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International Women's Day

Indonesia’s garment industry to combat gender inequality and empower women workers

Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a partnership of the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), promotes gender equality through a series of training programmes providing a greater chance for women workers to grow and develop.

Occupational safety and health

ILO adopts a revised code of practice on safety and health in construction

More than 229 million construction workers may benefit from the new code, particularly in countries where construction is contributing to the post-COVID-19 recovery.

UN General Assembly

Accelerating and scaling up the SDGs, leaving no-one behind

Our impact, their voices

ILO’s compensation fund programme offers laid-off workers reliefs

The ILO through its programmes distributes a total of USD1,7 million compensation funds to 20,000 garment workers who have lost their jobs.

Dubai World Expo 2020

Social dialogue and occupational safety and health vital to decent work in the construction sector - ILO

At Dubai’s World Expo 2020, ILO officials joined in welcoming an agreement between a Belgium-based multinational construction company and trade unions to promote decent work in the sector.

Roundtable discussion on social policy and economic perspective in Iraq

The roundtable discussion is part of efforts to enhance social dialogue among policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, allowing them to exchange ideas, knowledge, and experience on social policy in Iraq.

Human Rights

New ILO initiative to develop professional skills and promote rights, equity and inclusion of transgender people in the world of work

Launched during the national month of Trans Visibility in Brazil, the PRIDE project will train 300 people in several locations of the country. It will be developed in partnership with CUT and LGBTQIA+ civil society organizations.

Our impact, their voices

Vaccines for garment workers to end the transmission of COVID-19 at workplace

The ILO’s Better Work programme and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) join forces to provide more than 21 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesia’s garment industry in Semarang, Central Java.

An online interactive report of the 12th Edition of the 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy is launched

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 4: SSE and South-South and triangular cooperation

Decent work

New Decent Work Country Programme takes shape to guide ILO-Viet Nam cooperation

Employers’ and workers’ organizations of Timor-Leste sign a joint declaration for equality and inclusivity

Workers’ and employers’ organizations, with support from the ILO, signed a joint Declaration to recognize the diversity of individuals in the workplace and to promote equal employment opportunities as well as ensure workplace inclusivity.

The Director-General of the ILO reacts to the arrest of striking workers in Phnom Penh in a letter to the Prime Minister of Cambodia

Building the Caribbean’s first COVID-era Decent Work Country Programme

ILO collaboration with tripartite partners in The Bahamas leads to important milestone

The delicate balance of roles at home and work

Estefania Villadiego – Disney World theme park worker, and member of Local 362 Unite Here! Union, Orlando, Florida

ILO promotes ratification of Forced Labour Protocol No. 29 in Indonesia

Rural economy

With decent work and a sustainable model aquaculture could feed the world

The lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis should encourage reforms towards a more sustainable and resilient aquaculture sector and food systems at large.

Need human-centred recovery from COVID-19: Ministry of Labour, employers and workers affirm at ILO event

The panel deliberated on the ILO’s Global Call to Action which prioritizes an economic recovery that is “fully inclusive, sustainable and resilient”, by the creation of decent jobs for all and addresses the inequalities caused by the crisis.

The four tenets of ILO's global call to action are necessary for a human-centred recovery in India that is “fully inclusive, sustainable...

Inaugural speech by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, DWT South Asia and Country Office for India, at the "Tripartite national dialogue on global call to action for a human-centred recovery from COVID-19 crisis in the context of India".

Opening address at the Virtual launch of the ILO-CHR Module on Labour and Human Rights and International Labour Standards

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Virtual launch of the ILO-CHR Module on Labour and Human Rights and International Labour Standards, 7 December 2021, Manila, Philippines via Zoom