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November 2021
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Video
ILO: Pandemic hit on jobs worse than thought
03 November 2021
Market Edge of the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) looks at how hot or cold the labour market is, and where in the two-way speed recovery is the Philippines. International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Labour Economist for Asia and the Pacific Christian Viegelahn joins live from Bangkok and talks about the eighth edition of the ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work.
October 2021
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© M.A. Hermann / MTA New York 2022
COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 8th edition
ILO: Employment impact of the pandemic worse than expected
27 October 2021
Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, ILO warns on stalled global labour market recovery and significant disparities between advanced and developing economies.
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Two-track recovery undermines trust and solidarity
14 October 2021
In a statement to the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder said countries must increase investments in social protection, decent work and a just transition.
September 2021
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© Wayne S. Grazio 2022
World Social Protection Report 2020-22
More than 4 billion people still lack any social protection, ILO report finds
01 September 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated the social protection gap between countries with high and low income levels.
July 2021
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© A. Gromico / ILO 2022
Gender equality
Fewer women than men will regain employment during the COVID-19 recovery says ILO
19 July 2021
A new policy brief shows that the disproportionate job and income losses suffered by women during the pandemic will persist in the near future.
June 2021
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© JannHuizenga 2022
WESO Trends 2021
Slow jobs recovery and increased inequality risk long-term COVID-19 scarring
02 June 2021
ILO projections highlight the danger of a COVID-19 labour market legacy of increased geographic and demographic inequality, rising poverty and fewer decent jobs.
April 2021
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF Development Committee
COVID-19 recovery must be human-centred
09 April 2021
To be effective, we need a global response that is addresses poverty and inequalities, promotes social dialogue, strengthens the institutions of work and supports social justice, the ILO’s Director-General said.
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
We need a just transition and a green recovery from COVID-19
08 April 2021
To be effective, pandemic recovery strategies must be as human-centred in their impact as the effects of the crisis itself have been, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder told the IMF Committee.
March 2021
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National Social Dialogue Conference, Occupied Palestinian Territory
A better future for Palestinians
03 March 2021
Prioritizing employment, workers’ rights, social protection and social dialogue will be essential if Palestinians are to create a human-centred recovery from COVID-19 that is sustainable and inclusive, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder told Palestinian tripartite constituents.
January 2021
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© Fahad Abdullah Kaizer/UN Women 2022
COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 7th edition
ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis
25 January 2021
The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO, records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain unless early improvements are supported by human-centred recovery policies.