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Blog
‘Business as unusual’: How COVID-19 brought forward the future of work
22 June 2020
Millions of people around the world have been working remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Could this ‘business as unusual’ be the future of work?
March 2020
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Blog
Having kids sets back women’s labour force participation more so than getting married
03 March 2020
Around the world, gendered social norms continue to shape women's and men's participation in the labour market, new data by household composition show.
January 2020
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Blog
Measuring job quality: Difficult but necessary
27 January 2020
The quality of our job determines to a great extent our well-being and life quality, but measuring it requires taking into account numerous aspects of our working conditions.
December 2019
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G7 Social High Level Meeting, Paris
Reducing inequalities for sustainable development
19 December 2019
Paris Joint Statement of the French Minister of Labour, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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.”
May 2019
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Video
The story of Muhammed Najjar, who works at an enterprise benefiting from the Workplace Adaptation Programme carried out by the ILO
07 May 2019
ILO Workplace Adaptation Programme aims to help ensure and enhance labour peace and contribute to an efficient and peaceful working environment in unity and solidarity through trainings on promoting the adaptation of Syrian and Turkish workers working at the same workplace and eliminating prejudice. More than 150 Syrian and Turkish workers at 16 firms located in Adana, Mersin and Gaziantep have benefited from ILO's Workplace Adaptation Programme.
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Video
The story of Boshra Shaal, who participated in the vocational training courses carried out by the ILO and was then referred to the apprenticeship training
07 May 2019
Boshra is only one of thousands of Syrians who participated in the vocational trainings and Turkish language courses carried out by the ILO in cooperation with the local partners. In cooperation with Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen and Vocational Training Centres, ILO supports the access of Syrians to apprenticeship programmes by informing enterprises and Syrians about the apprenticeship system and by establishing linkages between vocational training centres and the private sector.
October 2018
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Video
The transition to the Future of Work with ILO’s SCORE Training
01 October 2018
At global level, we are living a paradigm shift, going from Standardized Mass Production (Industry 3.0) to Customized Massive Production (Industry 4.0), which provides extraordinary opportunities for SMEs in the manufacturing sector, at the level of product development (parametric design), manufacturing (3D printing, digital manufacturing, etc.), access to global markets and social inclusion. Marina Atelier SAC has implemented the SCORE Training of the ILO, which has allowed it to strengthen its management systems and face this paradigm shift in production. The enterprise has incorporated an approach to the digital and sustainable industry into its garment design and manufacturing processes.
November 2017
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Gender equality
Switzerland supports the Equal Pay International Coalition
16 November 2017
The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) was launched at the U.N. General Assembly in September 2017. Sylvie Dürrer, Director of the Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality, explains why Switzerland has decided to join the coalition and why gender equality matters to the country.
October 2017
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Gender equality
What is the Equal Pay International Coalition?
18 October 2017
The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) was launched at the U.N. General Assembly in September 2017. Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO's WorkQuality department, explains what the coalition aims to achieve and why it is important to address the gender pay gap.