Impact and people
2016
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South Africa’s Child Support Grant: A booster for poverty reduction
14 April 2016
11.7 million poor children in South Africa are now covered by the social benefit which is having a positive impact on their daily lives.
2015
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Cooperatives moving into the care economy
26 October 2015
An interview with Lenore Matthew from the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED), who presented new research showing how cooperatives are increasingly providing care for the elderly, people with disabilities and children.
2012
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Teachers struggle to be top of the class
05 October 2012
Teachers face severe challenges in different parts of the world and are still under pressure to produce results. As the profession marks World Teachers Day, two teachers working thousands of miles apart tell their stories.
2008
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From entrepreneurship to education: how empowering women can help their children learn
16 June 2008
Women’s entrepreneurship helps reduce poverty, promote gender equality and empower women. But it has another impact – providing women with the means to improve the health of their families and finance the education of their children. Two ILO projects in Africa funded by Irish AID are showing how learning business knowledge and skills not only creates jobs, but also extends empowerment to the future, promotes decent work and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. ILO Online reports.