Regional Office press releases
- Disability Equality Training for Parliamentarians in Zambia *MPs PLEDGE ACTION ON INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE*
7-8 August 2009
– Members of influential Parliamentary Committees have pledged to do all they can to ensure the full rights of people with disabilities in Zambia. They aim to achieve this through awareness raising at all levels, and by pressing for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
- Technical Seminar: Labour Market Information to Monitor Progress on Decent Work in Africa and
African Preview: ILO Guide to the New Millennium Development Goals Employment Indicators
23 July 2009
– The ILO seminar running from 20 July to 24 July 2009 is a follow-up to the endorsement of the four new employment indicators under the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) Target 1b (Achieve full productive employment and decent work for all) by the Secretary General of the UN and the President of the General Assembly at a UN High Level Meeting on the 25th September 2008.
- New ILO report says “Cost of Coercion” to workers in forced labour surpasses USD 20 billion per year
12 May 2009
– In a new study on the patterns of forced labour worldwide, the International Labour Office (ILO) says the “opportunity cost” of coercion to the workers affected reaches over USD 20 billion per year.
- World Day for Safety and Health at Work Public march in Addis Ababa urged for a strong safety culture at work
28 April 2009
– More than 250 representatives from government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, staff members from the Public Health Department of Addis Ababa University and the International Labour Organization (ILO) called for a strong safety culture at work on 26th April at a public rally in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- National Tripartite Symposium tackles job crisis through Decent Work and Social Dialogue
23 April 2009
– The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Girma Wolde Giorgis opened the first national tripartite symposium on “Mitigating the present economic and job crisis through decent work and social dialogue” held under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Addis Ababa.
- National High Level Tripartite Symposium on “Mitigating the present Economic and Job Crisis through Decent Work and Social Dialogue”
23 April 2009
- What began as a crisis in finance markets has rapidly become a global jobs crisis. Unemployment is rising. The number of working poor is increasing. Businesses are going under. Concern is growing over the balance, fairness and sustainability of the sort of globalization we have had in the run up to the financial crash.
- Ethiopia Marks the 90th Anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
21-28 April 2009
- Press conference on the celebrations of the 90th Anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
- ILO launches third call for proposals to promote cooperatives in Africa
13 April 2009
- The International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced the launch of a third call for proposals to promote cooperatives through the Cooperative Facility for Africa programme.- (ILO/09/00)
- Regional Meeting adopts Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15
Sets ambitious targets to be achieved by 2015 27 April 2007 - Faced with a continental challenge of growth that is failing to create enough better quality jobs to stop rising unemployment and an increasing number of people living in poverty, top worker, employer and government representatives of the ILO's African member States today adopted a sweeping new Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15." - (ILO/07/17)
- 11th African Regional Meeting opens with calls for continent-wide mobilization for decent work
10,000 African women and men added each day to growing ranks of extreme working poor 24 April 2007 - Noting that "growth with few good jobs is not politically sustainable", ILO Director-General Juan Somavia today called for a new development approach in Africa which "puts people at the centre of development and judges the success of economic and social policy according to what happens to people at work." - (ILO/07/14)
- 11th ILO African Regional Meeting, Addis Ababa, 24-27 April - Despite upturn, African economies still lack enough decent jobs: Governments, employers and workers to discuss new "policy portfolio" for reducing poverty, creating decent work
23 April 2007 - Widespread economic growth and increased productivity in Africa has been insufficient to reduce the growing numbers of unemployed and working poor, according to new analyses prepared by the International Labour Office (ILO). - (ILO/07/13)
Selected ILO press releases
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