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Migration
ILO and Canada launch initiative to promote labor integration of Venezuelan refugee and migrant women in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador
The project financed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will seek, within the framework of the Regional Strategy for Socio-economic Integration, to contribute to the socio-economic integration of migrants in these three...
ILO in action
Empowering Colombian Students: The SENATEC Project
Discover how the SENATEC project is equipping Colombian students like Maria Elajandra Rojas with valuable tech skills and clarity for their future. From enhancing technical expertise to guiding university choices, SENATEC is paving the way for...
Social protection
A tripartite revision of the preliminary study regarding social protection floors in Colombia was carried out
The Universal Social Protection Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the ILO office for the Andean Countries, presented the preliminary report on Colombia’s national legislation and practice in light of the Social...
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Social and solidarity economy critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Pacific
Policymakers, workers' and employers' organizations and practitioners across Asia and the Pacific are leveraging the social and solidarity economy toward sustainable development in the region.
World Day Against Child Labour
A decade against child labour: Latin American and Caribbean countries present a mural on the region's trajectory at the ILC
Mural co-created by 31 countries and employers' and workers' organizations, represents the ten-year history of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour.
The ILO and the Ministry of Equality and Equity promote care organizations in Cesar and Chocó, Colombia
The objective: Strengthen care organizations within the social and solidarity economy for decent work in territorial care.
ILO Director-General briefs Chilean constituents on work to advance social justice
During his first visit to Chile, the Director-General met government officials, and representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations.
ILO participates in the Framework Conference of the Ibero-American Network for the Promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)
This network, driven by Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain and Portugal, aims to consolidate a regional group that promotes the SSE.
ILO Voices | Social protection
Rights migrate too
In search of a better future, Ditraiza Ramírez migrated with her family from Venezuela to Colombia. Having made a new life in a new country, she wanted to help others like her and now spends her spare time raising awareness about migrants’ rights to...
The ILO holds meeting on care provision through cooperatives with global and country level updates
On Wednesday, August 23rd, The ILO’s Cooperative Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Branch came together with 27 ILO colleagues from headquarters and the field to discuss progress on the initiative Cooperative Care...
Emerging Insight: Seguros Bolivar designs versatile insurance product
Towards more resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains event
The Ibero-American Symposium "Investing in care to make domestic work decent work", promoted by Spain, was held.
The event was opened by the Director-General of the ILO, Gilbert F. Houngbo, and the Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, and was attended by ten ministers from the Ibero-American...
Our impact, Their voices
Advancing gender equality in Colombia’s dairy and construction industries
Over 450 workers across two enterprises were trained on concepts from the SCORE Training Gender Equality module: a simple, yet adaptable tool that helps enterprises achieve their diversity, inclusion and equity goals.
The Government of Canada and ILO expand their partnership to strengthen institutional capacities in the governance of labour migration in...
Two new projects seek to strengthen the work of Ministries of Labor, Foreign Affairs, migration institutes, public employment services and vocational training institutions, as well as employers' and workers' organizations to integrate migrants and...
ILO Voices | Social and solidarity economy
Our cooperative has dignified the work of waste pickers
Twenty-two years ago, Martha Elena Iglesias helped found a waster picker cooperative in Colombia called Planeta Verde. Over time, the cooperative has transformed how the local community views waste pickers and a sense of solidarity has developed...
Emerging Insight: Using a modular approach to improve client understanding
The ILO and CommonSpirit Health built competencies among Peruvian health providers to address the mental health of trafficking victims
The purpose of the training is to enhance the competencies and skills of professionals involved in the recovery and reintegration of victims of child trafficking.
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the SSE
Colombia
Course on Labor Inclusion with a Gender Approach, a commitment to change
The Public Employment Service Unit (SPE), with the support of the International Labor Organization (ILO), particularly from the SCORE Program in Colombia, developed a course that seeks to close the labor gaps between women and men based on the tools...