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December 2021
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ILO in action
We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic
15 December 2021
ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the ILO in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
September 2021
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Video
ILO Social and Solidarity Economy in South Africa - Video
17 September 2021
The South African government in 2017 initiated a process to develop a policy for the social and solidarity economy. Over 1,000 people were consulted over four years, helping to describe the SSE in the South African context. So what is it? And how does it work? This 5 minute animated video explains.
February 2021
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Vision Zero Fund High–Level Forum
Improving safety and health in global supply chains vital for development
23 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown what happens when occupational safety and health systems are under-resourced and unprepared. Improving the protection of working people, particularly in global supply chains, is vital for social and economic development, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told a meeting of the Vision Zero Fund.
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NEDLAC Labour School 2021
This global crisis must have a global, united, response
01 February 2021
Greater international solidarity and common purpose are needed to build economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in an address to South Africa’s NEDLAC Labour School.
March 2019
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Future of work
Address uncertainty and fear of the future of work
01 March 2019
Speaking at the launch in South Africa of the Global Commission report on the Future of Work, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder set the stage for the next steps in its implementation.
February 2019
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Social and solidarity economy
Social enterprises play a key role in a decent future of work
28 February 2019
Innovative solutions are needed to combat the challenges facing the future of work said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the Social Economy National Consultation Conference in Durban, South Africa.
August 2018
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BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Make social dialogue work
02 August 2018
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praises the commitment to social dialogue and tripartism made by BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in a speech at the group’s Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa.
July 2018
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International labour standards
First fishing vessel detained under ILO Fishing Convention
17 July 2018
Convention to improve working conditions for fishers on commercial fishing vessels shows its teeth.
July 2017
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BRICS Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General address to the BRICS on "Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future"
26 July 2017
“It is after all a fundamental desire of people across the world, above all in this period of transformative change and sometimes of uncertainty, that they can look forward and contribute to a better future of work – one with social justice and prosperity and decent work for all,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting.
September 2016
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BRICS Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General’s intervention at the closing session of the BRICS Ministerial Meeting
28 September 2016