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Climate change and jobs - dealing with the myths

Asia and the Pacific are very exposed to the impact of climate change. Therefore, progress towards a global climate deal is crucial for its development and its stability. But such a global journey to a low carbon and climate resilient future will...

ILO presents proven strategies for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the world of work

HIV/AIDS project dissemination workshop, New Delhi 9-11 September 2009

Gender equality

India’s barefoot solar engineers fight climate change and poverty

The year 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s gender equality action plan, and the end of a year-long global ILO campaign on gender equality and the world of work. One of the themes of the campaign was the linkage between climate change and...

Power for the powerless; the woman behind India's ‘Gentle Revolution’

The year 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s gender equality action plan, and the end of a year-long global ILO campaign on gender equality and the world of work. One of the themes of the campaign was “Social dialogue at work: voices and...

Launch of skill development initiative for domestic workers/household assistants

The Delhi Government, the Ministry of Labour and Employment and ILO have joined hands to kick-start a pilot training programme to skill and re-skill domestic workers/household assistants across the Delhi and Noida region. The Pilot programme aims...

Power for the powerless: the woman behind India’s ‘Gentle Revolution'

Nearly four decades ago Dr Bhatt, now 76, founded what has become India’s largest and most unusual trade union. The members are waste-pickers, street vendors, incense stick rollers, construction and agricultural workers, and home-based workers. They...

India’s barefoot solar engineers fight climate change and poverty

At the forefront of what the International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN agency that deals with work and workplace issues – called Green Jobs; jobs are being created as a result of economies adapting to climate and environmental change.

Public-Private Partnerships in HIV Care and Support in India

Reaching out to migrant construction workers in India

Public-Private Partnerships in HIV Prevention in India

Gender Equality

From Veil to Camera: Empowering women through skills training

In many countries, women face more barriers than men to acquire the necessary skills to use new technologies and to start innovative economic activities. For the 60 per cent of women employed in agriculture in South Asia, access to quality...

Maritime sector

Proper ship breaking: a test for globalization and decent work

The last voyage of the ship "Otapan" to a Turkish ship breaking yard last July was a victory for "pre-cleaning" advocates of reducing the human and environmental dangers inherent in ship dismantling and recycling. But does it also lead to decent...

Capacity Building of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) for Workplace Advocacy - Experiences from India

Responding to the livelihood needs to PLHIV – Experiences from a pilot project in India

Reaching the unreached: the child labour challenge in India

“Every child counts…Over the last year, we have rescued more than 5,000 children from the streets of Hyderabad to enable them to regain their lost childhood”, says Leyla Tegmo-Reddy, ILO Director in New Delhi, India. The ILO’s International...

Brazilian Minister of Labour and Indian Minister of Labour hold up a Red Card to child labour

The Brazilian Minister of Labour, Mr. Carlos Lupi, and Indian Minister of Labour, Mr. Oscar Fernandes, hold up a red card to child labour and announce South-South cooperation to combat child labour, particularly its worst forms.

Overview Remarks by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs at the National Consultation on Employment Policy for India

Global employment trends 2008

South Asia could end poverty in a generation, but only if economic development is accompanied by inclusive labour market policies, according to a new report by the ILO.

Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) in South Asia

South Asia shows significant progress in productivity and working poverty, but low female labour force participation misses productivity potential

ILO releases Global Employment Trends 2007: South Asia faces growing gender unemployment gap & challenge of creating jobs.

The number of people unemployed worldwide remained at an historic high in 2006, despite strong global economic growth