New Director General Mr. Guy Ryder began his five year term on October 1, 2012
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This Project is supporting the establishment of new legal frameworks for governance of the labor market, especially laws to facilitate the formation of representative organizations of workers and employers, and to avoid and manage industrial disputes.
Better Work Nicaragua
The goal of the programme is to contribute to the creation of decent work opportunities in targeted export industries. Better Work Nicaragua aims to improve competitiveness of the industry by enhancing economic performance at the enterprise level and by improving compliance with Nicaraguan labor law and the principles of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
The ILO Project “Moving towards a Child Labor Free Jordan”, funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL), is built on the premise that the twin goals of eradicating child labor and enforcing the right to education for all are achievable in Jordan within a relatively short time frame. This project will help design and develop action to address child labor in Jordan based on relevant policy and legislative frameworks and build the requisite capacities to underpin and sustain this action.
Gender gaps in global labor markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.
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