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Media, Government, Employers and Workers pronounce commitment to promote Gender Equality at work

Two of ILO's projects, Towards Gender Parity (TGP) and Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE) hosted a joint event to showcase various activities that contribute to the understanding and application of gender equality at the...

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Empowering South Africans with decent work

While African economies have bounced back from the economic crisis, daunting challenges for the continent remain, including poverty, unemployment and underemployment. Faced with these and other major challenges, the Republic of South Africa is one...

Federal Chancellor of Germany and leaders from five international organizations call for coordinated policy action to restore confidence...

In a joint statement issued ahead of the next G20 Summit in Cannes on 3-4 November, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and the heads of five international agencies, including ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, have called for...

ILO-Bappenas to identify constraints to employment growth in provinces

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) will organize a workshop on employment diagnostic analysis (EDA) on 07 October 2011 at Bappenas, Jakarta. The ILO has developed EDA through Promoting...

G20 Summit at Cannes: priorities, challenges and actions

Ambassador Jean-David Levitte outlines France’s priorities for the G20 Summit in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011.

Release of the joint EC-ILO publication “Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts”

The edited volume “Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts” is the outcome of a joint project of the European Commission and the International Labour Office. The book contributes to promoting the advancement of employment, decent work and social...

Brazil launches unprecedented social dialogue process to promote employment and decent work

Brazil has launched a series of conferences on job creation and decent work in an effort to promote social dialogue on a scale that is unprecedented anywhere in the world, said the ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Elizabeth...

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ILO warns of major G20 labour market decline in 2012 and serious jobs shortfall by 2015

The slow-down in the global economy could result in a massive jobs shortfall among G20 members by next year, warns the International Labour Organization (ILO), in a joint study prepared with the OECD at the request of the G20 for its labour...

Joint Statement for G20 Labour Ministerial by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría

As the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meet today, we, the Heads of the International Labour Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, wish to express our concern over the seriousness of the jobs crisis. 200...

ILO & ADB to hold seminar on creating quality employment in Asia and the Pacific

A high-level discussion on creating quality employment in Asia and the Pacific is being organized by the ILO and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The event, on Monday 3 October 2011, will provide an opportunity for experts and policymakers to...

Statement by Ministers of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Roads and Transport, Public Works and Labour made during the...

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Greying of the workforce in retail commerce: Questions and answers

According to a recent ILO study, 2 billion people will be aged 60 or over by 2050. While most discussions about population ageing turn around the sustainability of pension systems, a forthcoming ILO meeting to be held in Geneva on 21-22 September,...

To cope with labour shortages, retailers will have to hire greater numbers of older workers, says ILO report

The ILO Global Dialogue Forum on the Needs of Older Workers in relation to Changing Work Processes and the Working Environment in Retail Commerce will meet on 21-22 September to examine ways in which work processes and the working environment in the...

Opening address at the Training on Basic Employment Services

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

The banana agribusiness in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica: rich ground to create green jobs

The ILO, through the Joint Program for strengthening the Banana value chain by Growing Inclusive Markets, invited a delegation of fifteen technicians and producers of bananas from the Dominican Republic to visit Costa Rica to learn about the...

African ministers call for ILO support to boost employment-intensive investments in infrastructure

Ministers from some 13 African countries at the 14th Regional Seminar for Labour Based Practitioners have called on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to boost its cooperation with other international partners to support...

Consultations for next United Nations Development Assistance Framework Commence

The United Nations Development Assistance Framework(UNDAF)coordinates the activities of 15 United Nations agencies including the International Labour Organisation(ILO), in 14 Pacific Island countries.

Message at the Turn-over of the birthing station in Mulanay

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Mulanay, Quezon, Philippines

Opening address at the Philippine Employment Projections Appreciation Seminar

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines

The Australian Government and the International Labour Organisation promote greater access to employment and justice for people with...

Organisations promoting the rights of people with disabilities demanded greater workforce inclusion and an improvement in basic rights this week in Jakarta.