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Together women will deal with barriers better

Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO-India spoke as a chief guest at the 11th Women Entrepreneurs Conference with the theme "Changing Landscape for Entrepreneurs - Aspire, Adapt, Achieve" & the ‘All India Women Entrepreneurs Awards’

ILO COOP participates in two parallel events at CSW65

ILO COOP Manager presented at two parallel events during the 65th session of the UN Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) that took place between March 15-26.

Collaborative action required to strengthen supply chain

Opening Address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO-India, at the Tripartite Consultation on Draft Strategy for the Natural Stone Sector in Rajasthan

Pandemic underlined the need for universal social protection

Ms Dagmar Walter, Director ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi spoke at the inaugural session of IHD-ILO Virtual Consultative Workshop on New Social Security Code and Strengthening Social Protection System in South India.

Our impact, Their voices

Entrepreneurship in the time of COVID-19

COVID-19 has closed the door on many face-to-face entrepreneurship opportunities. In India, an ILO business programme has gone online to help small-scale entrepreneurs get businesses up and running.

World Safety Day

High time we make safety our priority

COVID-19 has reinforced the need for resilient national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) systems to be in place. To mark Safe Day 2021, Mr Satoshi Sasaki, ILO’s Deputy Director for Decent Work Technical Support team in South Asia and Country...

Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day

The programme will work closely with the 12 member states of the Colombo Process to facilitate international co-operation on labour migration issues across South, South East and East Asia.

Need human-centred recovery from COVID-19: Ministry of Labour, employers and workers affirm at ILO event

The panel deliberated on the ILO’s Global Call to Action which prioritizes an economic recovery that is “fully inclusive, sustainable and resilient”, by the creation of decent jobs for all and addresses the inequalities caused by the crisis

Sustainable enterprises

ILO and KOICA to promote sustainable enterprises in India

A bilateral project launched to generate more and better quality jobs for youth by strengthening sectoral supply chains and integrating Indian MSMEs in the global market.

Policy framework for inclusion of internal migrants is crucial, finds ILO report

Report offers road map for betterment of India’s internal migrant workers and their families, who are struggling to recover from the COVID-19 impact.

World Aids Day

Reaching migrant workers under VCT@WORK in Gujarat, India in times of COVID-19

COVID-19 hit millions of migrant workers hard in India. They lost livelihoods and were at a heightened risk of COVID-19 during the lockdown. Recognizing that large inter-state and rural to urban migration also aggravates the risk of HIV infection,...

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Women hit hard by COVID-19 impact on garment sector

A new brief highlights COVID-19 impacts on women and men workers in the garment sector and recommendations for a gender-responsive recovery.

ILO COOP/SSE Chiefs across time

This page provides bibliographies of the chiefs and heads of the ILO's Cooperative, social and solidarity economy Unit (COOP/SSE)since its establishment in 1920.

9th BRICS Trade Union Forum

The forum was attended by 106 delegates representing 13 national trade union centres which bring together almost 400 million workers, and by honorary guests from Russia and beyond.

The ILO Participates in a session on Gender and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

Representatives from ILO COOP and ILO Pretoria participated and presented at a session on women in SSE institutions that took place on October 20 as part of the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impact ripples through supply chain

Collapsing consumer demand, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports have taken their toll on the Asia Pacific garment industry, says a new ILO report.

SIYB can play a key role in livelihood recover post COVID-19

Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and Country Office for India provided opening remarks to ‘Online Training of Trainers (ToT) for Trade Unions on Short Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) course

Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment

BRICS commitment to jobs, social protection & social dialogue welcomed by ILO

Higher levels of international cooperation and solidarity will be needed to meet the challenge to labour markets posed by COVID-19, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

After helping others, SIYB Trainer builds confidence to open her own business

Ashwani Pramodrao Khatale, Sri Sai Samarth Banking Kiosk – India

Prepared for any eventuality: transforming business as usual to a COVID-19 reality

Sidhartha Sharma, The Chocolate Room – India