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Lidia Fernández, member of COPRETI Buenos AIres
A mapping of child labour risks and the collective possibilities to eradicate child labour
Lidia is an operator of the action node of the Comisión Provincial por la Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil (COPRETI) of the province of Buenos Aires in El Peligro (La Plata). Together with the families of the neighborhood, she participated in a...
ILO to address the main challenges facing the world of work in the post-pandemic period at a new edition of the Sustainable Development...
Two events organized by the ILO will be part of the agenda of the sixth meeting of this Forum, and will highlight the current labor challenges and the strategies to be implemented to promote decent work and sustainable development.
Emerging Insight: Becoming a long-term ally for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Argentina
Juan Brasesco, former COPRETI official
"Punitive strategies are not adequate for addressing child labour"
The former official of the Comisión Provincial para la Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil (COPRETI) of Buenos Aires puts into context the joint work with the project "Offside: ¡Marcando la cancha!" of ILO Argentina in the development of an...
Florencia Lance, from INTA Argentina
"If there is child labour, public policies are missing"
The head of the Red de Abordaje Institucional con Pueblos Indígenas of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) talks about the construction of a joint agenda with the ILO for the prevention of child labor in rural areas.
Yaneth Dávila, rural producer of Florencio Varela
"Improving the economic conditions of rural women reduces the risk of child labour"
Yaneth Dávila is an agroecological family farmer who lives in Florencio Varela, province of Buenos Aires. She participated in a training course on financial education for the rural economy, organized by ILO Argentina and the Ministry of Labour of...
From Salta to Buenos Aires
ILO presents six stories to highlight the problem of child labour in the agricultural sector
Lead by the ILO Country Office for Argentina's project "Offside: ¡Marcando la cancha!", these testimonies showcase diverse experiences related to the efforts to prevent and eradicate child and adolescent labour in rural areas of Argentina.
The recovery of a business in the culture sector in an Argentinian mountain valley
The Ministry of Labour of Argentina promotes strategies for green jobs and just transition
Throught the UN Partnership Action on Green Economy, the ILO has worked closely with the Ministry of Labour of Argentina in supporting green jobs and a just transition.
ILO Voices | Care economy
I am not a madman, I am an early childhood teacher
Federico Trotta has overcome prejudice and stigma to become an early childhood teacher in Buenos Aires, Argentina – a profession that many believe is a “feminine” career.
Argentina advances towards a national sustainable construction plan for a Just Transition
Within the framework of the ILO PAGE Project, a Labour Adaptation Plan for the Construction Sector in Argentina has been developed together with the social partners, aimed at identifying concrete strategies for advancing towards an inclusive...
ILO Voices | Tourism
An indigenous entrepreneur in tune with Mother Earth
After successfully reclaiming her people’s territory in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Northern Argentina, Celestina Ábalos turned to tourism to share and promote her indigenous culture. ILO entrepreneurship training during the COVID-19 pandemic helped her...
G7 Leaders’ Communiqué
ILO welcomes commitments in G7 leaders’ communiqué
New commitments by the G7 Leaders, covering gender equality, tackling inflation, climate change, and support for a just transition to a sustainable and inclusive future, have been welcomed by the ILO.
G7 Summit
ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence
In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender...
The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy
The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.
The 12th Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 8: SSE: youth, education and new skills
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 5: SSE and formalisation of the informal economy
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the SSE
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE
The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on...
The Argentine Ministry of Productive Development publishes an interview with ILO’s Valeria Esquivel