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  1. © Pierre Holtz / UNICEF 2024
    ILO: 4 billion people worldwide are left without social protection

    29 November 2017

    New ILO report shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all.

  2. © S. Gombert / Cultura Creative 2024
    “Leaving no-one behind means ending all forms of violence and harassment against women”

    25 November 2017

    "With notable exceptions, far too little has been done for far too long to end the culture of impunity, to end the culture of silence," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  3. ILO and UNICEF join forces to tackle child labour in Syria

    23 November 2017

    Both UN agencies stress the importance of integrating efforts against child labour in the early stages of rehabilitating livelihoods in communities that have suffered from conflict, displacement and other crisis situations.

  4. © Alain Bachellier 2024
    Weak recovery in youth labour markets demands a sweeping response

    20 November 2017

    Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work.

  5. The Ministry of Labour and SADAQA consolidate cooperation towards a more ambitious agenda on childcare in Jordan

    17 November 2017

    The Ministry and SADAQA sign a Memorandum of Understanding to continue collaboration towards a National Framework for Workplace Daycare Centres, in a process supported by the ILO.

  6. Keynote and Panel Presentation

    17 November 2017

    ILO-IFAD Taqeem Policy Roundtable: What works in promoting entrepreneurship for rural women?

  7. ILO Work in Fishing Convention No.188 (2007) enters into force

    16 November 2017

    Landmark Convention will boost global efforts to ensure decent work for the world’s 38 million workers in the fishing sector.

  8. © Natasha Graham / GPE 2024
    ILO proposes policies to end child labour by 2025

    13 November 2017

    A new ILO report says improving legal protections, labour market governance, social protections, access to quality education and social dialogue between governments, the social partners and other stakeholders are critical aspects in battling child labour. The report was published as delegates gathered in Buenos Aires for an international conference on the eradication of child labour.

  9. ILO hosts information session on rights and responsibilities of employers of domestic workers in Lebanon

    13 November 2017

    Through outreach programmes, employees in the private sector take part in the My Fair Home campaign to change attitude and practice towards domestic workers in Lebanon.

  10. ILO opens new centre to combat child labour in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon

    13 November 2017

    New initiative is one in a series of pioneering centres the ILO and its partners are establishing in a nationwide effort to step up the fight against child labour in Lebanon.