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Youth and COVID-19

COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth

The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on young people has exacerbated inequalities and risks reducing the productive potential of an entire generation, according to the International Labour Organization.

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Towards concerted efforts for business sustainability and protection of workers of garment and footwear industries

The ILO facilitates dialogue among government, workers’ and employers’ organizations on strengthening the coordination and efforts to promote sustainability of business and protection of workers in garment and footwear industries.

WORK FROM HOME

Employers’ Federation of India (EFI) releases Work From Home (WFH) Guide

The EFI Work From Home (WFH) Guide intends to facilitate members, clients and partners to respond to the prevailing COVID 19 related crisis or for those who see it as an opportunity to replace the current jobs or co-opt WFH along with the current...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO COOP 100 Interview with Martin Lowery, cooperative leader in the US and ICA Board Member

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Aylin Çiğdem Köne, Professor of Development Economics, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Child Labour

ILO Child Labour Convention achieves universal ratification

All 187 member States of the International Labour Organization (ILO) have ratified the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182).

Social protection

Factory women workers empowered with knowledge on health-related social security benefits in Viet Nam

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

We all have a part in the next big step

Dr. Joan Nichols - Associate Director of the Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

New challenges, new opportunities

The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. There is probably no worker or business in the world that has not been affected. The latest ILO estimates show that working hour losses have worsened during the first...

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

Helping people at their worst time by being the best type of person

Joseph Finocchiaro - Funeral Service Educator, Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida

Results of Joint Social Protection System Assessment Presented in Georgia

The International Labour Organization in partnership with UN Women organized a sensitization online seminar on the findings of the Joint Social Protection Assessment on Thursday, 29 July 2020.

IDB-ILO Report

Zero emission economy will lead to 15 million new jobs by 2030 in Latin America and Caribbean

A study by the International Labour Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank highlights the impact on jobs if countries in Latin America and the Caribbean adopt zero emission policies.

COVID 19

In Nepal employers and workers sign an agreement for mutual understanding

The ILO has managed to bring to the discussion table employers and trade unions in Nepal for the first time to bridge for their negotiation.

COVID-19 and social dialogue

Tackling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic with transparencies between employers and workers

What can employers and workers do to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic? They can work together. The ILO calls for the cooperation between representatives of employers and workers through social dialogues.

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

An amazing creative journey by being true to one’s self

Eva Walker - Musician and Radio Host, Seattle, Washington

World Youth Skills Day 2020

Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond

The World Youth Skills Day 2020 took stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on skills development and explored how young people can respond to the economic crisis.

Blog

Social Security in Chile: the Future of Pensions and the Proposal to Withdraw 10 Per Cent

The proposal to withdraw up to 10 per cent of total individual pension fund savings responds to households’ need to ensure income during the COVID-19 crisis as well as to the wider discussion of the future of the pension system in Chile, according...

Joint Op-Ed ECLAC, ILO & UN Geneva

Building back better: Equality at the centre

We must put equality and environmental sustainability at the centre of the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN Joint Programme on Strengthening Social Protection presented assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic situation in...

Comprehensive economic, employment and social protection measures in Uzbekistan are gaining even more prominence and urgency in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Indonesia and Thailand to strengthen their port inspection to combat trafficking and forced labour at sea

To combat forced labour and human trafficking onboard fishing vessels in the Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Thailand, with support from the ILO, took a step to develop a bilateral protocol on port State inspection on foreign fishing vessels.