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UN General Assembly

ILO Director-General joins UN General Assembly

The ILO Director-General will participate in a series of high-level events, highlighting the need to tackle inequalities, create decent jobs and make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be held during the UN General...

Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation: 12 September 2023

The United Nations' Day for South-South Cooperation celebrates the economic, social and political developments made in recent years by regions and countries in the South and highlights United Nations efforts to work on technical cooperation among...

Identifying and investigating forced labour cases: a training for state labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

On 23 and 24 August 2023, further to a request from the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the ILO Integrated Programme on Cotton, Textile and Apparel sector delivered a two-day online training on identifying...

Artificial intelligence

Generative AI likely to augment rather than destroy jobs

ILO report assesses the impact of generative artificial intelligence on job quantity and quality.

Brazil and the ILO sign new South-South Partnership programme to promote social justice in the global South

The launch of this new South-South Cooperation Programme brought together representatives of the ILO, the Brazilian Government and workers’ and employers’ organizations in Geneva.

111th International Labour Conference

Make social justice a priority issue on the global agenda, says ILO Director-General

ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, emphasized the need to build a Coalition for Social Justice to fight growing inequalities, at the opening session of the 111th International Labour Conference.

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

ILO to release new report on the impact of mutually reinforcing crises on the world of work

Labour Day

Time to prioritize social justice

ILO Director-General calls for a Global Coalition for Social Justice and a reshaping of economic, social and environmental policies to create a more stable and equitable future.

Inequality and social justice on the agenda of talks between ILO Director-General and Brazil’s President

On his first official visit to the Latin America and Caribbean region, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo and Brazil’s President Lula discussed the ILO’s Global Coalition for Social Justice initiative.

Social and solidarity economy

ILO welcomes new UN resolution on social and solidarity economy

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution on the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development.

Experts discuss Brazilian strategies for collecting and analysing data on child labour

The event brought together specialists from Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the ILO.

The ILO Governing Body concludes its 347th session

The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization considered a range of issues of major importance for the world of work, including decent work in the platform economy and in supply chains, the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the...

Brazil and ILO announce new project to foster the Promotion of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work among Latin American and African...

The new initiative has a total budget of $4 million and is scheduled to begin in March

Partnership

ILO and IFC scale up collaboration on social issues in private investments

In his address to the ILO Governing Body, the Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation, Makhtar Diop, announced plans to reinforce the partnership with ILO.

Brazil and ILO announce new project to foster the Promotion of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work among Latin American and African...

The new initiative has a total budget of 4 million dollars and is scheduled to begin in March.

Media Advisory

ILO to release new analysis on key workers

ILO launches Global Care Policy Portal and Care Policy Investment Simulator

ILO hopes these new tools will encourage the investment needed to support the two billion people still without adequate maternity and paternity support, parental leave and childcare services.

Employment-related gender gaps greater than previously thought, ILO report finds

A new indicator developed by the International Labour Organization finds that women’s access to employment, working conditions and labour income gap have barely improved in the past two decades.

Media Advisory

ILO/UNICEF to release report assessing levels of social protection for children

Labour Overview 2022 for Latin America and the Caribbean

Informality and working poverty weigh down labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Unemployment rate fell to 7.2 per cent in 2022, but job quality problems persist as inflation impacts wage levels. It is a complex and uncertain scenario, says new edition of Labour Overview report.