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Entrepreneurship and development
Innovating out of the employment crisis
Experts gathered at the UN to present ways entrepreneurship can promote sustainable development and create livelihoods.
  1. Watch the discussion
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© ILO Photo / J. Canonge 2013
Sustainable Development Goals
UN: Decent and productive work critical for sustainable development
The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals considers creation of decent and productive jobs as core element of future development framework.
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Post-2015 Development Agenda
Ambitious employment goal needed in post-2015 development agenda
High-level event in New York on Employment and Inclusive Growth says transition to decent jobs is central to the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
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Social Protection Floors
Mexico and the ILO sign cooperation agreement on social protection floors
The agreement was signed by the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Mexico, Alfonso Navarrete Prida, and ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, during the International Labour Conference.
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© ILO Photo / Benaissa S. 2013
2013 World Day Against Child Labour
Child domestic work: an unacceptable form of abuse
Experts gather in New York to discuss findings of a new ILO report on child labour in domestic work and renew calls for strengthened legal protections against child labour.
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World Day Against Child Labour - 12 June
Ten million child labourers in domestic work
To mark World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO publishes a report outlining the abuses suffered by millions of children working in family homes.
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Voices at work

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Meetings and events

  1. UN Thematic Debate on Inequality

    8 July 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

  2. Delivering on the Promise of Microinsurance: Putting Clients First

    9 July 2013, Paul Calello Auditorium (2B), Credit Suisse, 11 Madison Ave, New York

  3. High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Disability and Development

    23 September 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

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Key publications

  1. Meeting the challenge of precarious work: A workers ’ agenda

    18 June 2013

  2. Ending child labour in domestic work and protecting young workers from abusive working conditions

    12 June 2013

  3. Caught at Sea - Forced Labour and Trafficking in Fisheries

    31 May 2013

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