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Opening speech by Dan Cunniah, Director of ACTRAV

Speech by Dan Cunniah,Director Bureau for Workers’ Activities at the opening session of Trade Union Meeting of Experts on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (ILO Geneva, 21-22 May 2013).

Launch of the plan for expanding social protection in Thailand

A joint UN/Royal Thai Government report that analyses policy options and costing for expanding social protection coverage in Thailand was launched today by the Minister attached to the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr Niwatthamrong Busongphaisan. ...

Keynote Address by Prime Minister of Thailand at the launching event of “Social Protection Assessment Based Dialogue"

Keynote Address by Her Excellency Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand at the launching event of “Social Protection Assessment Based Dialogue : Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor in Thailand, on 10 May...

Speech Delivered by Minister of Labour at the Launching Event of "Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue"

Speech Delivered by Mr Padermchai Sasomsap, Minister of Labour at the Launching Event of Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor in Thailand, Friday 10 May 2013 (11.20-11.30 hrs.)...

Address by Mr Santi Prompat, Minister of Social Development and Human Security of Thailand (MSDHS) at the Launch of a report on “Social...

Report by Mr Santi Prompat, Minister of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) to the Prime Minister at the Launch of a report on “Social protection assessment based national dialogue: Towards a nationally defined social protection floor in...

Plan for expanding social protection in Thailand to be launched

A report laying out a plan for expanding social protection in Thailand will be launched in the presence of the Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, on Friday 10 May 2013. The report “Social protection assessment based national dialogue: Towards...

Child labour

Protecting children from having to work

Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).

Economic vulnerability

ILO report shows why social protection is crucial to tackle child labour

Measures such as cash transfers or health insurance programmes can sometimes determine whether a child spends the day studying and playing, or working and being deprived of a fair chance at a decent future.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

ILO calls for urgent global action to fight occupational diseases

According to a new ILO report, prevention is key to tackling the growing number of work-related diseases, which claim an estimated 2 million lives per year.

Welcome Address at the Dissemination of Findings of a Joint United Nations Study on Social Protection Floor for India

By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India at the Dissemination of Findings of a Joint United Nations Study on Social Protection Floor for India, 18 April 2013

Dissemination of findings of a joint United Nations study on social protection floor for India

The study examines the innovations, opportunities, challenges and trends in the area of social protection and recommends measures for achieving a social protection floor in India.

Arab Labour Conference

Ryder: Arab region must seize opportunity for reform

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, highlighted the need for strengthened social dialogue, social protection measures and efforts to tackle youth unemployment in Arab countries, at the opening of the Arab Labour Conference in Algeria.

Development of good practices guide on Social protection: Assessment, Costing and Beyond

The ILO and Chulalongkorn University is developing a good practice guide on social protection which will become available later this year.

Social protection

Lebanon’s long awaited pension reform within reach

For many workers in the Lebanese private sector, reaching retirement age means facing an uncertain future with little access to social protection. But that’s about to change thanks to the collaborative work of the government, its social partners,...

Kazakh Deputy PM: Retirement age for women to be increased gradually

ILO Director-general visits the Netherlands

Guy Ryder to address Dutch conference on labour and industrial relations

The ILO Director-General Guy Ryder will address the "SZW Congres 2013", a conference organized by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment on 25 March 2013.

Kyrgyzstan to make first payments from funded component of pensions

The first payments from the funded component of pensions will be made in Kyrgyzstan, Rakhatbek Pirmatov, Head of the Agency on the State Pension Savings Fund said today at a press conference.

Kyrgyzstan introduces pension payment cards

By Guy Ryder

Jobs, social inclusion and growth should top EU agenda

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discusses the priorities of the European Union in the context of his first official visit to Ireland, which holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Media advisory

ILO and UNDP to publish "Rethinking Economic Growth: Towards Productive and Inclusive Arab Societies"

The International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme to launch landmark report tackling the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring.