News, articles and events on youth employment

March 2017

  1. Round Table on Encouraging Young People's Interest in Working in the Far North

    13 March 2017

    The round table was held in Murmansk, Russia, on 13 March as part of the Third Arctic Trade Union School for young trade unionists organised with support from the ILO's "Partnerships for Youth Employment in the CIS" project implemented in cooperation with the Russian oil company LUKOIL.

March 2016

  1. ILO/IZA Conference on “Assessing the Effects of Labour Market Reforms – A Global Perspective”

    The purpose of the Conference is to take stock of the effects that labour market reforms have had in terms of job quality, inequality and employment creation. There will also be a panel moderated by the DG on the Future of Work to discuss the transformational changes taking place in the world of work. English/French/Spanish interpretation will be available.

February 2016

  1. Young Trade Unionists from Northern Regions Meet in Murmansk

    18 February 2016

    On 16 – 18 February northern Russian city of Murmansk hosted an international conference of young trade trade-unionists and employment specialists from northern regions who gathered to discuss youth employment promotion in the remote and north regions – the “Second Arctic Young Trade Union Leaders School” (the first meeting of this kind took place in Murmansk in March 2015).

August 2015

  1. Youth and trade unions in the Americas

    11 August 2015

    The ILO has published a new handbook entitled Youth and Trade Unions in the Americas. In this interview, Carmen Benitez, Regional Specialist in Workers'Education, explains the issues surrounding the topic of youth for trade union movement in the Americas.

July 2014

  1. Making HIV Testing Happen: A Shared Responsibility

    Global Village session at AIDS 2014 (Melbourne) on Thursday 24 July, 16:30 - 18:00 at the Clarendom Auditorium. This session will provide a platform to present the VCT@WORK initiative and discuss challenges and opportunities for scaling up VCT through workplace and community partners, while safeguarding workers’ rights.

May 2014

  1. Role of trade unions in shaping youth employment policy – conference in Azerbaijan

    05 May 2014

    Baku hosted a conference focusing on the role of trade unions in shaping youth employment policy. It was jointly organized by the International Labour Organization and the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation.

April 2014

  1. Francis Atwoli: “We need to create more sustainable jobs for youth in Africa”

    02 April 2014

    Africa needs more sustainable jobs for youth who represent the majority of African population, says Francis Atwoli, the newly elected president of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) and vice president of the global International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In this interview, Atwoli gives his views about the role of unions in helping young workers in Africa. As Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU-Kenya), Atwoli also discusses workers’ complaints in his country.

October 2013

  1. ILO sharing knowledge and boosting green jobs

    28 October 2013

    Sharing best practices for the promotion of green jobs can have a positive impact on sustainable development around the globe. A number of countries are meeting this week in Nairobi with that purpose in mind.