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Media Advisory: ILO hosts workshop to help countries fulfil reporting requirements

ILO Workshop on "Reporting on ILO Conventions and Recommendations" underway in Guyana today, and is attended by representatives from 13 ILO Caribbean member States. Government and workers' and employers' representatives are receiving training on the...

Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

China trade, investment and projects create 1.8 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

The first research carried out on the impact of economic relations with China on the volume and quality of employment in the region highlights the lack of knowledge on the subject, and sheds light on a relationship that has intensified and is taking...

Media Advisory: Trade, investments and projects from China generate 1.8 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

The first study conducted on the impact of economic relations with China in terms of quantity and quality of jobs in this region demonstrated the lack of information in this regard, but at the same time suggests various characteristics of a...

My.Coop gets a provincial adaptation in Peru

For the first time since it was launched in 2012, the My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package was adapted at the provincial level in the San Martín region of Peru.

43rd meeting of the ILO/CINTERFOR Technical Committee - Reinventing vocational training to face the future of work

Institutions and specialists from Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting in Costa Rica to analyse the challenges posed in the areas of education and training by the transformations taking place in the world of work. The ILO has proposed a...

ILO celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives by focusing on workers in the informal economy

The United Nations’ International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is held annually on the first Saturday of July. For this occasion, the ILO organised an event, recognizing the theme of the 2017 IDC, “cooperatives leave no one behind”, with a focus on the...

ILO and SGS partner to deliver SCORE Training to SMEs around the world

Geneva, Switzerland | 4th July 2017

Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago develop a business plan for their cooperative

On May 12 to 13, the ILO organised a workshop with domestic workers and their union in Trinidad and Tobago to develop a business plan for their cooperative. The workshop used the C-BED methodology, a low cost, action-based and participatory group...

Campaign on Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth

Guy Ryder announces “Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth” Campaign

A unique global partnership will bring the benefits of the digital economy to young people.

Our impact, their voices

Jamaica takes the lead in the Caribbean in the fight against modern slavery

It ratifies the Forced Labour Protocol, during the International Labour Conference in Geneva, becoming the 14th country to do so worldwide.

Just transition and green jobs Workshop in Uruguay

A 3 day workshop on just transition and green jobs took place in Montevideo from 31 May to 2 June 2017.

Media Advisory

ILO to convene landmark event on “The Future of Work We Want: Workers’ perspective in the Americas” on 31st May-1st June

Latin America and the Caribbean

More women business leaders but still room for progress at the top

The region is on the way to become a global leader in gender diversity and management, according to a new ILO report.

Latin America & Caribbean

ILO, ECLAC report weakening labour conditions and rising urban unemployment

New ECLAC-ILO report indicates that the increase in average regional unemployment in 2016 was the biggest annual rise in two decades. It also includes an analysis regarding the characteristics of immigrants’ insertion in the world of work.

Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

G20 conference highlights importance of decent jobs for youth in the rural economy

Participants of the G20 conference “ONE WORLD - No Hunger. Future of the Rural World” call for action on youth employment in rural areas and discuss synergies with the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth.

Migrant Workers

Labour migration: Towards more cooperation between Trade Unions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay

Unemployment and the Informal Economy – Key Challenges for Women in Latin America

by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, regional director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for Latin America and the Caribbean

Equality for all = Success for all

International Womens Day 2017 marks the launch of our new gender equality campaign in the workplace “Equality for all = Success for all”.

International Women's Day

Female unemployment reached 9.8 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean

Deteriorating working conditions particularly affect women in the labour market. In an article released this week on the occasion of International Women's Day, José Manuel Salazar, ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean insists on...

The Future of Work in the Caribbean – Shaping the future we want

The ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, participated in the opening of a regional Forum in Jamaica.