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Youth voices from Asia and the Pacific
18 May 2012
Between December 2011 and May 2012, the ILO has consulted young people from around the globe to gather their inputs to an International Youth Forum in Geneva, ahead of the 101st International Labour Conference for which a key focus is youth employment. As part of this global process, 13 national youth employment consultation events took place in Asia and the Pacific. This report summarises the key messages brought by young people and policy makers.
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ILO & UNHCR plan to address Decent Work Deficits of Afghan Refugee and Host Communities in Pakistan
24 April 2012
Islamabad: The tri-partite stake holders endorsed the broad joint strategy of ILO- UNHCR to provide support to workers from Afghan Refugees and Host Communities under the Afghan Management and Repatriation Strategy.
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UN holds National Workshop on Youth Employment in Pakistan
11 April 2012
Islamabad: ILO, UNDP and UNFPA jointly arranged a National workshop titled “Contemporary Issues of Youth employment in Pakistan” here today. The workshop was arranged in the backdrop of high priority given to youth employment issues in the upcoming International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2012.
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ILO & UN Women sign Letter of Intent for joint collaboration in Pakistan
21 March 2012
Islamabad: ILO and UN Women have signed Letter of Intent to develop a common approach for better coordination and cooperation to work effectively on advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives.
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National Highway Police will ensure decent public transport for working women
09 February 2012
Islamabad: The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) will actively promote a decent environment in public transport particularly for women passengers and will impart sensitization training to drivers, conductors and transport union in this regard.
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Consensus on new child labour prohibition law
09 February 2012
Islamabad: Four Provincial Labour Departments have agreed to draft a law to eliminate child labour from Pakistan. The new provincial law prohibiting child labour will replace the existing Employment of Children Act (ECA) 1991.
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Three days training of labour officials convened on International Labour Standards: Concepts, practices, and reporting challenges
22 December 2011
ILO Islamabad office convened a three day training workshop from 19-21 December, 2011 jointly with Labour and Human Resource Department, Government of Punjab in Lahore, the provincial capital.
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Developing skills for real jobs in Pakistan: ILO brings Industry leaders and TEVTAs together on workforce competency
08 December 2011
ILO brings Industry leaders and TEVTAs together on workforce competency
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Tripartite Consultation to update Decent Work Country Programme (2010-2015) ends
23 November 2011
Islamabad (ILO News) ILO Country Office for Pakistan has concluded two days tripartite consultation to update Decent Work Country Programme (2010-2015)in Islamabad.
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ILO launched “Cash for Work” Project for the flood-affected people in Sindh
13 October 2011
In response to floods in Sindh, ILO has launched “Cash for Work” Project for the flood-affected people in Districts of Badin and Mirpurkhas. Mr. Francesco d’Ovidio, Country Director, ILO office for Pakistan while launching the “Cash for Work for Flood Affected People” project stated, “This project will generate more than 35,000 of person day of employment to the flood affected people”.