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Gender equality

Equal Pay International Coalition launched in Latin America and the Caribbean

A ceremony in Panama marked the regional launch in Latin America and the Caribbean of an international coalition to promote pay equality between women and men. The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) is led by the ILO, UN Women and the OECD.

ILO: In 2017 unemployment rose for the third consecutive year in Latin America and the Caribbean, but is expected to go down next year

The rate will decline in 2018 if all the forecasts for economic growth are maintained, says the ILO on presenting the annual Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean report. The region presented mixed challenges, with some signs of...

Barbados joins Regional Initiative - Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour

ILO: Many are being left behind in the labour markets of Latin America and the Caribbean

At the XX Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) of the OAS this week in Barbados, the Regional Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) addressed the need to tackle a series of gaps encumbering the labour markets in...

New report ECLAC/ILO

Urban unemployment will keep rising in Latin America and the Caribbean and is seen reaching 9.4% in 2017

In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist.

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

Panorama Laboral 2016

Unemployment increased sharply in Latin America and the Caribbean

The average unemployment rate reached 8.1 per cent, according to the annual report. There are 25 million people who are looking for work without success. The quality of employment has also deteriorated because of an increase in informality and...

Second anniversary of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean free of Child Labour

The regional initiative, with its 27 member countries, will help to achieve Target 8.7 of the SDGs

Labour situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Labour indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to deteriorate in the midst of regional economic contraction

ECLAC/ILO report indicates that urban unemployment increased during the first semester of 2016 and could reach 8.6 per cent for the year on average, with a marked variation between countries and subregions.

Rural employment

ILO: 52 million people working in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

Greater efforts required to improve working conditions in the countryside, a new ILO regional report on rural employment says.

Labour Migration

ILO: Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

The number of migrant workers is rising quickly. There are migratory corridors in this region where informal and unprotected people circulate. It is urgent to tackle the labour dimension of migration, says the ILO’s Regional Director.

Media advisory

ILO to issue new report on the impact of Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

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.

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs concludes first Caribbean visit as ILO Regional Director

During his visit, Mr Salazar-Xirinachs attended the first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Bipartite Forum, organized by the ECATT and NATUC, and supported by the ILO Office for the Caribbean, under an EU-funded Project

End of year message from the Director, ILO Office for the Caribbean and closure of the Office during the Christmas break

Ms. Coenjaerts speaks of building and even stronger programme for the Caribbean in 2016, focused is on implementation and action.