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Telework: Wild ride or win-win?

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden explosion in the number of people who telework, even in jobs that no one would have imagined it possible. But how do you maintain the balance between your work life and your private life when your home is your workplace? Listen to our Voices Future of Work podcast with Jon Messenger, a Senior Research Officer at the International Labour Organization.

• COVID-19 and the world of work

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‘Action pledges’ needed to end child labour

Representatives from governments, worker and employer organizations, international agencies and civil society outlined how they intend to eradicate child labour by 2025, at a virtual event to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

• 2021: International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
• Watch the virtual launch event

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Diversity is the best ingredient

The Argentinian celebrity chef, Paola Carosella, explains why she joined the ILO’s “Kitchen and Voice” project, which helps marginalized and vulnerable people in Brazil find work in the hospitality sector. Read more on our new Voices multimedia platform.

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Homeworkers need to be better protected

The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.

• Report: Working from home. From invisibility to decent work

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