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Debunking myths about social protection

How do we finance the social protection we need?

Paraguay has advanced the technical solutions to develop a solid and broad social protection system. However, according to experts, it is important to focus on political solutions, which may mean opening up discussions about tax reform and reach...

Province of Central Java to establish a Joint Inspection Team for Labour Norms in fisheries sector

The Joint Inspection Team will enhance the fishing industry and provide the better protection for workers in the fishing sector, particularly those who work on board fishing vessels.

Skills training and financial empowerment: The antidote to child labour in India

The ILO’s MAP16 project adopted a Convergence Model to empower rescued child labour and their families, socially and economically.

Uzbekistan: Unions advise informal workers on construction sites

From May 23 to May 26, 2023, sectoral trade unions of Uzbekistan organized visits to construction sites in Tashkent and held "consultation tables" for informal workers.

Debunking myths about social protection

How can we get a pension?

In Paraguay, people contribute less than 30% of the time they could to a pension system, whether due to being in informal occupations, in unpaid carework, or due to the lack of knowledge of workers and employers about their right to social security....

Sustainable food systems

Experts agree new guidelines to promote decent work in the agri-food sector

More than one billion workers will benefit from the guidelines, which are based on the ILO’s instruments and Decent Work Agenda.

Gender equality

Collective efforts needed for gender equality at work

100 DIFE female labour inspectors pledge for change.

Gender equality

ILO constituents to address root causes of gender inequality and discrimination in Uzbekistan

Proposals call for measures to ensure decent work opportunities and social protection for women and men, including the groups in situations of vulnerability.

ILO welcomes the ASEAN Declaration on Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers

The issuance of the ASEAN Declaration on Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers is in line with ILO’s work in Indonesia to strengthen and support the realization of decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.

Debunking myths about social protection

Who is in charge of social protection?

In Paraguay, the ¡Vamos! Social Protection System develops an integral, multidimensional and multicausal approach to social protection that articulates the effort of all the institutions involved in it. It pretends to overcome the fragmentation,...

OSH Regional Webinar

Improving occupational safety and health, a challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean

Representatives of public institutions and employers' and workers' organizations, together with ILO experts, participated in a virtual conversation convened by the ILO on the present and future of occupational safety and health, following its...

75th anniversary of International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Road transport is essential for human-centred development, inclusivity and prosperity

Speech by ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo to International Road Transport Union (IRU)’s 75th anniversary.

Bangladesh, ILO and the EU and its Member States reaffirm their commitment to advancing decent work in the country

Partners agree new development project to improve decent work opportunities as well as to strengthen business sustainability and competitiveness.

Workers and employers of palm oil and fish processing sectors join forces to promote labour rights and gender equality

Applying what they have learnt from the ILO’s communications training, workers and employers from palm oil and fish processing sectors have conducted their own internal and public campaigns to promote stronger compliance to labour laws and labour...

Timor-Leste commemorates Labour Day with a long march to promote decent work and the ratification of ILO Convention on Violence and...

A long march in Timor-Leste on Labour Day was not only to promote decent work but also to create a world of work free from violence and harassment through the ratification of ILO Convention No. 190.

Decent Work Country Programme

Pakistan reaffirms its commitment to Decent Work through the launch of Decent Work Country Programme for next five years

The Government of Pakistan, employers’ and workers’ organizations launched the next generation of the Decent Work Country Programme for Pakistan during a historic signing ceremony held at the International Labour Organization’s Country Office in...

Labour Day

Time to prioritize social justice

ILO Director-General calls for a Global Coalition for Social Justice and a reshaping of economic, social and environmental policies to create a more stable and equitable future.

AUC-ILO Africa Forum on Child Labour

Harnessing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives to address Child Labour

The AUC-ILO Forum, that hosted thirty AU’s member states from the different sub-regions in Africa, had as main objective to support the implementation of the African Union’s “Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human...

Strengthening social dialogue at the sectorial level: a roundtable in Armenia

On 28-29 April 2023, the city of Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, hosted a round-table discussion on "Occupational safety and health systems and mechanisms in the mining and metallurgical industry: Social partnership and coordination of actions".

Decent Work Country Programme results discussed in Armenia

On April 28, 2023, a round table was conducted in Yerevan, Armenia, to discuss the results of the Review of the Decent Work Country Programme 2019-2023 for the Republic of Armenia.