- Child Labour
- Decent work
- Domestic workers
- Economic and social 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
Resources on youth employment
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ILO calls for urgent investment in youth work opportunities
11 September 2012
The head of the ILO’s Employment sector outlines the ILO’s vision for investment in young people in order to tackle the world-wide youth unemployment crisis.
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Youth unemployment getting even worse
04 September 2012
An ILO paper shows that the impact of the euro crisis is spreading as far afield as East Asia and Latin America, worsening the situation for many young jobseekers.
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Youth guarantees can boost Eurozone recovery
12 July 2012
The cost of programmes designed to help young people get a job, education or training stands at less than 0.5 per cent of government spending in the Eurozone, according to an ILO report issued on Wednesday 11 July. The rewards, however, are a lot higher.
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101st ILO annual conference concludes with call for democracy in Myanmar
15 June 2012
The International Labour Conference adopts new international labour standard on social protection and calls for urgent action on youth employment
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Invest in youth or lose a generation, ILO says
14 June 2012
The International Labour Conference calls for urgent action to tackle the jobs crisis that affects 75 million young men and women across the globe. Political commitment and innovative approaches are needed.
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Halt jobs drain, give youth a chance says Spain’s Prince Felipe
08 June 2012
Tackling high unemployment and making sure young people can find a job is a priority for Spain.
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Zambian President calls for strong global partnership on youth employment
08 June 2012
Zambia looks forward to a process that will “lift millions of our people out of poverty,” the President of Zambia, Michael Chilufya Sata told delegates to the International Labour Conference.
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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.
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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.
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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.