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World AIDS Day

Decent work, social protection can help close the gap

Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on World AIDS Day 2014.

ILO supports family violence legislation in China

The ILO and other UN agencies have pledged to support China for Family Violence Legislation.

Unions can ensure laws are not just “paper promises” at the workplace

The ILO has called for a more effective social partnership to maximize employers’ legal compliance with labour law and employment standards.

ILO signs first license agreement with TUV-Rheinland China to offer SCORE Training

Guangzhou, China: 21 October 2014

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Leave no one behind: Working to end poverty

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

Social protection

Almost half the world’s older persons lack pensions

ILO report says 52 per cent of older persons receive a pension, but levels are inadequate and the trend has been worsened by fiscal consolidation.

ILO: Good safety is good business

ILO Deputy Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo says being able to earn a living in safe and healthy workplaces is a basic human right that needs to be ensured and is a win-win for workers and businesses, at the 7th China International Forum on Work...

7th China International Forum on Work Safety

ILO Deputy Director-General's address to the International Forum on Work Safety

Stories from the field

Place and train: Hunan Province pioneers new approach to inclusive employment for people with intellectual disabilities in China

Hunan maps out China’s first provincial plan on supported employment to promote employment for persons with intellectual disabilities in the open labour market.

Corporate social responsibility

ILO and H&M sign unique agreement on sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry

New partnership will address industrial relations, wages, capacity building for social partners and skills development in global supply chains of the garment industry.

ILO and the CNTAC launch a report on labour protection of interns in Chinese textile and apparel enterprises

An ILO report show that a significant proportion of interns in Chinese textile and apparel enterprises worked without adequate legal protection and in some cases the working conditions amounted to forced labour.

ILO SCORE-ETI Pilot Supplier Training Launched

The ILO and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) have jointly launched a pilot training project for China-based garment and footwear factories supplying ETI member companies.

International Youth Day 2014

Ryder: "The mental health of young people matters to us all"

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Bridging the gap: Implementing the rights of indigenous peoples

Message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Kunshan Zhongrong - Prevention, risk assessment are key to families' hopes for seeing loved ones return from work safely

The ILO has been deeply saddened by the deaths and causalities in a workshop in Kunshan on August 2, 2014.

Achieving Compliance through Strategic Enforcement

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MoHRSS), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the ILO have jointly reviewed the role of modern labour inspection services in promotion labour law compliance.

SCORE project helps work safety in Sichuan

The ILO SCORE project provides easy-to-apply preventive tools to small and medium sized enterprises and adopts a training of trainers approach to offer professional and tailored business development services in a sustainable way.

Improving occupational safety and health in SMEs

The ILO commended China’s efforts in addressing occupational safety and health challenges in SMEs and encouraged China to ratify more relevant standards in the area, including the Promotional Framework for OSH Convention, 2006 (No. 187). 

Rights at work

Domestic work, Work like any other

The well-publicised case of the abused Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih placed a spotlight on the plight of a vulnerable and often invisible population, migrant domestic workers. Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO's Regional Director for Asia and the...

Promoting intercontinental social dialogue between China and Africa

Chinese and African trade unions hope to build closer cooperation against the backdrop of growing trade and economic exchanges between China and Africa and increasing presence of Chinese companies in Africa.