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ILO's 2011 Labour Overview: Unemployment continues to fall in Latin America and the Caribbean

The urban unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean continued to fall in 2011, reaching a historic low of 6.8 per cent, announced the International Labour Organization (ILO) today, as it presented the latest version of its annual report,...

Opening address at the DOLE-ILO signing of the memorandum of agreement and launching of the knowledge corner

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the DOLE-ILO signing of the memorandum of agreement and launching of the knowledge corner, Manila, Philippines, 12 January 2012

Opening address at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/ community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in Thailand and the...

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Building Haiti through training and employability programmes

As a reaction to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, the international community has pledged multi-billion US$ support programmes. However, the country will only be able to harvest this massive support if it finds qualified...

The MasterCard Foundation pledges US$14.6 million to create “Work4Youth”: Partnership with the ILO Youth Employment Programme

New partnership will increase the global awareness of the challenges facing youth as they move from education to the world of work.

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Questions and answers on food security

Recent food price shocks threaten some 1 billion people with hunger. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence that climate change, along with rampant commodity speculation and lack of social protection are contributing to widespread food insecurity,...

Message of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and...

By His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines (delivered by Labour and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz) at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and UN photo exhibition on initiatives and...

Opening address at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and UN photo exhibition on initiatives and partnerships with...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and UN photo exhibition on initiatives and partnerships with indigenous peoples, Rockwell Tent, Makati City,...

Former Director of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard awarded Friendship Medal

Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, former director of International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for Viet Nam, was awarded a Friendship Medal by Mme Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Vice Chairperson of Viet Nam’s National Assembly on 9 December 2011 in Hanoi.

Developing skills for real jobs in Pakistan: ILO brings Industry leaders and TEVTAs together on workforce competency

ILO brings Industry leaders and TEVTAs together on workforce competency

The dreamweaver of Lake Sebu

Story of Subi Nalon, the seventy-five-year-old inherited the skill from her mother and has been weaving t'nalak since he was 15.

Questions and answers: ILO disability inclusion resource manual

December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. To mark the date, the ILO has developed an online version of the ILO Disability Inclusion Toolkit and Manual – a collection of tools and information resources – to assist ILO staff...

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Questions and Answers on 10 Years of the ILO Programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS). On World AIDS Day 2011, ILO Online spoke to the new Director of the ILO/AIDS programme, Mrs. Alice Ouedraogo about progress made in the last 10...

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Global South-South Development Expo 2011: ILO Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security

As part of the forthcoming 2011 Global South-South Development Expo, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be hosting a Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security on 6 December at FAO headquarters in Rome,...

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ILO sets the tone at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing and participating in a series of events to highlight the importance of reducing stigma and discrimination in the workplace at ICASA, which opens Sunday, 4 December, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...

Technical Training Course Labour Statistics and Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific

A first for the Pacific technical training on LMIA in the Pacific.

Tripartite Consultation to update Decent Work Country Programme (2010-2015) ends

Islamabad (ILO News) ILO Country Office for Pakistan has concluded two days tripartite consultation to update Decent Work Country Programme (2010-2015)in Islamabad.

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Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to promote decent work in the occupied Palestinian territory

Kuwait grants ILO half a million dollars to promote Palestinian job creation, social dialogue and social protection.

Korea ratifies three ILO Conventions

The Government of Korea ratified the Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2), Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 (No. 47) and Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139).

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An interview with Jayati Ghosh, winner of the ILO Decent Work Research Prize

Decent Work Research Prize laureates Professor Jayati Ghosh and Professor Eve C. Landau addressed the ILO Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 11 November, calling for economic policy reforms based on decent work to meet...