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Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
The international community agrees to redouble efforts to fight against child labour and forced labour
The three-day IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour concluded with the adoption of the Buenos Aires Declaration which spells out principles and actions to be taken. During the meeting, delegates presented almost 100...
Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
ILO head warns that there are still 152 million victims of child labour
In his opening speech to the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, the ILO Director-General acknowledged the progress achieved in the past 20 years, but warned that there is still a long way to go in order to eradicate...
Media advisory
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to attend child labour conference in Buenos Aires
Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
Argentina to host the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
The international meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 14-16 November and will address the consolidation of the global commitment to the eradication of child labour. Governments, employers’ and workers’ representatives from 193...
Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
Accreditation open for the Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Argentina
Latin America and the Caribbean
ILO highlights massive decent work deficit for youth
Over 50 million young people in Latin America and the Caribbean face a labour market characterised by unemployment, informality and a lack of opportunities. They represent a major challenge, which was discussed at a preparatory meeting ahead of the...
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Statement by H.E. Amira Elfadil at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Statement by Aeneas C. Chuma at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...
Migrant Workers
Labour migration: Towards more cooperation between Trade Unions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
A passion, mission - organizing waste pickers.
During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Manuel Mateu an Engineer from the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) in Argentina, about...
Forced labour
Argentina joins the global movement against forced labour
Our impact, their voices
Argentina steps up fight against forced labour
Argentina has ratified the Forced Labour Protocol in the lead-up to hosting the Global Conference on Child Labour and Forced Labour in 2017.
Report on active labour market policies
ILO: Labour market policies in Latin America must be reoriented to protect social achievements and address productivity gaps
At a time when governments in the region face the dual challenges of creating quality jobs and safeguarding achievements in social inclusion and work quality, an ILO report highlights the need for a new approach based on active labour market...
Jobs in Latin America
Latin American and Caribbean unemployment to rise in 2016
The evolution of labour markets in the region will be analyzed at ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, to be held in Mexico this month.
Updated Skills Development Programme for Domestic Workers – including Migrant Domestic Workers – Launched in Argentina
The Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW) provided support to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Argentina to review its Vocational Training Program for domestic workers and to update...
Launching of the preparations for the IV Global Conference on Child Labour 2017
Argentina Minister of Labour, Carlos Tomada, alongside the President of the National Commission to Eradicate Child Labour (CONAETI), María del Pilar Rey Méndez, headed the launching of the preparatory events for the IV Global Conference on Child...
Argentina
New law leads to new life for migrant domestic workers
After decades of labor organizing and with the support of the ILO, Argentina has passed a new migration policy to make life better for domestic workers.
Latin America and the Caribbean assume the commitment to completely end child labour
The Focal Points Network of the “Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour”, launched its first face-to-face meeting in Brasilia
Bi-national Agreement Promoting Decent Work for Migrant Domestic Workers in Paraguay-Argentina Migration Corridor
Domestic workers’ organizations and trade union confederations from Paraguay and Argentina signed a bi-national agreement in order to promote decent work for Paraguayan migrant domestic workers in Argentina. This was the main output of a bi-national...
Maritime Labour Convention
Argentina ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
Argentina is the third Latin American country to ratify this landmark Convention, after Panama and Nicaragua.