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In Kyrgyzstan, employment and training programmes help stem a rural exodus

Providing decent employment in agriculture for young people is an immense challenge but mass migration from rural to urban areas has led to poverty in and around cities. Appropriate employment and training programmes can help regulate the rate of...

Australia provides support for youth employment in Timor-Leste

The press release focuses on The YEP Programme which will provide job opportunities for up to 70,000 in-school and out-of-school young women and men across all districts through career guidance, self-employment promotion, and short-term employment...

Address to the ITUC Asian Pacific Regional Conference on Environment Protection - Sustainable Development and Employment

by Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

International Women's Day 2008 - Smart women, right decisions: a recipe for decent work

More and more women are entering the labour markets around the world, according to a new report published by the ILO to coincide with International Women’s Day. However, women continue to bear the brunt when it comes to vulnerable employment....

Global Employment Trends for Women 2008: More women enter the workforce, but more than half of all working women are in vulnerable jobs

More women are working than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour...

International Women's Day 2008: New report on Global Employment Trends for Women and panel discussion on investing in women's decent work...

The International Labour Office (ILO) will mark International Women’s Day with a new report on labour market trends for women in the world of work and a panel discussion by eminent women bankers and trade unionists on how to invest to create jobs...

Global Employment Trends 2008

Development in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than elsewhere in Asia and the region faces some pressing challenges, notably the problems of young people looking for work, according to the ILO’s 2008 Global Employment Trends...

Global Employment Trends 2008

East Asia is on the way to becoming a middle income region as sustained productivity growth has raised incomes and helped tens of millions of people escape poverty, according to a new report by the ILO.

Global Employment Trends 2008

The ILO's Global Employment Trends report says economic turbulence largely due to credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could spur an increase in global unemployment by an estimated 5 million persons in 2008.

Global employment trends 2008

South Asia could end poverty in a generation, but only if economic development is accompanied by inclusive labour market policies, according to a new report by the ILO.

ILO projects global economic turbulence could generate five million more unemployed in 2008

Economic turbulence largely due to credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could spur an increase in global unemployment by an estimated 5 million persons in 2008, according to the ILO's annual Global Employment Trends report (GET). ILO...

ILO to launch Global Employment Trends report 2008

The ILO will issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) next week, providing a comprehensive analysis of current global employment, unemployment and labour market trends.

ILO to launch annual report on Global Employment Trends 2008

The ILO is to issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) providing a comprehensive analysis of current global employment, unemployment and labour market trends. The report analyses the impact on the labour markets of a wide range of...

Kampala Statement

Employment-Intensive Approach in Construction: A Catalyst for Prosperity for All

Statement by Ministers of Public Works and Labour made during the Ministerial Roundtable at the 13th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners and Policy Makers, 30 November - 04 December 2009, Kampala, Uganda

Durban Statement

Prioritizing Employment Creation in Government Policies and Investments in Infrastructure Programmes

ILO meeting to discuss employment in an increasingly globalized food and drink industry

More than 70 senior representatives of workers and employers organizations, along with governments, gather here on 24-27 September to discuss the impact of globalizing food chains on the 22 million people employed in the food and drink processing...

New ILO report says US leads the world in labour productivity, some regions are catching up, most lag behind

While productivity levels have increased worldwide over the past decade, gaps remain wide between the industrialized region and most others, although some regions have begun to catch up, a new ILO report says, adding that major cause of world...

ILO says Asia and the Pacific labour forces expected to grow by over 200 million by 2015

More "quality" jobs needed to reduce poverty, sustain growth