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Employment Policy Action Facility

ILO launches innovative platform to strengthen policy action for full employment

The ILO’s Employment Policy Action Facility (EPAF) is a new knowledge-sharing and technical assistance platform that provides evidence-based, timely and relevant support for developing, implementing and reviewing employment policies.

It is time for Indonesia to invest in care leave and services

Investing in care leave and services improves women's participation in the workforce and ensures quality childcare. The ILO promotes transformative care work policies through social dialogues.

LDC5 Conference in Qatar

ILO Director-General says more investment needed for least-developed countries

Introducing labour and social security laws to university students in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO hold symposium on introducing labour and social security laws into university teaching curricula.

ILO and Viet Nam collaboration

ILO Director-General meets Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister

The ILO Director-General and the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister held talks about cooperation on key work issues, including decent work, social protection, and the transition from the informal economy to the formal economy.

Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally – ILO and UNICEF

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new report warns.

Joint ILO-UNICEF report

Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new joint ILO-UNICEF report warns.

Spain ratifies ILO conventions on work in fishing and on domestic workers

The Second Vice-President and Minister of Labour and Social Economy deposited the instruments of ratification of both Conventions with the Director-General of the ILO in Geneva.

Knowledge-sharing as a pathway for strengthened intra-African collaboration and accelerate action for the eilimination of child labour in...

The “Regional Conference: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains” focused on showcasing what has worked to advance the countries and regional agendas on the elimination of child labour.

Women leadership

Women leaders at garment sector improve their leadership skills for better productivity

Hundreds of women leaders in garment sector have improved their leadership skills through the Supervisory Skills Training organized by Better Work Indonesia, a partnership programme of the ILO and International Finance Cooperation (IFC). The...

Director-General's mission to Côte d'Ivoire

ILO Director-General welcomes Côte d'Ivoire's action on social protection

During his visit to Abidjan, ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, stressed the need to promote decent work in the cocoa sector.

ILO and UK sign MOU to support social protection in Jordan

The new partnership supports the ILO technical assistance to the implementation of Estidama++ fund aiming at extending social security coverage to vulnerable workers

The ESIC is pivotal in harmonizing social security coverage for the Indian economy

Address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director/OIC, ILO DWT-CO New Delhi at the ESIC Conference on ‘Better healthcare and social security to the workers’.

ILO and Viet Nam collaboration

ILO, Viet Nam strengthen cooperation on jobs, labour and social protection

First visit to country by ILO Regional Director sees discussions on strengthening cooperation to help ensure decent work in Viet Nam.

Media Advisory

ILO/UNICEF to release report assessing levels of social protection for children

Arts and entertainment sector

New measures needed to improve working conditions in arts and entertainment sector

Delegates from governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations have adopted new recommendations to create a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future for people and businesses working in the fast-growing global arts and entertainment...

War in Ukraine

ILO proposes extra support measures for Ukraine, as war enters second year

A new ILO plan to support Ukraine’s labour and employment sector seeks to address humanitarian, as well as recovery needs, after a year of war that has created massive economic and employment losses and threatens millions with poverty.

Promotion of social dialogue

Bipartite dialogues improve productivity of the palm oil industry and make business more resilient

Upholding the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining is found to be a foundation for improving productivity and increasing number of workers joining trade unions that lead to the advanced protection of workers’ rights in palm oil...

Advancing decent work for social justice – a high-level event in Tashkent

Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted a high-level event with the participation of the representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), government, workers’ and employers’ organizations to touch basis on achievements, challenges and...

ILO continues work on comprehensive review of Suriname’s Social Protection System

The work that is being conducted is intended to lead to a reform proposal aimed at providing rights-based, universal, adequate, sustainable and responsive social protection coverage throughout one’s life cycle.