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Assessing the potential of online labour platforms to connect displaced talent with decent jobs

PROSPECTS Learning Labs series set to explore ways in which online labour platforms can connect displaced individuals with decent work

Launch of the "Excellence" Award: An Important Step to Empower the Voices of Female Teachers in the Private Education Sector in Jordan

The "Excellence" Award recognizes schools prioritizing teacher rights and well-being, aiming to improve education quality and elevate their status in the private sector.

Asia Regional Child Labour (ARC) Project

ILO Country Office for Pakistan hosted "Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!" Conference in Islamabad

The ILO Country Office for Pakistan, a leading global advocate for labour rights, successfully organized the "Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!" conference on 12 July, 2023 in Islamabad. The conference aimed to accelerate efforts towards the...

Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2025

ILO and China sign Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2025

In setting out the framework, Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2025 paves the way for ILO and China to promote social justice and advance decent work for all.

COOP Unit participates in the ILO’s 8th Regulating Decent Work research conference

The 8th RDW Conference in 2023 took place at the ILO in Geneva between July 10-12, 2023. It addressed the impact of interconnected crises, COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, conflicts, and disruptions to global supply chains, on the world of work.

Uniting Against Child Labour: A Celebration of Progress and Vision for a Future Free of Child Exploitation in Egypt

Digital economy

ILO and Rwanda partner up to boost decent jobs for youth in the digital economy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) announces a new development cooperation project, designed to promote employment for Rwanda's youth.

Circular Economy

A circular economy that works for everyone

Ensuring a just and jobs-rich transition to a sustainable future for all

ECLAC and ILO Report

Labour indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean returned to pre-pandemic levels, but gender gaps and high informality remain

The United Nations organizations released a new edition of their joint report on the Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

All Hands in Kenya supports code of practice for workplace compliance in the tea and textile sectors in Kenya

The Code of Practice offers practical advice to revitalize existing systems or establish independent institutions, ensuring efficient operation and effective dispute resolution services, drawing heavily from previous ILO publications.

Social protection policy reform

ILO calls for the policy reform on old-age income security system in Indonesia

The ILO emphasizes the urgency of the policy reform on old-age income security system to prevent poverty as well as vulnerability among older people and their household during social protection dialogues.

ILO Caribbean holds meetings in Belize to prepare new Decent Work Country Programme

Constituents agree to prioritize achieving a just transition using social dialogue.

Social Protection

13 million people enjoy better social protection through improved financing

International symposium highlighted progress made on sustainably financed social protection in 24 countries, and highlighted movements towards universal social protection.

Maternity benefit

ILO presents its key findings on maternity benefit scheme at the tripartite discussion

Key findings of the ILO’s actuarial study are presented at the tripartite discussion, proposing the integration of maternity benefit to social security system for the benefits of all workers.

Global Summit on Gender in Aviation held in Spain, with active participation of ILO

ILO Deputy Director-General Manuela Tomei participated in the high-level session on 5 July and moderated the tripartite panel: Promoting decent work, best practices in the aviation industry.

Call issued for involving persons with disabilities in social protection policymaking in Lebanon

The call was made by Lebanese organizations for persons with disabilities in partnership with the ILO, at a joint event which presented a working model for disability inclusion in social protection policymaking and programming.

Occupational safety and health

Handbook and checklist for model enterprise clinics in garment industry launched

The handbook will help factories and enterprises provide healthcare facilities to better cater for workers' health and general wellbeing while at work as stipulated in the Bangladesh Labour Act.

ILO supports Indonesia’s joint labour inspection in the fishing sector to prevent forced labour at sea

The ILO through its 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme has supported Indonesia to improve working conditions of fishers and prevent forced labour through the establishment of joint labour inspection system and strengthened coordination between labour and...

ILO and Government of Grenada working on action plan to provide social protection to the informal sector

Process supported under Joint SDG Fund “Resilient Caribbean Project”.

Decent Work Country Programme

North Macedonia and ILO sign framework programme for cooperation to deliver decent work

The ILO, the Government, trade unions, and employers' organizations of North Macedonia have signed the new framework programme for cooperation with the ILO that will guide the work on delivering decent work in 2023-2025 in the country.