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Tailored ILO trainings in Iraq build capacities of inspectors in various fields

ISSA webinar highlights the need for unemployment insurance in the Caribbean region

Keynote speaker, Ariel Pino, ILO Specialist, Social Protection and OSH, examined the key aspects of unemployment insurance – namely the why, the what and the how - vis-à-vis international experience and the International Labour Standards.

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

ILO: Labour market recovery goes into reverse

Recovery in the global labour market is threatened by multiple and interlinked global crises, as well as increasing inequalities, according to the latest ILO report on the world of work.

5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

European Commission, Belgium and the Netherlands contribute to the Global child labour conference

5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

Global Child Labour Conference agrees Durban Call to Action to end child labour

The ‘Durban Call to Action’ includes strong commitments on action against child labour while raising concerns that existing progress has slowed and is now threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflict, as well as food, environmental and...

Joint ILO/UNICEF report

ILO/UNICEF: Social protection contributes to reducing child labour

A new ILO-UNICEF report calls for the closing of the social protection coverage gap that means 1.5 billion children are still unsupported by family or child cash benefits.

The current challenges of social protection in the world

The pandemic has laid bare significant gaps in social protection coverage around the world. The fallout from the war in Ukraine puts further pressure on social protection systems. The ILO presented the current state of social protection at a...

Social protection

Making social protection payments modern, simple and more reliable in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic is adopting innovative and efficient technologies to improve financial inclusion, and to make social transfers easier, cheaper and more reliable.

Ukraine crisis

Nearly 5 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since the start of the Russian aggression, says ILO

Amid the humanitarian crisis sparked by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, labour markets are being disrupted both in the country and in neighbouring states.

Enhancing coordination of social protection and employment service delivery: a training in Armenia

Public Officials of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and Integrated Social Service Centres completed the training organised by the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in...

Tourism sector

Tourism has potential to play a major role in global pandemic recovery

With the right policies the tourism sector can play a major role in the global COVID-19 recovery, provided that an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises is established and the jobs created are decent and support social and economic...

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New ILO report

Social protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina at a crossroads: Challenges and key policy issues

The recent ILO report says that the social protection system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing formidable challenges stemming from insufficient investment in closing the social protection gaps, inefficient resource allocation, and persistent...

Social dialogue for safe workplaces

Opinion written by Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for South Asia and Country Office for India on World Safety and Health at Work Day, published in The Hindu

Economic and social development in LDCs

Progress in Least Developed Countries stalled by multiple crises

Structural weaknesses in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will be exacerbated if they are not able to fully participate in the global recovery.

Labour unions of domestic workers call for ratification of ILO Domestic Workers Convention (C189)

At the second technical meeting of the Information and Awareness-Raising Campaign launched in June 2021 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey, domestic workers voiced their demands and proposals, and called for the...

Social protection

Coffee and tea workers the focus of new ILO project launched in Lao People's Democratic Republic

New project set to reduce vulnerability of workers in the Bolaven Plateau region through training and strengthening of grassroots organisations.

Our impact, their voices

Indonesian garment factories step up to meet occupational safety and health standards

Through strengthening compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards, two participating garment factories of Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have been recognized by the...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Social dialogue for a positive safety and health culture

In a message to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, outlines the importance of workers, employers and governments working together to reduce deaths and injuries in the...

Tajikistan: trade union staff are trained on formalizing informal employment

Federation of Independent Trade Union in Tajikistan (FITUT) builds the capacity of trade union employees by organizing trainings on transition from informal to formal employment and providing social protection in the formal economy.