News room
December 2018
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New ILO figures show 164 million people are migrant workers
05 December 2018
Some countries of origin are losing the most productive part of their workforce, the study says.
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Leaders’ Declaration stresses the need to put people first in preparing the future of work
01 December 2018
G20 Communiqué covers key issues, including the future of work, infrastructure for development, sustainable food supply and gender equality.
November 2018
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Timely HIV testing is key to workers’ health
30 November 2018
Do you know your HIV status? In around 50 countries HIV infections are still rising and everywhere death rates are still too high.
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Global wage growth lowest since 2008, while women still earning 20 per cent less than men
26 November 2018
The latest ILO Global Wage report finds global wage growth has been weak while the gender pay gap, at about 20 per cent globally, remains unacceptably high.
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Employers’ Organizations discuss membership strategies
22 November 2018
In collaboration with the ILO International Training Center (ITCILO) in Turin, ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia has organized a Sub-regional training on Membership strategies and Service design and delivery, which was held on 19 - 21 November 2018 in Moscow, Russia.
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Major progress on forced labour and child labour in Uzbekistan cotton fields
22 November 2018
International Labour Organization monitors say that forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has been significantly reduced. As in previous years child labour is no longer a concern.
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Training for journalists in Georgia
19 November 2018
Eighteen journalists came together on November 17-18 in Borjomi, Georgia to discuss the impact of a series of ILO training courses on reporting on labour issues, and to identify possible next steps. The training was organized within the framework of the ILO Human Rights for All Project funded by the EU.
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ILO Governing Body wraps up its 334th session
10 November 2018
The October-November 2018 session of the ILO Governing Body ended on 8 November. ILO News discussed the highlights with Juan Llobera, Clerk of the Governing Body.
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Guy Ryder attends Paris Armistice ceremonies on the eve of the ILO Centenary
09 November 2018
The commemoration of the end of the First World War in Paris has a symbolic dimension for the ILO.
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Social Protection System High on the Agenda: Workshop in Uzbekistan
08 November 2018
Thirty experts and officials representing different ministries and agencies involved in social protection implementation, as well representatives of Federation of Trade Unions, and academia participated in a two-day workshop organised on 7-8 November by the ILO (Project “Support to the Implementation of the Decent Work Country Programme in Uzbekistan”) , UNICEF and the World Bank to assess strengths, challenges and the role of social protection in a society in transition.