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ILO Voices | Care economy

I am not a madman, I am an early childhood teacher

Federico Trotta has overcome prejudice and stigma to become an early childhood teacher in Buenos Aires, Argentina – a profession that many believe is a “feminine” career.

Global Employment Trends for Youth

Recovery in youth employment is still lagging, says ILO

A new report, issued ahead of International Youth Day, shows large regional differences in young people's prospects in the labour market.

ILO-EU Relations

ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 16th High Level meeting

Gender equality

Women in the health and care sector earn 24 per cent less than men

The most comprehensive global analysis of gender pay inequalities in the health and care sector finds that women face a larger gender pay gap than other economic sectors.

Youth employment

A better Europe for young people – How to avoid a ‘lockdown generation’?

Long term care for the elderly in Albania

Albania faces a growing need of long-term care for its elderly population

According to a recent ILO study, at least 91 thousand elderly in Albania are in need of long-term care. Less than 2 percent of them are currently receiving formal long-term care services and most of them rely on family members, in particular unpaid...

Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All

Incentivizing collaboration towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals

Progress on achieving the health-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals is lagging, and greater multilateral collaboration, as spelt out in the SDG3 Global Action Plan, is needed, according to a new report.

Getting serious about supporting the care economy

Opinion by Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for South Asia and Country Office for India in The Hindu, on the Care Economy.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, to the Development Committee

Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank

Invest in a greener and more inclusive human-centred recovery ILO tells World Bank and IMF

In statements to the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, emphasized the urgency of fostering a human-centred recovery amid a fragile outlook for 2022.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, to the IMFC

Care at work

Greater investment in care could create almost 300 million jobs

Plugging existing, significant, gaps in care services could generate almost 300 million jobs and create a continuum of care that would help to alleviate poverty, encourage gender equality, and support care for children and the elderly, says new ILO...

Media Advisory

ILO to release new report on care sector

The ILO joins the Global Alliance for Care

The Argentine Ministry of Productive Development publishes an interview with ILO’s Valeria Esquivel

International Women’s Day

ILO Director-General: "Let us invest in women as part of a human-centred recovery"

To mark International Women’s Day, ILO Director-General paid tribute to the tremendous efforts made by women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UNTFSSE participates in the Side event 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD): “Building Back Better: Action Toward a...

A representative of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and an observer to the United Nation Inter-agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) contributed to the debate on creating a disability-inclusive, accessible...

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers

ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusive, employment-focused recovery from COVID-19 crisis

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Declaration puts the focus on decent work, women and youth.

COVID-19 and gender equality

COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work

Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.

UN Women – ILO Joint Programme

Promoting decent employment for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in care

The UN Women - ILO Joint Programme aims to promote decent work for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in the care economy. The Joint Programme stands ready to support governments and social partners in implementing...