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Portugal response TWGD 2nd

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19

Unemployment protection in the COVID-19 crisis. Country responses and policy considerations

Income security is essential to mitigate the sudden and drastic impacts on employment of the lockdowns imposed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19

Extending social protection to informal workers in the COVID-19 crisis. Country responses and policy considerations

The COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts are particularly harsh for workers in the informal economy and their families. Almost 1.6 billion informal workers are affected by the lockdown and containment measures and/or are working in...

Global report

Youth & COVID-19: Impacts on jobs, education, rights and mental well-being

The report captures the immediate effects of the pandemic on the lives of young people (aged 18–29) with regards to employment, education, mental well-being, rights and social activism. Over 12,000 responses were received from young people in 112...

Portugal - Country baseline under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2019) - P029

Policy brief

Domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 crisis

During the global crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, women employed in the domestic work sector occupy a crucial place in the response due to the central role they play in the care of children and the sick and dependent people, and to the...

ILO/Sida Partnership on Employment Working Paper No. 7

Attaining SDG 8 in Portugal: Macroeconomic, sectoral and labour market policies for structural transformation and full and productive...

ILO Country study

Portugal : Rapid assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and labour market

COVID-19 and child labour: A time of crisis, a time to act

With the COVID-19 pandemic, we face the risk of reverting years of progress. We may see an increase in child labour for the first time in 20 years. This is why ILO and UNICEF decided to look into the ways the crisis is affecting child labour.

Technical Note N° 1

The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC and the ILO presented a new document in wich they alert that the pandemic will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, including an increased risk of child marriage, child labour, and teenage pregnancy.

ILO brief

COVID-19 and the World of Work: Ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities at all stages of the response

Many persons with disabilities come into the COVID-19 crisis already facing significant exclusion in all areas of the world of work. The pandemic and resulting economic shocks increase the vulnerability of persons with disabilities to further...

Policy Brief

The role of public employment programmes and employment guarantee schemes in COVID-19 policy responses

World Day Against Child Labour 2020

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

COVID-19 presents unprecedented risks to the rights and safety and development of children. World Day Against Child Labour 2020 calls upon countries and organizations to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable during crisis management and recovery.

ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190): 12 ways it can support the COVID-19 response and recovery

This note highlights the relevance of the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It provides examples of work-related violence and harassment that have been reported across countries in the context...

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19

Social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries: Strengthening resilience by building universal social...

Social protection is an indispensable mechanism for delivering support to individuals during the crisis. This document takes a detailed look at the role of social protection measures in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak in developing countries

COVID- 19

Safe return to work: Guide for employers on COVID-19 prevention

This Guide has been developed by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP) and contains recommendations for health and safety practices and approaches to COVID-19 prevention.The publication aims to provide general guidance and...

Op-Ed

New normal? Better normal!

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare in the cruellest way, the extraordinary precariousness and injustices of our world of work, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

Report for World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020

In the face of a pandemic: Ensuring Safety and Health at Work

Social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis: Country responses and policy considerations

Social protection systems are an indispensable part of a coordinated policy response to the unfolding crisis, ensuring that people can effectively access health care while supporting job and income security for those most affected.

No one left behind, not now, not ever

Persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 response

The COVID-19 crisis is new. It is requiring us all to act, interact and communicate in different ways than we are used to. However, the social inequalities exacerbating COVID-19’s impact on persons with disabilities are not new. The risk in the...