaving them on the losing end”.

4. ILO to play active role in new U.N. Fund for disability rights

   17 February 2012

   The International Labour Organization is to play an active role in the implementation of a new trust fund established recently by six United Nations agencies to promote disability rights and help countries improve policies, data-gathering and service delivery to persons with disabilities.

5. ILO launches comprehensive new database on labour standards

   12 February 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards as well as national labour and social security laws.