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Delegations from three countries visit Thailand as part of the ILO’s capacity and knowledge-building support for social security...

A learning visit to Thailand comprising delegations from Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka took place between 30 May and 2 June 2023. The delegation exchanged knowledge, shared challenges, and interacted with officials from the Social Security Office and...

Brazil and the ILO sign new South-South Partnership programme to promote social justice in the global South

The launch of this new South-South Cooperation Programme brought together representatives of the ILO, the Brazilian Government and workers’ and employers’ organizations in Geneva.

111th International Labour Conference

ILO Recommendation on Quality Apprenticeships: What benefits for Workers?

The 111th session of the International Labour Conference adopted a new recommendation on quality apprenticeships. Amanda Brown, the workers’spokesperson of the Standard-Setting Committee on Apprenticeships, explains the benefits of this instrument...

Indonesia to build resilience to climate shocks with Adaptive Social Protection

The ILO and its partners jointly support Indonesia to explore the potential of social insurance schemes to be integrated in the Adaptive Social Protection system to address climate risk and minimize the impacts of related shocks.

ILO hosts strategic planning meetings with the National Trade Union Congress of Belize to strengthen worker social protection and...

The main results are centred on poverty reduction and economic growth.

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Children leave work, return to school and gain access to safe spaces through ILO project in Jordan

Through the establishment of local committees and centres across Jordan, the ILO has been addressing child labour in the country’s agricultural sector. It supported communities and families to send hundreds of Jordanians and Syrian refugee children...

SOLAR Project highlights progress supporting coffee and tea sector workers in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Programme Advisory Committee meets to review activities of the ILO-OXFAM SOLAR project and strengthen internal coordination.

Extending social protection to migrant workers in the Arab region would benefit workers and economies alike

Worker, government and employer representatives explored regional perspectives on extending social protection to migrant workers in the Middle East and Northern Africa, at an ILO side event at the 49th Arab Labour Conference in Cairo.

Social protection

Social protection systems made stronger through improved public finance management

Training event builds public finance management capacity of government, employers and workers representatives from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam.

111th International Labour Conference

Make social justice a priority issue on the global agenda, says ILO Director-General

ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, emphasized the need to build a Coalition for Social Justice to fight growing inequalities, at the opening session of the 111th International Labour Conference.

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

Mutually reinforcing crises have worsened the global employment divide

International cooperation aimed at bolstering jobs and social protection can help tackle growing disparities between high and low-income countries, according to new ILO Monitor on the World of Work.

Social protection

Revision of key health and social protection laws in Lao People’s Democratic Republic progresses

Recommendations made to government with a view for amended laws to be enacted by mid-2024.

RISPE network

ILO becomes observer member of the Ibero-American Network of Public Employment Services (RISPE)

A total of nine Ibero-American countries constituted the RISPE network on 23 May 2023, the creation of which was agreed at the IV Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Labour and Senior Officials Responsible for Social Security held in the...

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...

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.

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.

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

ILO to release new report on the impact of mutually reinforcing crises on the world of work

Social protection

EU visit to a Paksong tea farm

On the occasion of International Tea Day, 19 May 2023, H.E. Ina Marčiulionytė, Head of EU Delegation to Lao People's Democratic Republic visited an organic tea farm in Paksong District, Champasak Province. She was accompanied by H.E. Baykham...

Reducing HIV testing and social protection coverage gaps amongst migrant workers through workplace intervention in Gujarat, India

HIV testing at worksites, focusing on migrant and industrial workers, can reduce HIV testing gaps amongst men, shows this innovative project implemented by the Gujarat AIDS Awareness and Prevention, a non-profit organization, with support from the...