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April 2024
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Media Advisory
New ILO report reveals dangerous and long-lasting effects of climate change on workers’ health and safety
16 April 2024
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Podcast
How young refugees are using skills and entrepreneurship to find independence
16 April 2024
For many young people finding that first job can be hard. For those who are also refugees it can seem like an insurmountable challenge. We talk to Mashimbo Rose Nafisa and Joel Amani Mafigi, two young refugees in Uganda who have overcome this problem and are now helping other young people do the same.
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Employment creation in Moldova
ILO Director-General launches new EU-backed project to strengthen labour market institutions in the Republic of Moldova, during first joint ILO-European Commission visit to the country
11 April 2024
Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo also held high level meetings with senior officials, including the President of Moldova, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Labour and Social Protection and the ILO’s social partners.
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Addressing major labour market challenges in the world of work: What are the implications for promoting employment?
10 April 2024
In the world of work, a torrent of change has triggered multiple job crises raising the magnitude and complexity of employment challenges to unprecedented levels. Labour markets are reeling from disruptive mega-trends that weren’t on our radar just a decade ago. To address these challenges, we need updated national employment policies. In this podcast, ILO Employment Policy Expert Sher Verick explains.
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Education
ILO discusses key recommendations to transform teaching profession
10 April 2024
The ILO highlighted the Recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level panel on the teaching profession, to be considered within national contexts to address the urgent crisis in the teaching profession and the teacher shortages facing many parts of the world.
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Occupational Safety and Health
Bulgaria renews its commitment to the promotion of occupational safety and health
10 April 2024
Bulgaria ratifies the two fundamental Conventions Nos. 155 and 187.
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Press release
The United States of America authorized to participate in the proceedings
10 April 2024
March 2024
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ILOSTAT blog
Charting progress on the global goals and decent work
27 March 2024
As the world faces a number of complex challenges, we examine key labour indicators to assess the impact of unprecedented crises in order to shed light on global trends and regional variations and their impact on our ability to realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Labour migration
New EU-UN ‘PROTECT’ project supports women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia
26 March 2024
A new initiative launched by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) will help strengthen the rights of women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia, while reducing their vulnerabilities.
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© Violaine Martin / ILO 2024
350th Session of the ILO Governing Body
ILO Governing Body closes with decisions on living wages, strengthening social justice
25 March 2024
Living wages, the challenges and opportunities of digitization, and progress towards a new social contract, were among the wide range of world-of-work topics discussed by the ILO’s Governing Body at its 350th session.