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ILO to mark 100th International Women’s Day: Focus on “Making the recovery work for women!”

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark the centenary of International Women’s Day on Monday 7 March with a panel discussion which will highlight the role of gender equality in securing a sustainable and equitable recovery.

Wages in crisis and in recovery

Essential services for employment during recovery

Employment policies: From crisis to recovery

ILO and Brazil team up to assist countries coping with social natural disasters

The Government of Brazil and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have announced the launch of a three-year programme aimed at enhancing the capacity of countries to respond to social and natural disasters.

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ILO and Brazil team up to assist countries coping with social and natural disasters

The Government of Brazil and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have announced the launch of a three-year programme aimed at enhancing the capacity of countries to respond to social and natural disasters.

Pakistan’s devastating floods – rebuilding lives and livelihoods

By Saifullah Chaudhry, Senior Programme Officer, ILO Country Office for Pakistan. (Peshawar, Pakistan) Sher Hassan watched helplessly through the driving rain as flood water approached his house. Horrified and panicking, and with little time to...

ILO’s Crisis Response in Pakistan: 2005-2011

Event

Labour and the Global Crisis: Sharing the Burden (!) Shaping the Future (?)

Joint ILO/IMF Conference

Oslo Conference Calls for Commitment to Recovery Focused on Jobs

The heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), along with other leaders, today called for a broad international commitment to a jobs-focused policy response to the global economic downturn.

5.3 million jobs may have been affected by the floods in Pakistan

More than 5.3 million jobs may have been lost and/or affected as a result of the worst ever floods in the history of Pakistan that devastated more than 70 districts of Pakistan, the International Labour Office (ILO) said today, adding that...

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IMF and ILO Launch Background Paper on the “Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion” for High-Level Conference on September 13...

The International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organization have issued a stark assessment of the outlook for employment in the wake of the global financial crisis, saying that the world faces major challenges in creating enough...

ILO has launched Cash for Work program for flood-affected people in Nowshera and Peshawar

ILO has started helping the flood-affected communities in quickly restarting livelihoods and employment through immediate short-term employment recovery programs. The program titled “Cash for Work for Flood Affected People” was launched in Nowshera...

ILO about to launch "Cash for Work" project for flood affected people in Sukkur

ILO will soon launch the Cash for Work project in Sukkur in order to provide quick employment opportunities to floods-affected people and to help them overcome their mental shock and trauma.

Thousands of jobs created in southern Kyrgyz town after riots

The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion

ILO and IMF Conference in Oslo to address ways of accelerating a job-rich crisis recovery

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a joint conference to be hosted by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, on 13 September 2010, in Oslo, to explore new ways of forging a...

Cooperation against Child Labour

Brazil, U.S. and ILO to expand fight against child labour in post-earthqake Haiti - first ILO North-South-South "triangular agreement"

Brazil and the United States have joined forces to expand the fight against child labour in Haiti, in the first “triangular agreement” on North-South-South cooperation to be signed under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

ILO and FAO joint project brings new hope for poor Bondoc Peninsula folks

The ILO and FAO have jointly designed a new project to improve the lives of poor residents of Bondoc Peninsula. The project will cover the four municipalities of Mulanay, San Narciso, Unisan and Catanauan. It aims to directly address extreme...

ILO and FAO launch joint initiative to nurture peace, security and decent work in the Philippines; Government of Japan allocates 2.5...

The ILO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will launch a new project to help fishers, farmers and workers in a Philippine province affected by conflict and natural disasters, in partnership with the Office of the...

ILO donates computers to typhoon-affected regions: PESOs to provide job vacancy information and facilitate job registry

The ILO donated computers to Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) in six regions of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng.