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Building resilient livelihoods: Examples from the Philippines

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the study tour and symposium on employment-led post-disaster recovery, Iwate and Tokyo, Japan, 16-18 February 2014

New ILO Publication

Inequality is not inevitable

A new ILO book shows that the growing gap between rich and poor is only partially associated with technological change. The divide is mostly the result of economic and institutional policies that preceded the global economic and social crisis and...

Philippines

Rebuilding livelihoods after super typhoon Haiyan

Three months after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit parts of the Philippines, the ILO response programme is expanding with the support of the Governments of Norway and Japan, the International Maritime Employers’ Council and other partners.

Op-Ed

Reducing inequality will boost economic growth

This oped has appeared in several leading newspapers around the world.

Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs

The weak global economic recovery has failed to lead to an improvement in global labour markets, with global unemployment in 2013 reaching almost 202 million, the ILO said in a new report.

Philippines

ILO: Sustainable livelihoods key for post-Haiyan recovery

Building on years of experience, the ILO is helping survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan restore their livelihoods by supporting the government in providing emergency employment, skills training and enterprise development.

Philippines

ILO: Emergency employment and livelihoods spell recovery

Over 20,000 workers who lost their livelihoods to Typhoon Haiyan were hired under the emergency employment programme to help rebuild their communities within decent and safe working conditions. This approach has been used in countries like Cambodia,...

Philippines

ILO and private sector join hands to protect typhoon-affected workers

The private sector helps ensure that people in Haiyan-affected areas do not fall victims again of work-related illnesses or accidents. Consuelo Foundation, Ace Hardware and SM Cares partner with ILO to provide much-needed emergency employment for...

Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

Haiyan survivors see hope in long-term employment

Restoring livelihoods is a priority for workers affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines on 8 November killing thousands of people and leaving millions homeless and jobless. As the recovery gathers pace, people are looking for...

Photo gallery from the Philippines

Rebuilding livelihoods after Typhoon Haiyan

Within a few hours on Friday 8 November 2013, the super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) ripped through the Philippines, bringing death and destruction. The livelihoods of almost six million workers have been destroyed or disrupted. ILO teams have been on...

Philippines

ILO Assistant Director-General commends typhoon emergency employment work

By the end of the year, 20,000 workers and their families will have benefited from the Emergency Employment Programmes run by the Department of Labor and Employment, with the support of the International Labour Organization. The ILO’s most senior...

ILO Assistant Director-General to visit typhoon areas

Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, the ILO's Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, is to pay a visit to the Philippines to visit those affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), talk to workers taking part in emergency employment...

ILO supports DOLE's emergency employment programmes

The ILO is giving technical expertise and financial support to the Department of Labor and Employment's emergency employment programmes for Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) victims.

Philippines - Typhoon response

ILO: Invest in 100,000 people and change half a million lives

Livelihoods are a priority need for the 2.4 million vulnerable workers affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The Philippine government, with ILO support, has put in place Emergency Employment Programmes to help disaster-stricken families to begin...

Philippines - Typhoon response

Emergency Employment Programme: Dealing with the emergency, building for the future

Philippines

ILO: Service sector severely affected by typhoon Haiyan

Half of the workers affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan were working in the service sector, said the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Japan allocates US$500,000 to help typhoon Haiyan livelihood recovery

The Government of Japan and the ILO have allocated US$500,000 to help support the post-Haiyan response in the Philippines. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has provided the funds under the ILO/Japan Fund for Building Social Safety...

Skills, Knowledge and employability

Gaza begins Local Economic Recovery activities with ILO support

The ILO’s International Training Centre begins value chain development training aimed at post-conflict job creation and economic growth in Gaza’s fisheries.

Press statement on humanitarian response in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, delivered by Ms Ruth Georget at the UN OCHA Press Conference on Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), ILO Auditorium-Makati City, Philippines, 22 November 2013.

Post Typhoon Haiyan relief effort

ILO rallies partners to donate to livelihoods recovery in Philippines

Following the loss of life and livelihoods in Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the ILO response is focused on emergency employment schemes to help rebuild communities and restore livelihoods through decent work.