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May 2020
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Blog
How to ensure older workers fully participate in the recovery after the pandemic
25 May 2020
Older workers are a valuable resource for enterprises yet recent history has shown that many are at risk of losing their jobs following crisis and recession.
October 2019
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Blog
Older workers are most discouraged in these countries
01 October 2019
Australia and Chile, 13,000 kilometres apart, have one thing in common: discouraged older workers.
September 2019
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Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Living longer needs more work-life choices
01 September 2019
Demographic changes will lead to a ‘multi-stage work life’ said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Matsuyama, Japan. He was speaking at a session on “Demographic Change: Employment of older workers and longer working life.”
June 2019
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G20 Japan 2019
ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusion and equality
29 June 2019
G20 leaders, meeting in Osaka, issued a communique stressing the importance of ensuring that ageing societies are active, and supporting gender equality and women's economic empowerment.
February 2017
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Social protection
More long-term care services for the elderly needed in Central-Eastern Europe
10 February 2017
ILO study highlights shortage of quality long-term services for older people in the region while a significant number of female migrant workers move to Western Europe to fill existing gaps. We asked Kenichi Hirose, co-author of the research with Zofia Czepulis-Rutkowska, to tell us more about these trends.
September 2014
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International Day of Older Persons
"Extending pension coverage and ensuring effective access to health care for older persons is a priority"
30 September 2014
On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, underlines the need to address the demographic challenge through integrated employment promotion and social protection policies that build on the virtuous cycle of employment, social protection and development International Labour Organization.
October 2012
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Labour demographics
Young and older workers, two sides of the same coin
08 October 2012
Many of the countries that are suffering from huge youth unemployment levels are also experiencing population ageing. Isn’t it time to start thinking of older workers as a category that deserves specific attention?
December 2011
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Publication
A changing world: Adapting to an ageing population in the workplace
01 December 2011
With better health and longevity, lower birth rates, and the ageing of baby boomers, the world is seeing a major change in demographic trends.
August 2011
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Publication
Age discrimination: Older than 50, so what?
01 August 2011
Governments increasingly seek to increase the participation of older workers in the labour market, for example by revising retirement age provisions, says the new ILO report on discrimination at work.
November 2008
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Gender campaign
Chaltu: Never Too Old to Change Her Life
25 November 2008
The world’s population is ageing, and living longer costs money. Because women live longer than men, they form the majority of older persons. As women age, supporting themselves gets more difficult. But even the most difficult situations can be changed, if there’s an opportunity. A seventy-year old woman at a small village market in Ethiopia is proof that it can be done.