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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

   21 March 2012

   Islamabad: ILO and UN Women have signed a 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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   ILO launches a video contest on Decent Work for Youth

   08 March 2012

   Are you between the ages of 18 and 29 years? Struggling to find a job or working under poor conditions? Want things to change? Make a video expressing your views and get a chance to present it at the Youth Employment Forum in Geneva.

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   Strategic Dialogue on “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger & Poverty”

   08 March 2012

   First Event 8 March: Organized by Inter-Agency Group on Gender Equality – at ILO Auditorium Islamabad; Second Event 9 March: Organized by Pakistan Workers Federation – at ILO Auditorium Islamabad
   

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   Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of International Women’s Day

   06 March 2012

   International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March of each year. This year’s event focuses on recognizing the important contribution of rural women across the world to the well-being of their families and communities and in sustaining societies and economies.

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   Voices on Social Justice

   20 February 2012

   On February 20, the ILO is inviting you to share your message for World Day of Social Justice – a message of hope, a call to the international community, advice for others – you decide.

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   “A new era of social justice”

   20 February 2012

   Statement by Juan Somavia, ILO Director General, On the occasion of World Day of Social Justice- 20 February 2012.

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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.

10. 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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    National level photo competition 2012 - On the fight against child labour

    01 February 2012

    ILO in collaboration with the European Union under its project “Combating Abusive Child Labour II” is pleased to announce a National level Photo competition on the fight against child labour and encourages the journalists, students and general public to enter their photographs depicting various aspects of child labour in this competition.

12. Three days training of labour officials convened on International Labour Standards: Concepts, practices, and reporting challenges

    22 December 2011

    Lahore: 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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    ILO Asia Pacific Regional Meeting concludes with Recommendations to counter employment consequences of global economic turmoil

    07 December 2011

    KYOTO (ILO News) - Representatives of governments, workers and employers from the Asian, Pacific and Arab states have concluded a four day meeting at which they discussed ways the region could prepare to counter the consequences of the current economic uncertainty.

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    Developing skills for real jobs in Pakistan: ILO brings Industry leaders and TEVTAs together on workforce competency

    08 December 2011

    For the first time in Pakistan, ILO is bringing the industry leaders and representatives from the four provincial TEVTA to promote CBT. ILO’s Senior Training Policy Specialist Mr Trevor Riordan is the lead trainer and designer of the “Training Workshop on Competency Based Curricula Developed” being held from 7-10 December 2011 in Lahore.

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    Tripartite Consultation to update Decent Work Country Programme (2010-2015) ends

    23 November 2011

    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 warns of a generation “scarred” by a worsening global youth employment crisis

    19 October 2011

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned of a “scarred” generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.

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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”.

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    Media, Government, Employers and Workers pronounce commitment to promote Gender Equality at work

    13 October 2011

    Two of ILO's projects, Towards Gender Parity (TGP) and Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE) hosted a joint event to showcase various activities that contribute to the understanding and application of gender equality at the workplace.

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    World Teachers Day: The United Nations lauds the commendable contribution of teachers in the socio-economic development of Pakistan

    05 October 2011

    Joint statement by the country representatives of UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, and ILO in Pakistan on the occasion of World Teachers Day, 5th October 2011

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    Sindh TEVTA starts Entrepreneurship Education in TEVT Institutes with ILO Support

    24 September 2011

    Skilled young women and men of Sindh will be further equipped with entrepreneurial skills to start their own small businesses. Technical Education & Vocational Training (TEVT) Institutes of Sindh will start imparting entrepreneurship courses starting next year.

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    Hazardous child labour is on the rise in most of the world among older children

    19 September 2011

    “Hazardous child labour is on the rise in most of the world among older children age 15-17” was reported at a workshop being held by the ILO this week. The ILO is drawing attention to this urgent issue by commissioning new studies in Pakistan to examine occupational risks to children working in ten sectors.

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    Press release

    100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards

    16 June 2011

    The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

    1. R201 Recommandation sur les travailleuses et travailleurs domestiques, 2011
    2. On the agenda of the 100th International Labour Conference: Decent work for Domestic workers
    3. C189 Domestic Workers Convention, 2011
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    UNICEF and ILO call for end to hazardous and exploitative child labour on World Day Against Child Labour

    11 June 2011

    In a joint statement to mark the World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO and UNICEF today called for renewed efforts to end the worst forms of child labour in Pakistan.

    1. World Day Against Child Labour 2011 – ILO calls for urgent action against hazardous forms of child labour
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    Report on experience sharing and advocacy workshop: integrated support programme to home based workers

    15 April 2011

    Under One-UN Project “Towards Gender Parity in Pakistan (TGP)”, ILO and UN-Women have jointly initiated five pilot projects to provide “integrated support to Home-Based Workers” in different sectors and geographic locations. The “Experience Sharing and Advocacy Workshop” was held to highlight good practices and learning from the lessons in one of the pilots in Sialkot (Punjab).