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July 2013
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Reducing risk for growth, stability and inclusion
01 July 2013
The microinsurance industry is rapidly growing and evolving to provide new instruments to help manage the risk of life-changing losses, especially for the poor.
June 2013
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Innovating out of the employment crisis
27 June 2013
Experts gathered at the UN to present ways entrepreneurship can promote sustainable development and create livelihoods.
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UN: Decent and productive work critical to achieve sustainable development
20 June 2013
The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals concluded its fourth session on 19 June with a strong message on the need to consider the creation of decent and productive jobs as a core element of the future development framework.
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Panel says child domestic work an unacceptable form of abuse which can longer continue
17 June 2013
Experts gather in New York to discuss findings of a new ILO report on child labour in domestic work.
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© S.Sekhri / The Times Of India 2013Ten million child labourers in domestic work
12 June 2013
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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Labour mobility and rights at centre of debate on international migration and development
10 June 2013
Experts from the ILO and elsewhere have gathered at a final roundtable to discuss labour mobility in migration and development issues prior to the High-Level Dialogue.
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© Said Khatib / AFP 2013Palestinian economy will not grow if restrictions on it remain, ILO says
06 June 2013
The ILO’s annual report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories calls for the lifting of restrictions on movement, employment and economic activity, in order to increase opportunities for decent work.
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Ryder: We need to get a grip on the rapid changes affecting the world of work
05 June 2013
The 102nd International Labour Conference opened with ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, outlining his vision for tackling the various challenges that are having an impact on workers, enterprises and governments around the world.
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From vision to action
03 June 2013
The Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda proposes a goal on “Job Creation, Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth”.
May 2013
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ILO to launch 2013 World of Work report 3 June
31 May 2013
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its annual report on the state of labour markets worldwide. The “World of Work Report 2013” is for release on Monday 3 June, 2013.
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Time to act on the youth employment crisis
31 May 2013
Experts and diplomats present the ILO's new study on the continuing job crisis affecting young people.
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Social protection not a cost, but an investment
29 May 2013
The second ILO-UNITAR training on advancing social protection floors addressed the challenges in financing social protection.
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Violence against Indigenous girls
28 May 2013
A new report, launched jointly by the ILO and other UN agencies, details the vastly disproportionate rates of violence against Indigenous girls.
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Realizing indigenous rights through partnership
23 May 2013
The UN's first indigenous peoples partnership was created in 2012 to help implement global standards on indigenous peoples around the world.
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Growing support for indigenous peoples’ rights
21 May 2013
April 2013
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© Filippo Montefo / AFP 2013Tricked and trapped: How migrant workers are getting a raw deal in the Middle East
11 April 2013
ILO reveals how an estimated 600,000 migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labour across the Middle East at the first-ever tripartite regional conference on human trafficking.
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ILO Director-General discusses development agenda with UN Secretary-General
11 April 2013
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his senior staff to discuss the role of the Decent Work Agenda in the post-2015 development framework.
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Join our Q&A session on forced labour in the Middle East
08 April 2013
The head of the ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, Beate Andrees to host a Twitter Q&A on the forced labour situation in the Middle East on Wednesday 10 April.
February 2013
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ILO: Tougher measures needed to curb forced labour
08 February 2013
According to an ILO report, the need to deter would-be perpetrators is widely recognized, but more effort is needed to identify cases of forced labour and to prevent the crime.
September 2012
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UN-EU Partnership Report 2012 launched
25 September 2012
The seventh annual Partnership Report, "Saving and Improving Lives: Partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in 2011", was launched this week in New York.