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Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 42

The visible face of women's invisible labour, Domestic workers in Turkey

Making Migration Work

New thinking on labour migration needed

As a High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development is taking place in New York, ILO Director General Guy Ryder discusses ways to improve labour migration governance for the benefit of all.

Azerbaijan to toughen measures in the fight against child labour

On October 1, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population and State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs signed a joint action plan to eliminate child labour drafted within the framework of the EU twinning project...

ILO to kick off project on Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

A project to improve the effectiveness of youth employment policies in order to support the creation of more and better jobs for young people in the CIS countries is to be kicked off on 3 October by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Youth unemployment rate is 5.9% in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Labor

ELCJM 2013 Programme

Topic 1. National reports: Case law

Topic 2. Composite questionnaire responses: Temporary work agencies

Topic 2 National reports: Temporary work agencies

New report

ILO says global number of child labourers down by a third since 2000

A new ILO report shows that the fight against child labour is on the right track, but the goal of eliminating its worst forms by 2016 will not be met at the current pace.

International Migration Papers No. 118

Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Europe: A synthesis of Belgium, France, Italy and Spain

This report is based on the findings of research conducted in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain, as part of project on “integration of migrant domestic workers in Europe”, implemented by the ILO and its partners with the financial support of the...

International Migration Papers No. 117

Executive Summary - Promoting integration for migrant workers in France

The French country report of the European research project “Promoting the integration of migrant domestic workers” analyses the trajectories of migrants working in the domestic services sector in France. Although the sector has been significantly...

International Migration Papers No. 117

Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in France (in French)

The French country report of the European research project “Promoting the integration of migrant domestic workers” analyses the trajectories of migrants working in the domestic services sector in France. Although the sector has been significantly...

International Migration Papers No. 116

Executive Summary - Promoting integration for migrant workers in Belgium

Domestic workers provide an invaluable contribution to societies, yet still too often their work is not valued as such, and they remain a largely hidden and often vulnerable workforce. The Convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on...

International Migration Papers No. 116

Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Belgium

Domestic workers provide an invaluable contribution to societies, yet still too often their work is not valued as such, and they remain a largely hidden and often vulnerable workforce. The Convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on...

Kyrgyzstan’s Labour Ministry and ILO experts discuss ways out of crisis towards decent jobs

The second stage of the ILO project “From the crisis towards decent and safe jobs” was discussed at the meeting between Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Youth Kasym Chargynov and Chief Technical Adviser of the International...

ILO at Eurofound Conference on home care services

On 12 September 2013, Ms Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard (ILO/EUROPE) participated in a Eurofound - Lithuanian Presidency conference on “More and better jobs in home care services”. She reminded the participants of the importance and relevance of ILO...

International Migration Papers No. 115

Executive Summary - Promoting integration for migrant workers in Italy

Since the 1970s, the labour market of domestic services has experienced a considerable growth in Italy, becoming over the past decade the main sector of employment for migrant women: in 2011, more than one foreign woman in two (51.3 per cent) was...

International Migration Papers No. 115

Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Italy

Since the 1970s, the labour market of domestic services has experienced a considerable growth in Italy, becoming over the past decade the main sector of employment for migrant women: in 2011, more than one foreign woman in two (51.3 per cent) was...

International Migration Papers No. 114

Executive Summary - Promoting integration for migrant workers in Spain

This case study of the Spanish situation is part of a wider international project, ‘Promoting Integration of Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe’, led and promoted by the ILO, funded by the European Commission and with research carried out by four...