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Ending Forced Labour: Partnerships for a Path Forward
Two women working in brick kilns in debt bondage in India

Panel discussion

Ending Forced Labour: Partnerships for a Path Forward

According to the most recent data, approximately 28 million people are trapped in forced labour every day. These individuals span the globe and are present across nearly every industry. While there are a multitude of stakeholders working to end...

Inequality, Education and Child Labour
Inequality, Education and Child Labour

Inequality, Education and Child Labour

Strategic use of ILO supervisory mechanisms for trade unions in the Caribbean

Training course for Caribbean workers' organizations

Strategic use of ILO supervisory mechanisms for trade unions in the Caribbean

Launch of the Strategy for the Promotion of Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean

Launch of the Strategy for the Promotion of Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean

Labour market enforcement in Brazil: Reflections, lessons and the way forward
Girl Walking on Street with Brazilian Flag on Wall

ILO Live

Labour market enforcement in Brazil: Reflections, lessons and the way forward

Meeting

National workshop for development of a country accelerated action plan against child labour, Saint Kitts and Nevis

National workshop for development of a country accelerated action plan against child labour, Saint Kitts and Nevis

ILO-Brazil South-South Cooperation Project (RLA/20/05/BRA) “Support for Consolidation of Progress in the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”.

Brazil-Belize technical knowledge exchange on strategic labour inspections and integration of social protection for proactive responses for...
Participants at the Brazil-Belize child labour meeting, June 2024

Brazil-Belize technical knowledge exchange on strategic labour inspections and integration of social protection for proactive responses for...

ILO-Brazil South-South Cooperation Project (RLA20/05/BRA) “Support for Consolidation of Progress in the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”.

National workshop for development of a country accelerated action plan against child labour, Antigua and Barbuda
Two women at a table speaking about child labour

National workshop for development of a country accelerated action plan against child labour, Antigua and Barbuda

ILO-Brazil South-South Cooperation Project (RLA20/05/BRA) “Support for Consolidation of Progress in the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”.

Integrating Trade and Decent Work
Integración del Comercio y del Trabajo Decente

Integrating Trade and Decent Work

The event seeks to discuss strategies to better align trade and labour market policies to help develop supply chains and achieve decent work outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Labour migration in Latin America and the Caribbean: Launch of the Regional Strategy to 2030
New Hero Image Evento Migración

Press conference

Labour migration in Latin America and the Caribbean: Launch of the Regional Strategy to 2030

Public dissemination event of the Regional Strategy on Labour Migration and Human Mobility 2023-2030 created by 37 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, in conjunction with the ILO, to respond to the multiple challenges and...

80 years after the Declaration of Philadelphia, how has social justice advanced?
Ronin y Holinda Hero Image

80 years after the Declaration of Philadelphia, how has social justice advanced?

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Declaration of Philadelphia, leading personalities from the world of work are convened to discuss the validity and relevance of its principles in the contemporary context of Latin America and the...

Climate Change and the World of Work: Challenges and Perspectives for Occupational Safety and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cambio climático y SST en América Latina y el Caribe

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024

Climate Change and the World of Work: Challenges and Perspectives for Occupational Safety and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

The event seeks to promote a space for dialogue between different specialists and actors in the world of work on how Latin America and the Caribbean can adapt to the effects of climate change to ensure safer and healthier work environments.

Just Transition and job creation in the green and blue economy - Drivers, status, considerations and pathways for a just and...
Working on solar farm construction

Barbados National Symposium

Just Transition and job creation in the green and blue economy - Drivers, status, considerations and pathways for a just and...

The Symposium targets policy officials and technocrats, private sector actors, labour, academia, NGOs, CBOs, and experts within the just transition framework/value chain in Barbados with a particular interest in employment and labour market issues...

Consultation on the FORLAC 2.0 proposal

Consultation on the FORLAC 2.0 proposal

At the end of the workshop, the Strategy for the Promotion of Formalization in Latin America, and the Caribbean, known as FORLAC 2.0, will be oriented and enhanced with the suggestions collected from ILO constituent’s representatives.

Launch of the 2023 Labour Overview

Webinar

Launch of the 2023 Labour Overview

The Labor Overview 2023 report on this occasion will include data and analysis on the effects of the crisis on employment, as well as the way in which labour indicators evolved in 2023, and what could happen in 2024.

Brazil–Jamaica knowledge exchange - Strategic labour inspections and integration of social protection for proactive responses for the...
Children playing tug of war

ILO-Brazil South-South Cooperation Program “Consolidation of progress of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”

Brazil–Jamaica knowledge exchange - Strategic labour inspections and integration of social protection for proactive responses for the...

Symposium: Advancing a just transition towards a greener future with decent jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Side event

Symposium: Advancing a just transition towards a greener future with decent jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

This side event in the framework of the OECD Ministerial Summit on Environmental Sustainability in Costa Rica seeks to promote regional debate on the consequences of climate change and related labour policies. Representatives from the world of work...

Pacific islands regional training on evidence-based policy making for decent work

ILO Research Department Training

Pacific islands regional training on evidence-based policy making for decent work

It is widely recognized that evidence (data, research, best practices) is essential for decision and policy making. In practice, the use of evidence in the policy-making touching the world of work is still at its early stages and unevenly practiced.

International Conference on Statistics of Cooperative – Measuring Cooperatives and Beyond

International Conference on Statistics of Cooperative – Measuring Cooperatives and Beyond

The ILO will host an international conference on statistics of cooperatives, as part of the cooperative statistics component of the Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Knowledge Base project.

Social justice - the foundation for sustainable Caribbean transformation
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12th ILO Caribbean Labour Ministers’ Meeting

Social justice - the foundation for sustainable Caribbean transformation

The Meeting will address global, regional, and national actions required to accelerate the mainstreaming of social justice for transformative socio-economic development in the current multi-crisis context.