News, articles and events on youth employment
January 2017
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10th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour: Realizing Decent Work under the 2030 Agenda
This year the Meeting will present an opportunity to have an exchange on the continuing challenge to promote a more inclusive and sustainable growth process with more and better jobs, as well as allow the Ministers to articulate and share their perspectives around the Future of Work, drawing from the national level dialogues that have occurred in the past year.
September 2015
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Azerbaijan hosts third round of peer review of youth employment policies
09 September 2015
As part of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” implemented by ILO and financed by Public Joint Stock Company LUKOIL, a Peer Review network focusing on youth employment policies was launched in 2014, with nine countries participating.
April 2015
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27 million Latin American and Caribbean youth in the informal economy
22 April 2015
The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for urgent action to help youth in the region move from the informal to the formal economy.
August 2014
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© Pascal Pavani / AFP 2017
Ryder: "The mental health of young people matters to us all"
12 August 2014
January 2014
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© Roberto Schmidt / AFP 2017
Working poverty reduction stalled
21 January 2014
Working poverty dropped drastically over a decade, but progress stalled in 2013. Achieving further improvements requires moving workers out of informal, vulnerable work and ensuring they enjoy decent working conditions, according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2014.
October 2012
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Asia-Pacific: Quality and quantity of jobs dropping
22 October 2012
Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.