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December 2019
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ILO development cooperation
ILO: Changing Lives
19 December 2019
One of the main missions of the ILO is to improve people's lives by advancing social justice and promoting decent work for everyone. Watch this video to discover a few of our 760 ongoing projects which do just that.
January 2019
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Global Commission on the Future of Work
A human-centred agenda needed for a decent future of work
22 January 2019
A Universal Labour Guarantee, social protection from birth to old age and an entitlement to lifelong learning are among ten recommendations made in a landmark report by the ILO’s Global Commission on the Future of Work.
September 2018
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Q&A
Regional Meeting to discuss future of work challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
20 September 2018
With almost 100 days until the ILO’s Centenary, ILO Regional Director José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs discusses future of work challenges in his region.
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InfoStories
ILO: Laying the foundations of social justice
03 September 2018
The ILO is a UN specialized agency dealing with labour issues. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. In 1969, the Organization received the Nobel Peace Prize.
May 2018
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Blog
In their shoes – An interactive game on Decent Work
01 May 2018
Children at a Geneva school briefly put themselves in the shoes of the tens of millions of children who can’t go to school because they are in child labour. Playing the ILO’s Decent Work Game, they heard the true life story of a child labourer, and what can be done to address the issue.
September 2016
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About the Organization
ILO at work
24 September 2016
This video introduces the work of the International Labour Organization. The ILO is the only tripartite United Nations agency. It brings together government, employer and worker representatives from 187 Member States to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes to promote decent work for all women and men.
July 2015
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Regulating for Decent Work
Photojournalist Ismail Ferdous talks about his exhibition on labour issues
10 July 2015
The ILO hosted an exhibition by Bangladeshi photojournalist Ismail Ferdous to highlight the issues raised during the conference Regulating for Decent Work from 8-10 July 2015. In this interview, the artist talks about his exhibition “So we Exist”, his covering of the Rana Plaza factory collapse and the role of the arts in raising the voice and visibility of workers in the shadows.
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Regulating for Decent Work
Stephanie Barrientos on global supply chains
10 July 2015
Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, discusses the role of the ILO and global alliances in improving working conditions in global supply chains.
February 2015
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After the crisis
Challenges for labour markets now and in the future
27 February 2015
In a statement delivered at the Institute of International and European Affairs, ILO Director-general Guy Ryder examined the state of labour markets and the drivers of major change, at a time when governments across the globe are giving priority to generating growth and jobs. He also addressed the policy challenges ahead for governments and for the ILO, in the run-up to the ILO’s 100th anniversary in 2019.
March 2014
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Lecture
The Relevance of the ILO in the twenty-first century
31 March 2014
The Sir Patrick Lowry Lecture delivered by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, at the University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.