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Ray of hope – Ramayees’s story

Fishing had been the mainstay of Ramayee and her husband Kandeeban of the tiny coastal hamlet of Oyalikuppam before that fateful day in December 2004 when giant waves of Tsunami washed away their home and virtually everything they owned including...

The ILO and Manual Scavengers in India: Paving the long way towards the elimination of discrimination based on social origin

For millions of people, contemporary India has become a land of opportunities, and the largest democracy in the world has experienced a remarkable economic growth during the last decade. Yet, as India accelerates its pace towards development, many...

Recognition for India’s invisible workers

Domestic workers play an important role in the economy and they allow others to go out and earn money. Yet they remain invisible, unprotected and their contribution is often not recognized. At the forthcoming International Labour Conference (in...

UN Youth Champion to interact with young domestic workers

UN Youth Champion, Monique Coleman is on world tour to promote the UN’s global observance of the International Year of Youth. She will meet with young domestic workers, at the ILO Country office, New Delhi on 8 April 2011.

National Tripartite Consultation On Promoting Registration of Construction Workers under BOCW Welfare Cess Act, New Delhi 23-24 March 2011

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE), Government of India and International Labour Office (ILO) will jointly organize a National Tripartite Consultations on Promoting Registration of Construction Workers under Welfare Fund

HIV and AIDS and the World of Work

UN Cares India

On 1 December 2010, a van was parked on Lodi Estate, in the city centre of New Delhi, India, with an unusual mandate: to offer voluntary and confidential HIV counselling and testing. The mobile clinic was part of the activities organized jointly by...

Bringing hope to the hopeless

12 year old Murugesan from Tiruvallur District of Tamilnadu was obliged to replace his ailing father, who could no longer work at the local rice mill. His family was in debt to the mill owner and the boy had no choice but to go to work to pay back...

Turning old: A domestic workers' nightmare

By Sindhu Menon. Tithli Ben migrated to Delhi in 1969 at the age of 19 after marriage to Dumru Bhai, a mechanic working in a small workshop in Mehrauli in South Delhi. They settled in a small jhuggie (makeshift shelter) near the workshop. Dumru...

Press clippings from India on "Offshoring and working conditions in remote work".

National Policy on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in India – The Rationale, Process and Lessons Learnt

How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector

National Conference on Green Jobs, New Delhi, 24 - 25 June 2010

Government agencies, ILO social partners and other stake holders come together to discuss emerging trends and issues relating to the creation of new environment friendly employment opportunities and the transformation of existing occupations in the...

First National Conference on Green Jobs, New Delhi, 24 - 25 June 2010

The conference discusses emerging trends and issues relating to the creation of new environment friendly employment opportunities and the transformation of existing occupations in the shift towards greener economies.

Indian companies reach out to suppliers

Decent Work Country Programme

Decent Work in India - A triumph of enterprise: Sitabai’s story

Last month, the ILO’s tripartite partners in India – the government, employers and workers – formally adopted a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP for India). The new programme will focus on enhanced opportunities for productive work for women and...

A triumph of enterprise : Sitabai's story

ILO's tripartite partners in India -- the Government, employers and workers -- formally adopted a Decent Work Country Programme for India. The new programme focuses on enhanced opportunities for productive work for women and men, particularly for...

Celebration of 90th anniversary of ILO in India

In tune with the world wide celebrations on the theme of “90 years – working for social justice”, India celebrated the 90th anniversary of International Labour Organization (ILO) on a pleasant spring morning on 4 February 2010.

India adopts Decent Work Country Programme

Representatives of the Government of India, employers' and workers' organizations signed the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Mr P C Chaturvedi, Secretary, Labour & Employment,...

Greetings message at the ILO-90 celebrations in India

By Mr Juan Somavia, the ILO Director- General, on the occasion of 90th annivrsary celebrations of the ILO in India in New Delhi on 4 February 2010.

Rebuilding lives : from despair to determination

By Neelam Agnihorti, Communication and Information Officer, ILO Subregional Office for South Asia Suresh’s life came to a standstill when he learnt of his HIV+ status three years back. A well educated young man in his early thirties, Suresh had a...