<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>


<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
	
	<title></title>
	<link>http://www.ilo.org/global/rss-feeds/press-releases/</link>
	<image>
      <url>http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/fragments/ilo_internet_site_feeds/images/en/feed_logo.gif</url>
    </image>

	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/islamabad/info/public/pr/WCMS_198485/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/islamabad/info/public/pr/WCMS_198485/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>First Ever Professional Association of Career Counsellors Launched by ILO </title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The first ever professional Association for ‘Career Counsellors and Vocational Guides’ has been launched here by International Labour Organization (ILO).  The Association will comprise of the trained and qualified Career Counsellors and it will help in professionalization of Career Counselling sector in Pakistan.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/islamabad/info/public/pr/WCMS_200920/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/islamabad/info/public/pr/WCMS_200920/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>National Consultations to Improve ILS Reporting</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Pakistan is taking steps to streamline its reporting obligation on the ratified International Labour Conventions to the ILO’s Supervisory Bodies. In this regard, a joint action plan agreed by the four provincial Labour Departments in a workshop jointly organized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MoHRD) and the ILO held on Dec 18-19, in Bhurban.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_195980/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_195980/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO and AU to scale up AU’s workplace policy on HIV and AIDS</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) signed a Letter of Intent marking the beginning of a collaboration to scale up AU’s workplace policy on HIV and AIDS.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195971/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195971/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Latin America, Caribbean unemployment continues falling</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Steady economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean continues reducing unemployment rates, according to an ILO report. But about half the region’s workers are trapped in informal sector jobs.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Informationresources/Publicinformation/Pressreleases/WCMS_195908/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Informationresources/Publicinformation/Pressreleases/WCMS_195908/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Nearly 1 million out of work, stronger job creation needed </title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Nearly 1 million workers remain unemployed as the economy couldn’t create enough jobs for both new entrants to the labour force and the existing jobless, according to the Labour Force Survey Report 2012. Launched in Hanoi on 18 December by the General Statistics Office (GSO) with the ILO support, the report shows the employed population increased by 1.1 million over the last three quarters but at the same time, Viet Nam’s labour force expanded at the same rate.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_200874/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_200874/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>US$2.5 million to improve labour migration governance in the Middle East</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation funds ILO initiative to improve working conditions for migrants in the Middle East.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/manila/info/public/pr/WCMS_195820/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/manila/info/public/pr/WCMS_195820/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO Director-General arrives in the Philippines, extends sympathies to typhoon survivors</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, arrives today in Manila for a two-day visit and extends his sympathies to those who lost their loved-ones a year ago in Washi (Sendong) and more recently by Typhoon Bopha (Pablo).]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/jakarta/info/public/pr/WCMS_200918/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/jakarta/info/public/pr/WCMS_200918/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO-AJI Jakarta to award journalists on child labour and education</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta will conduct a media award ceremony on child labour and education on the 15th December in Jakarta. The winners from five categories—print, online, radio, TV and photo journalist—will be officially announced during the ceremony.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/pardev/news/WCMS_196104/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/pardev/news/WCMS_196104/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Germany contributes €650,000 to the Youth Employment Network</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Contribution will fund a round of the Youth to Youth Fund in Togo for the period of 2013-2014.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/pardev/news/WCMS_195692/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/pardev/news/WCMS_195692/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Czech Republic donates US$75,000 to ILO project on return migrants in Moldova</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The Government of the Czech Republic will contribute CZK 1.5 million (approximately US$ 75,000) to an ILO project on the return of migrants and home country socio-economic development over the next year.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/manila/info/public/pr/WCMS_195789/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/manila/info/public/pr/WCMS_195789/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO Director-General visits the Philippines</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, will visit the Philippines from 16 to 17 December. This will be Mr Ryder’s first visit to the Philippines since he was elected on 1 October 2012.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195589/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195589/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Moscow Conference highlights convergence of countries’ policies and the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[ILO-Russia Decent Work conference ends with agreement on the need for more quality jobs as a basis for economic growth.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195518/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195518/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Moscow Decent Work conference opens with calls for growth and jobs</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Collective international action is needed for economic recovery, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at a landmark ILO-Russia Decent Work conference.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195505/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_195505/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO, Russian Federation sign key agreements</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The ILO and the Russian Federation have launched a new and strategic era of cooperation with the signing of three key agreements.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_195569/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_195569/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO Global Employment Trends for Women 2012: 
Vulnerability gaps are still high in Africa</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Women face higher unemployment rates than men globally, with no improvements likely in the coming years, according to the new ILO Global Employment Trends for Women 2012 Report.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_195492/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_195492/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ECOWAS Ministers call for new actions on Youth Employment and Child Labour</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The ECOWAS Ministers of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs adopted – 7th December 2012 in Dakar, Senegal - new Actions Plan on Youth Employment and for the elimination of Child labour in the West African Sub-region.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/kathmandu/info/public/pr/WCMS_195438/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/kathmandu/info/public/pr/WCMS_195438/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO and Nepal co-host workshop on informal employment</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The ILO and the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) co-host a national tripartite workshop to discuss ways to address work in the informal economy.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/beijing/information-resources/public-information/press-releases/WCMS_195409/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/beijing/information-resources/public-information/press-releases/WCMS_195409/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO/ACFTU Seminar on Labour Protection for Women Workers</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[ILO/ACFTU Seminar on Labour Protection for Women Workers was successfully organized on 6 December 2012 in Beijing. The Seminar aimed to safeguard women workers’ labour rights and promote gender equality at work through improving legislation and strengthening enforcement at national and local levels.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/budapest/information-resources/press-releases/WCMS_196075/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/budapest/information-resources/press-releases/WCMS_196075/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>Third cooperation programme between Albania and the ILO to promote decent work</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Albania have renewed their commitment to implement decent work in Albania under a new partnership agreement signed in Tirana, Albania on 10 December 2012.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
	<item>
	
	 <guid>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_178943/lang--en/index.htm</guid>
	 <link>http://www.ilo.org/addisababa/information-resources/news/WCMS_178943/lang--en/index.htm</link>
	 <title>ILO Global Wage Report 2012/2013
Positive wage growth in Africa yet workers taking smaller share of national income</title>
	 <pubDate></pubDate>
	 <description>
	 	<![CDATA[Workers’ share of national income has been shrinking in most countries, causing public dissatisfaction and increasing the risk of social unrest, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned in a report.]]>
	 </description>
	 </item>
</channel>
</rss>

<!-- the HEAD element is required by SiteStudio
	<head><script type="text/javascript">
   var _U = "undefined";
   var g_HttpRelativeWebRoot = "/wcmsp5/";
   var SSContributor = false;
   var SSForceContributor = false;
   var SSHideContributorUI = false;
   var ssUrlPrefix = "/global/";
   var ssUrlType = "2";
   
   var g_navNode_Path = new Array();
       g_navNode_Path[0] = '136';
       g_navNode_Path[1] = '244';
       g_navNode_Path[2] = '246';
   var g_ssSourceNodeId = "246";
   var g_ssSourceSiteId = "global";
   var g_strLanguageId = "en";
</script>
<script id="SSNavigationFunctionsScript" type="text/javascript" src="/wcmsp5/websites/global/sitenavigationfunctions.js"></script>
<script id="SSNavigationScript" type="text/javascript" src="/wcmsp5/websites/global/sitenavigation.js"></script>

	<script type="text/javascript" src="/wcmsp5/resources/wcm/sitestudio/wcm.toggle.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="/wcmsp5/resources/sitestudio/ssajax/ssajax.js"></script>

</head>
-->