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Resilient Caribbean Joint Programme and the OECS Commission Host Targeted Learning Event on Enhancing Social Protection Information...

Strong focus was placed on the importance of the three dimensions of IMS - people, processes, and technology for successful implementation.

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...

Jimena Álvarez Parma, labour inspector in the province of Salta

"A better articulated work can help us achieve more rights for children and adolescents"

Jimena Álvarez Parma is an inspector for Salta’s provincial field agency of the National Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security) in Salta. Since her youth she has been interested in promoting labour rights. Her experience as a model at...

High Level Meeting Builds Momentum for Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions

The Ministry of Social Affairs introduces a social protection programme for people with disabilities in Lebanon

In partnerships with UNICEF and the ILO and through European Union funding

Lidia Fernández, member of COPRETI Buenos AIres

A mapping of child labour risks and the collective possibilities to eradicate child labour

Lidia is an operator of the action node of the Comisión Provincial por la Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil (COPRETI) of the province of Buenos Aires in El Peligro (La Plata). Together with the families of the neighborhood, she participated in a...

ILO workshop strengthens nexus coherence and coordination in the Palestinian Social Protection sector

The workshop was underpinned by training elements on how to respond to complex situations through agile and adaptive management approaches and tools.

Juan Brasesco, former COPRETI official

"Punitive strategies are not adequate for addressing child labour"

The former official of the Comisión Provincial para la Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil (COPRETI) of Buenos Aires puts into context the joint work with the project "Offside: ¡Marcando la cancha!" of ILO Argentina in the development of an...

ILO assesses the financial sustainability of unemployment insurance systems during ISSA technical seminar in Antigua and Barbuda

The ISSA technical seminar was an excellent opportunity for stakeholders to exchange ideas, share experiences, and learn from each other's best practices in unemployment protection.

ILO supports the Government of Pakistan’s endeavour to launch of National Compliance Center

The Government of Pakistan has launched a National Compliance Center with the aim to make businesses in Pakistan more competitive, responsible, and sustainable. ILO expressed support in ensuring labour and environmental obligations are met.

Indonesia to develop a road map on care economy

The ILO supports the collaborative efforts taken by the Government of Indonesia and its developmental partners to develop a road map on care economy to generate new jobs, promote equality and improve the country’s economic growth.

EU and several of its Member States confirm support for Global Accelerator

At a High-level Dialogue in New York, the EU and the governments of Belgium, Germany, Portugal and Spain, expressed their commitment to the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.

The ILO supports the launch of survey on decent wages for journalists

The ILO supports the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta to promote decent wages and working conditions for Indonesian journalists.

World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings

Social justice indispensable to overcome global challenges, ILO tells World Bank/IMF

In statements delivered to the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, highlighted growing inequality worldwide and the need for social justice.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

ILO Director-General statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC)

Social security

Training of trainers to support implementation of model enterprise clinics

The Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) Project funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, organized a two-day Training for Trainers (ToT) for employer organisations (BGMEA and BKMEA) on implementing the 'Model Enterprise...

Experts discuss Brazilian strategies for collecting and analysing data on child labour

The event brought together specialists from Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and the ILO.

Florencia Lance, from INTA Argentina

"If there is child labour, public policies are missing"

The head of the Red de Abordaje Institucional con Pueblos Indígenas of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) talks about the construction of a joint agenda with the ILO for the prevention of child labor in rural areas.

Skillful and successful through apprenticeship

This is the successful journey of four former apprentices who have become skilled and competent workers with good careers and better lives.