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Message of support at the launch of the research brief on Leading to Success: Women in Business and Management in the Philippines

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the launch of the research brief on Leading to Success: Women in Business and Management in the Philippines, 23 September 2020 Manila, Philippines via Zoom

The Business Case for Change

Call to Action: Joint Statement on Diversity and Inclusion at the Center of Business Leadership

The Business Case for Change Action Agenda calls for diversity and inclusion to business leadership. A call for inclusive progress that is leadership-driven, emcompassing, measurable, decent, equitable and attainable at the launch of the Leading to...

The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation

The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...

The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation

The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Collective construction, the best strategy of the Argentine Federation of Technology, Innovation and Knowledge Worker Cooperatives...

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Equal pay

Prioritize pay equity in COVID-19 recovery

The Equal Pay International Coalition says governments need to take action to close the pay gap between women and men.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers

ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusive, employment-focused recovery from COVID-19 crisis

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Declaration puts the focus on decent work, women and youth.

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

ILO Director-General’s remarks at G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM): Update on Global Labour Markets

Public employment services

Digital channels improve access to employment support

A new ILO policy brief shows how public employment services are using technology to increase the help available to people whose jobs have been affected by COVID-19.

COVID-19 and the world of work

ILO: Sustainable solutions urgently needed to address collapse of Caribbean tourism employment

New report assesses sector job losses and other decent work deficits due to COVID-19

Remembering Sam Mshiu

Labour market policies and employment services are critical ingredients of the COVID-19 policy responses

This article presents highlights of the new policy brief on “COVID-19: Public employment services and labour market policy responses”.

Saved from the Shackles of Child Labour

Iveta started working at the age of 15 as a domestic worker, with a salary that could not support herself and her family. The ILO enabled her to get out of child labour and learn some tailoring skills. Today, she is building a modern house for...

ILO And NECA Collaborate To Eliminate Child Labour In Nigeria

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) have agreed to collaborate to accelerate progress on the elimination of Child Labour in the Cocoa and Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)...

ILO to host conversation on youth employment challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean in times of COVID-19

Increased unemployment, informality and inactivity can disproportionately affect young women and men. The ILO will address these issues in a virtual conversation with young people and representatives of employers' and workers' organizations on...

Youth and COVID-19

COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth

The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on young people has exacerbated inequalities and risks reducing the productive potential of an entire generation, according to the International Labour Organization.

New challenges, new opportunities

The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. There is probably no worker or business in the world that has not been affected. The latest ILO estimates show that working hour losses have worsened during the first...

Blog

Social Security in Chile: the Future of Pensions and the Proposal to Withdraw 10 Per Cent

The proposal to withdraw up to 10 per cent of total individual pension fund savings responds to households’ need to ensure income during the COVID-19 crisis as well as to the wider discussion of the future of the pension system in Chile, according...

Joint Op-Ed ECLAC, ILO & UN Geneva

Building back better: Equality at the centre

We must put equality and environmental sustainability at the centre of the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Indonesia and Thailand to strengthen their port inspection to combat trafficking and forced labour at sea

To combat forced labour and human trafficking onboard fishing vessels in the Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Thailand, with support from the ILO, took a step to develop a bilateral protocol on port State inspection on foreign fishing vessels.