All Director-General statements
14th African Regional Meeting
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder's closing remarks at the 14th ILO African Regional Meeting
Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights 2019
Create the right environment for responsible business
States have a role to play in promoting responsible business, said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the Business and Human Rights Forum 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
End violence and harassment in the world of work
"Violence and harassment constitutes one of the greatest threats to decent work. No more excuses. Let’s work together and make the promise of Convention No. 190 a reality for all," says ILO Director-General.
“1+6” Roundtable, Beijing
A human-centred approach to global economic governance
Reducing inequality and ensuring sustainable development requires greater cooperation and policy coherence within the multilateral system, Guy Ryder has told leaders at a meeting in Beijing held to discuss the development of the world economy.
Maternity protection
A Century of maternity protection - An unfinished transformation
One of the ILO’s very first Conventions covered maternity protection, but while there is plenty of evidence that maternity protection is good for individuals, societies and economies, there is still a long way to go to ensure that this universal...
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Uncertain global economic and jobs outlook calls for renewed labour policies, institutions
Growing concerns about global economic and employment prospects must be met with robust policies to promote employment, social dialogue and labour standards and institutions, the Director-General, Guy Ryder has told the World Bank
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Growing concerns about global employment and economic growth require stronger response
Pro-active, effective measures, with a particular focus on small economic units, are needed to ensure that the response to a slowing global economy can prevent global unemployment rising and growth weakening.
Future of work
ILO Director-General warns of new brutalism in politics
In a speech to German trade union IG Metall in Nuremberg, Guy Ryder warns of challenge to the basic values of social justice, tolerance, solidarity and humanity. Calls for sincere process of social dialogue between trade unions and employers to...
Future of work
We need an innovation shock
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, tells participants at a Ford Foundation and ILO event in New York that the world of work needs to innovate to meet the challenges of the future of work.
ILO 100
Social justice, tripartite cooperation are the keys to social progress
Speaking in Norway, Director-General Guy Ryder has praised the strength of the ideas, convictions and values that the Nordic countries demonstrated, and their positive impact on the work of the ILO.
DBEI ILO NUI Conference
The ILO’s mandate maps a path to a better future
Core ILO principles such as labour standards and tripartite social dialogue are increasingly recognized as part of the solution to current issues disrupting the world of work, including growing inequality, threats to social justice, and loss of...
Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Debate on regulating digital labour platforms is crucial
The ILO Director-General highlighted the need for policies to deal with the challenges of web-based labour platforms. Some form of regulation is needed, Guy Ryder said at the meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Matsuyama, Japan.
Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Living longer needs more work-life choices
Demographic changes will lead to a ‘multi-stage work life’ said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Matsuyama, Japan. He was speaking at a session on “Demographic Change: Employment of older workers...
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)
Guy Ryder: A human-centred approach can create decent jobs for youth in Africa
Speaking at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), ILO Director-General Guy Ryder outlined how a human-centred agenda can help boost productivity and create decent jobs for youth in Africa.
Global Youth Employment Forum
The disturbing reality of youth employment
In a speech at the opening of the ILO Global Youth Employment Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said much more needs to be done to improve the employment prospects of young people.
Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work
"We have to work for a process of productive transformation that protects our blue ocean and gives us all a future"
Guy Ryder addressed the Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work during the first visit of an ILO Director-General to a Pacific Island State.
8th World Congress of Education International
Education must safeguard democracy, promote the common good
In a speech to the 8th World Congress of Education International in Bangkok, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder highlights the critical role of trade unions and teachers in shaping a just, human-centred future of work.
École Nationale d'Administration
No time for complacency
The ILO needs to stand as a bulwark against the ‘new brutalism’ in the world, said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a speech on the future of work to the École nationale d’administration in Strasbourg.
International Day of Cooperatives
Message from ILO's Director-General Guy Ryder for International Cooperative Day 2019
The 2019 International Day of Cooperatives will be celebrated on Saturday 6 July. This year, in commemoration of the ILO’s centenary, the theme is "cooperatives for decent work" which is closely linked to SDG8. On this occasion ILO Director-General...
G20 Osaka Leaders’ Summit
No social justice without decent work
In a speech at the G20 leaders’ summit in Tokyo, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, pointed to the need to tackle inequality amongst the world’s workers.
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