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Child ‘substitute drivers’
Child drivers? “I don’t know about that,” said the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, Linda Amalia. “At night, children should study or rest at home.”
From Pakistan
All aboard the women’s rights bus
For working women in Pakistan, the bus ride to work can be particularly uncomfortable. The country’s National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has been trying to change that, with a bit of help from the ILO.
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ILO and Australian government strengthen technical cooperation with US$31 million Timor-Leste project
The ILO and the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste have announced a new US$31 million project to significantly improve road transport in Timor-Leste.
Crisis and the automotive sector
ILO meets with high-level experts to discuss the crisis and the future of the automotive industry
Against the backdrop of the global economic and social crisis, senior experts on the automotive sector from Europe, Asia and the Americas met here on 20-21 May with top officials of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss the state of...
World AIDS Day 2008
Driving for change: action on HIV/AIDS in the road transport sector
In a number of countries, HIV prevalence is higher among road transport workers than in the general population. To respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in the sector, workers’ and employers’ representatives from around the world will meet in Geneva...
ILO and transport workers' organizations join forces against AIDS
Joint statement: ILO, IRU and ITF join forces against AIDS
International road transport at the crossroads: Economy, drivers take the load of delays, says new ILO report
Excessive border delays, inefficient or corrupt border officials and drivers' vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS put the international road transport sector at risk, according to a new report by the International Labour...
International drivers: from delays to disease, a heavy load to haul
An ever increasing demand for international road transport has brought up new and difficult challenges for the road transport sector, including excessive border delays, inefficient or corrupt border control officers and drivers' vulnerability to...