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Arab Labor Conference: Focus on Youth Employment, MSMEs and Social Dialogue

Khartoum: Seminar on Youth Employment, Governance and Democracy in Africa

Youth Employment/Governance/Democracy in Africa - The Role of Trade Unions

UN Youth Champion to interact with young domestic workers

UN Youth Champion, Monique Coleman is on world tour to promote the UN’s global observance of the International Year of Youth. She will meet with young domestic workers, at the ILO Country office, New Delhi on 8 April 2011.

Youth unemployment in the Arab world is a major cause for rebellion

While images from protests in the Arab region go around the world, it is timely to look at the reasons that brought these mostly young people on to the streets. An extremely high youth unemployment rate of 23.4 per cent in 2010, is one major but not...

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years on

The first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York...

Youth join green jobs push in China

Yang Shumbo, a Chinese electronic sciences student invented a device to save electricity. He developed this into a business under a pilot project of the Greener Business Option (GBO), an ILO Green Jobs Programme initiative. GBO aims to encourage...

ILO Global Employment Trends 2011

ILO report warns weak jobs recovery to continue through 2011 - youth employment a world priority

With global unemployment, as officially measured, at record highs for the third straight year since the start of the economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in its annual employment trends survey that weak recovery in jobs is...

Eight countries meet in Jakarta to exchange experiences on how to increase youth employment in Asia and the Pacific

Representatives of governments, workers, employers and specialists from eight countries in Asia and the Pacific are meeting in Jakarta from 25 – 28 January to discuss ways to increase youth employment in the region.

Argentina: Experience in programmes for income protection and employability improvement

Colombia: Youth training programme: 250,000 Plan

Changing a young man's life

By R. Sivapragasam, Senior Training Specialist, ILO Office in Colombo. (Batticaloa, Sri Lanka) Many young people in Sri Lanka have to drop out of school to support their families. 17-year-old Thangavel Nadesaseelan, from a remote village in...

Asia Pacific Regional Workshop Entrepreneurship Education: “Improve quality and impact of youth entrepreneurship training”

Latest ILO data indicates that 190.2 million people were unemployed across the globe in 2008, of which 75.9 million were aged between 15 and 24.

Youth employment in Liberia

Promoting job creation for young people in multinational enterprises

Liberia’s 14 year war left gaping holes in the infrastructure critical to investment and recovery and delayed a generation of youth from entering the labour market. Today, almost two-thirds of the population live in poverty. Youth between ages of 15...

Youth unemployment a challenge in Asia and the Pacific

Young Asian women and men are increasingly finding it difficult to get jobs. This article looks at the situation in Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. By Kee Beom Kim, Labour Economist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the...

Joint Statement by Heads of UN entities for the Launch of the International Year of Youth 2010-11

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of International Youth Day and International...

Youth unemployment at highest recorded level - ILO report; 36 million Asia Pacific young people unemployed – A possible “Lost generation”

The global unemployment rate for young people has risen to its highest recorded level, and is expected to continue increasing until the end of 2010, a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

Global Employment Trends for Youth - 2010

World economic crisis has spurred a record increase in youth unemployment says ILO

Global youth unemployment has reached its highest level on record, and is expected to increase through 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report issued to coincide with the launch of the UN International Youth Year on 12...

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ILO to launch new report on the impact of the economic crisis on youth employment

The International Labour Office (ILO) is to launch a new study on youth employment trends to coincide with International Youth Day and the launch of the International Year of Youth on 12 August.