ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations
- Child Labour
- Decent work
- Domestic workers
- Economic and social development
- Globalization
- Rural development
- Employment promotion
- Employment security
- Equality and discrimination
- Forced labour
- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- Green jobs
- HIV/AIDS
- Labour administration and inspection
- Labour law
- Labour migration
- Millennium Development Goals
- The Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Safety and health at work
- Skills, knowledge and employability
- Social protection
- Tripartism and social dialogue
- Working conditions
- Youth employment
Sustainable development
Today, the ILO estimates that more than a billion women and men are unemployed, underemployed or working poor. A direct result of this is that some 120 million migrant workers and their families have left their home countries in hopes of finding a job somewhere else. An estimated 500 million new jobs will be needed over the next decade to absorb new entrants to the labour market, most of them youth and women. These are the human faces of the social dimension of sustainable development, and their needs must figure in sustainable development policies.
Highlights
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Green jobs initiative
The Green Jobs Initiative is a joint initiative by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Employers Organization (IOE) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), which has been launched to assess, analyze and promote the creation of decent jobs as a consequence of the needed environmental policies.
News
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Press release
Unions call for employment and decent work in the post-2015 Development Agenda
23 May 2013
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Press release
ILO Deputy-Director General calls on social partners to get involved in the new development agenda
21 May 2013
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© Alain Bachellier / Flickr 2013ILO concept note # 2 for the post-2015 development agenda
Jobs and livelihoods: Meaningful ways to set targets and monitor progress
20 May 2013
Events
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Trade Union Meeting of Experts on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
21 - 22 May 2013, Geneva