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G20 Development Ministers Meeting

G20 can help accelerate a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable, resilient

Speaking to G20 Development Ministers, the ILO Director-General has welcomed the group’s support for increased international cooperation to distribute vaccines, provide financial support, strengthen social protection and counter the employment...

Employment Policy

Supporting the development of the National Employment Policy in Tonga, aiming at inclusive structural transformation and environmental...

The purpose of the seminar was to help government and social partners to understand the requirements for the development and implementation of a high-quality gender-responsive policy based on relevant information and analysis for review and adoption...

ILO organized an online webinar on the professional development of TVET managers in Bangladesh

The Skills 21 project, in collaboration with International Training Centre-ILO, organized an online webinar on the professional development of TVET managers on 24 June 2021

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting

Women have not recovered their employment as much as men in most G20 economies

At the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Catania, Italy, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder presented the findings of a joint ILO-OECD report on recent trends in women’s employment and policy developments to reduce the gender labour force...

G20 Joint Education and Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting

Invest in youth says ILO Director-General to the G20

Better skilling and decent work are needed to make sure that long COVID does not mean long-term marginalization of young people from the world of work, emphasized ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, in a speech to the G20 Labour and Employment...

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting

ILO Director-General urges G20 to focus on a human-centred recovery after the pandemic

Speaking at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Catania, Italy, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, emphasized the need to prevent long-term scarring of economies and societies and to shape an inclusive, sustainable and resilient...

19th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress 2021

Reinvigorate labour market institutions to address present crisis and future challenges

In a speech to the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, outlined the steps needed to build a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the world...

109th International Labour Conference

COVID-19 and social protection among key debates as June session of virtual International Labour Conference ends

The impact of COVID-19 on the world of work featured prominently in the June segment of the first virtual International Labour Conference. Conclusions on social protection and the application of international labour standards were adopted on the...

109th International Labour Conference

Global agreement reached at ILO Conference on action for COVID-19 recovery

The International Labour Conference has adopted a Global Call to Action outlining measures to create a human-centred recovery from the pandemic and avoid the long-term scarring of economies and societies.

ILO’s New Report on Domestic Work Calls for Creating More Social Protection and Secure Employment for Domestic Workers

The report prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey emphasizes that domestic workers, who are mostly women and work in informal employment, need to be included in more social protection and secure employment in the...

Companies’ good practices promote wider inclusive workplaces

The ILO and the Indonesian Business and Disability Network (IBDN) continue to work together with companies and its social partners to promote inclusive world of work.

Labour markets in the region will be slow to recover from the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

A new ECLAC-ILO joint publication warns that in order to reduce the high unemployment rates seen during the pandemic, significant efforts will be needed on employment policies aimed at the most vulnerable groups.

World Day Against Child Labour

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

Netherlands and ILO officials visit interventions supporting decent work for displaced populations and host communities in Iraq

The interventions are part of the PROSPECTS programme, spearheaded by the Government of the Netherlands, which seeks to improve access to employment, education and protection.

Inclusive employment

Honey and berries: untapped growth potential in Moldova’s agricultural sector

New ILO research on the honey and berry value chains in the Republic of Moldova reveals how these two sectors can further grow and promote inclusive employment. Honey exports increased 10 times in the past decade. The berry sector has grown to...

ILO Voices | Women in management

I reinvented my businesses to survive the pandemic

Despite the adversities of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Peruvian businesswoman is using her leadership and ingenuity to drive her business forward by prioritising the job stability of her workers and strict compliance with occupational health and safety...

Family traditions that create a home away from home

Angelo Bello – Owner, Cuba Tobacco Cigar Company, Miami, FL

WESO Trends 2021

Slow jobs recovery and increased inequality risk long-term COVID-19 scarring

ILO projections highlight the danger of a COVID-19 labour market legacy of increased geographic and demographic inequality, rising poverty and fewer decent jobs.

Opening Remarks at ILO-EU Trade for Decent Work Project Planning Session on Bipartite Workplace Social Dialogue Mechanisms in Selected...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Planning Session on Bipartite Workplace Social Dialogue Mechanisms in Selected Ecozones and Industries, , 2 June 2021, Manila, Philippines via Zoom.

IGAD launches the process towards the establishment of a sectoral committee on labour and employment