Feature articles
December 2008
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Workplaces are key avenues for responding to the challenge of HIV/AIDS
01 December 2008 - This year, the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008) is being held in Senegal. Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of the ILO’s Social Protection Sector, answers our questions.
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November 2008
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Driving for change: action on HIV/AIDS in the road transport sector
28 November 2008 - In a number of countries, HIV prevalence is higher among road transport workers than in the general population. To respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in the sector, workers’ and employers’ representatives from around the world will meet in Geneva on World AIDS Day, 1 December, for a training and learning event. ILO Online reports from a border crossing between Kenya and Uganda. -
From Veil to Camera: Empowering women through skills training
13 November 2008 - In many countries, women face more barriers than men to acquire the necessary skills to use new technologies and to start innovative economic activities. ... -
Proper ship breaking: a test for globalization and decent work
03 November 2008 - The last voyage of the ship "Otapan" to a Turkish ship breaking yard last July was a victory for "pre-cleaning" advocates of reducing the human and environmental dangers inherent in ship dismantling and recycling. ...
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October 2008
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Revisiting the Minimum wage in the Enlarged EU: Addressing changes and challenges in the labour markets
29 October 2008 - The minimum wage has returned to the core of the EU policy agenda. EU enlargement and increased migration flows for employment and better pay are one factor, but others include the significant rise in non-standard forms of employment, normally associated with lower wages, high proportions of low-paying jobs, rising insecurity and growing numbers of working poor. ... -
As shipping increases, so does the need for more port State control
09 October 2008 - In response to an oil spill that fouled the west coast of France in 1978, European ministers took decisive action to establish a regional system for inspections of foreign ships in 1982. Yet the growing numbers of ship detentions in many ports worldwide show the continuous need for a global system of regular port inspections. ... -
Working in a ‘man’s world’: women in the Fiji police force
08 October 2008 - There are higher proportions of women in public services worldwide, and an increasing number of equal opportunities policies exist globally. Nevertheless the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111) adopted in 1958 remains as relevant today as it was in the late 1950s – in the Pacific region and elsewhere. ...
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September 2008
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Women migrant workers: seizing opportunities, upholding rights
24 September 2008 - Nearly half of the world’s migrants are women. Increasingly, migration provides them with opportunities to find better jobs. However, many still accept lower skilled jobs for higher pay and some may even become victims of exploitation and abuse. ... -
Questions and answers on Tripartite Expert Meetings on Flag State and Port State inspection guidelines under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
15 September 2008 - More than 300 senior representatives of seafarers and shipowners, along with governments, are to meet in Geneva between 15 and 26 September to discuss guidelines on flag-state and port-state inspection on board of ships under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2006. ... -
Maritime Labour Convention: Setting sail for a decent future
10 September 2008 - When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 in February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it “making labour history” for the world’s more than 1.2 million seafarers. Two years on, the MLC has been ratified by three key flag states representing nearly 20 per cent of the world’s gross tonnage with many more ratifications and industry agreements already under way. ...
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