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G20 Employment and Labour Ministers meeting

ILO says 21 million jobs in G20 saved by crisis response policies, but labour market slack remains high

Economic crisis policies adopted by G20 governments saved or created an estimated 21 million jobs in 2009 and 2010, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a study prepared for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting to be held in...

Georgian Minister of Labour, Healthcare and Social Affairs visited Ireland to study social dialogue system

Flyer for The ILO amd the Quest for Social Justice

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...

What works in overcoming the jobs crisis?

ILO seminar looks at experiences that worked in mitigating the crisis' effects

Tripartite constituents identify decent work indicators for national monitoring

Representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MoMT), the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and trade union confederations met during a...

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark says ILO Global Jobs Pact “Paves the way” for economic recovery. ILO member States in Asia and Pacific to...

(Geneva and Bangkok, ILO News)– United Nations Development Programme Administrator (UNDP) Helen Clark said the ILO Global Jobs Pact “paves the way” for countries seeking a “fair and just” way out of the global recession.

Labour inspection

Labour inspection in Europe: fighting undeclared work and trafficking

Europe’s labour inspectors face daunting challenges. They not only try to ensure decent working conditions, but also contribute to the fight against trafficking and undeclared work. ILO Online has set up a series of questions and answers about a new...

Decent Work Country Programme

Decent Work in India - A triumph of enterprise: Sitabai’s story

Last month, the ILO’s tripartite partners in India – the government, employers and workers – formally adopted a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP for India). The new programme will focus on enhanced opportunities for productive work for women and...

ILO Conference - 9-11 March 2010

Questions and Answers on Intellectual Disabilities

An estimated 10 to 15 million people in Africa have some form of Intellectual disability and the majority live in poverty and isolation. The ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme will be gathering representatives from East African countries, Australia...

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...

Special guest

ILO honours internationally-acclaimed recording artist Shakira for her work promoting social justice

Internationally-acclaimed recording artist and humanitarian Shakira was honoured by the International Labour Organization for her work promoting the advancement of children and youth around the world.

A triumph of enterprise : Sitabai's story

ILO's tripartite partners in India -- the Government, employers and workers -- formally adopted a Decent Work Country Programme for India. The new programme focuses on enhanced opportunities for productive work for women and men, particularly for...

Opening message at the ILO-Korea Study Tour on Migration to the Philippines

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO-Manila, Philippines

High Level Publicity Launch Of The Kadoma Declaration – “Towards A Shared National Social And Economic Vision”

The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, His Excellency R.G. Mugabe, has officially launched the beginning of a publicity campaign for the Kadoma Declaration – “Towards a Shared National Social and Economic Vision” (the Declaration) on Friday 26...

World Day for Social Justice

“Voices on Social Justice” campaign launched by the ILO

The International Labour Organization has launched a new global campaign Voices on Social Justice, to provide a global platform for perspectives on social justice today and how it might be achieved particularly through the world of work.

Asia and the Pacific Region

Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners

Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan...

India adopts Decent Work Country Programme

Representatives of the Government of India, employers' and workers' organizations signed the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Mr P C Chaturvedi, Secretary, Labour & Employment,...

Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9...

In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.

Opening remarks at International Seminar on Decent Work and Employment Promotion for Domestic Workers in Beijing, China

By Ms Kathleen Speake, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia