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February 2021
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Community Emergency Employment Programme
A fight for survival amid the pandemic
19 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected workers in the informal economy like Mohalidin. A father of 15 children, he shares his experience and life changing impact basic income and social protection can have for families struggling to survive.
May 2020
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© davida3 2022
Blog
The fight against COVID-19 should not mean forgetting the 37 million people living with HIV
19 May 2020
As the world focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, we must not lose the gains made globally over the last thirty years in combating HIV and AIDS.
March 2020
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© Matt Ming 2022
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them
30 March 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already existing inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who need it most.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups
25 March 2020
Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.
October 2017
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Blog
5 ways governments can support agriculture insurance
09 October 2017
Agricultural insurance can play an important role in securing farmers’ livelihoods and boosting the efficiency of the agricultural sector, but access to agricultural insurance remains low.
May 2017
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ILO response to Syria refugee crisis
ILO online learning programme introduces Syrian refugees to their workplace rights in Jordan
02 May 2017
The programme is part of on-going efforts by the ILO to help formalize the work of Syrian refugees in Jordan.
July 2016
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© A. Caballero-Reynolds / AFP 2022
Blog
Does Uber signal the end of social security?
27 July 2016
In our latest blog post, ISSA Secretary General Hans-Horst Konkolwsky looks at the challenges to social security posed by the “gig economy” and new forms of work.
April 2016
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Blog
3 things we’ve learned about impact insurance
29 April 2016
For low-income families, access to insurance can mean the difference between a minor financial setback and being plunged into poverty. Here are a few things we’ve learned about the best ways to deliver impact insurance over the past year.
December 2015
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© Curt Carnemark / World Bank 2022
Universal Health Coverage Day
Universal health coverage saves lives, alleviates poverty and boosts growth
12 December 2015
"Health protection is a source of employment opportunities," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. "Let’s make Universal Health Coverage a reality for all."
April 2015
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Employment injury insurance
A Legacy of Rana Plaza: making employment injury insurance a reality for all
24 April 2015
Workers who were victims of Rana Plaza were uninsured and intensive efforts to compensate them had to be made after the fact. The ILO says the accident is a wake-up call to establish national employment injury insurance so all workers are protected when accidents happen.