|
 |
Social protection:
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is recognized as a major threat to the world of work in terms of its negative impact on economic development, workers’ rights, enterprise performance and gender equality, which collectively undermine the ILO’s guiding principle of decent work. The objective of ILO’s Global Programme on HIV/AIDS in the World of Work is to increase awareness among ILO constituents of the impact of the pandemic and to support the formulation of policies and development of programmes to tackle the social and labour implications of HIV/AIDS on a sustainable basis. HIV/AIDS has a triple impact on the transport sector. It affects (a) transport workers, their families and communities, (b) the enterprises concerned, and (c) the community as a whole. In addition, as transport improves and people move about more freely, this very mobility becomes a factor of transmission. Development increases human movement and no sustainable development has yet occurred without massive mobility both internally or externally.
With this in mind, the ILO has recently published a booklet Using the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work : Guidelines for the transport sector, 2005 (available in pdf format). The Guidelines, based on the ILO code of practice on HIV/AIDS, look first (in Section 1) at some of the specific problems facing transport – the emphasis is on road transport but consideration is also given to other transport sectors. They then present an overview of initiatives that have been taken, first at the legal and policy level and then at the workplace, to address the occupational and behavioural risks associated with transport. Section II incorporates examples of action and guidance based on lessons learnt. The final section takes the reader through the code of practice and training manual, and shows where transport sector operators and authorities can find relevant provisions, explanations and advice to help them develop and implement HIV/AIDS programmes.
Useful links/resources
ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
| |
