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• Breaking gender barriers for young women and men
  11 August 2008 - Despite efforts by the international community, gender stereotyping and employment barriers continue to affect millions of young women and men around the world, said the International Labour Organization today on the occasion of International Youth Day. (ILO/08/35)
• ILO to emphasize workplace role in HIV prevention at international AIDS Conference in Mexico
  31 July 2008 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to host a series of events at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, which opens this Sunday, designed to illustrate the growing importance of the workplace in responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. (ILO/08/34)

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Feature articles

• Cementing social peace, political stability and economic growth in Nepal
  27 August 2008 - Between 1996 and 2005 Nepal was ravaged by war and on the threshold of ‘failed state’ status. In 2006, the country finally succeeded to pull itself back from the brink. In April this year national elections were held but the major political parties have failed to form a new coalition Government and disputes over key political positions remain unresolved. ... (FTR/08/nepal_cooperation)
• Breaking gender barriers: A young woman’s quest in a male-dominated profession
  11 August 2008 - One billion people will reach working age within the next decade – the best educated and best trained generation of young men and especially young women ever. But despite great efforts carried out by governments and social partners, the youth unemployment crisis is growing, and the gender barriers have yet to be overcome. ... (FTR/08/gender_youth_emp)

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I-news

• A commitment to Decent Work in Argentina
  01 September 2008 - Argentine government, representatives from employers’ and workers’ organizations, and the ILO have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a Decent Work Country Programme in Argentina for the period 2008-2011. (INEWS/08/argentina_trabajodecente)
• The ILO and its constituents take the stage at the 17th International Aids Conference
  15 August 2008 - The Conference, which took place in Mexico, highlighted the impact of AIDS on the productive population of some of the world’s most vulnerable economies, as well as the need for successful mobilization of the workplace as an entry point for AIDS responses. (INEWS/08/Aids_Mexico)

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Video

• Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples in Nepal -
  06 August 2008 - There are over fifty recognized groups of indigenous peoples in Nepal, who comprise about 40 per cent of the total population. They include the Bote people whose traditional way of life has been threatened ever since the lands where they lived and fished were turned into the Chitwan National Park and it was made illegal for them to enter. Nepal's ratification of the ILO Convention No. ...
• Jobs for Young Women and Men in Kyrgyzstan -
  04 August 2008 - When a country has a mismatch between what its labour market needs and the education and skills of its young people - what’s the answer? Kyrgyzstan is working hard to address this imbalance by training young women and men in job skills that are actually in demand in its transformed economy.
  • Youth Employment: Breaking gender barriers for young women and men - Gender equality at the heart of decent work, Campaign 2008-2009

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