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September 2021
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World Water Week
Leading the world: Indigenous-led partnerships and governance
07 September 2021
The purpose of this event is to illustrate the ways that indigenous values are being expressed and manifested globally, building lessons for wider water governance. Most indigenous groups have important relationships with their waterways and water bodies and continue to honor these relationships, including other partners in their process.
July 2020
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Statement
ILO's statement at the IUCN launch of the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
27 July 2020
June 2019
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Water resource management
Supporting farmers in water-scarce Jordan through ILO’s labour-intensive approach
04 June 2019
Two years ago, Kifah Khreisat, a farmer from the southern Jordanian town of Al Ees, in the Tafilah Governorate, was supported by the ILO to build a rainwater harvesting cistern to help him meet the needs of his farm. The initiative is part of a project that is being implemented by the ILO in Jordan to help local farmers improve local infrastructure and agricultural productivity, while generating short-term decent employment in agriculture.
March 2017
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World Water Day
Why waste water?
22 March 2017
A Video Message from Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization and Chair of UN-Water, on the occasion of World Water Day 2017.
August 2016
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Blog
What does water have to do with work? In Malawi, plenty
29 August 2016
Recently I travelled to Malawi to discuss jobs and water with Ministers, worker and employer groups. While there, I recalled that on World Water Day this year the President of the country, Peter Mutharika, was one of a number of heads of state who gave international recognition to the links between employment, development and managing our scarce water resources.
February 2006
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Video
Indonesian Furniture Industry
07 February 2006
For years, environmentalists have worried about the deforestation of jungles in Indonesia that supply precious woods for garden furniture in the West. But along with these natural resources, a centuries-old livelihood is also under threat as ILO TV explains.