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October 2009

  1. Publication

    Electronic Newsletter PRO169 - October 2009

    02 October 2009

    This is the second edition of PRO 169's electronic newsletter. Since the first edition in June 2009, there have been a number of developments within the programme including the initiation of activities in Central America and Bangladesh; organisation of various seminars and training programmes at Headquarters; new publications and further expansion of existing websites. PRO 169 has also undergone an external evaluation by three indigenous experts. In collaboration with the OHCHR, PRO 169 organised the celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

September 2009

  1. Video

    Liberia : Women Building a Path to Prosperity

    22 September 2009

    After 14 years of conflict, Liberia is on the road to recovery. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has joined forces with the government and the private sector to help kick start the economy with a road building programme, where nearly half the workers are women.

  2. Cooperatives

    ILO Launches Fourth Call for Proposals to Promote Cooperatives in Africa

    14 September 2009

    The International Labour Organization announced the launch, on 14 September 2009, of a fourth call for proposals to promote social economy organizations based on cooperative values and principles through the Cooperative Facility for Africa (CoopAFRICA) programme.

  3. Statement

    Trafficking for Labour Exploitation: challenges for criminal Law Enforcement, by Roger Plant, Cambridge, September 2009

    02 September 2009

    Paper prepared for the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2 September 2009

August 2009

  1. The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

    ILO says significant steps undertaken for the development of a new international human rights instrument on HIV/AIDS

    12 August 2009

    The first draft text of an international labour standard in the form of a Recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work has been released by the ILO. Based on the discussions held at the International Labour Conference in Geneva this June, the draft text of the human rights instrument has been sent to member States for tripartite consultations.

  2. Video

    Dominican Republic – Social dialogue: IPEC and workers cooperation in sustainable action against child labour

    07 August 2009

    Before the launch in 2002 of the Dominican Republic National Time Bound Programme supported by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), school attendance would drop by 50% during the four months children went to work in the fields in Azua province which produces around two-thirds of the country’s tomatoes production. With 75% of the population living in poverty, the province is a top priority for national social policy.

  3. Publication

    International Labour Conference 2009: World leaders support ILO “Global Jobs Pact”

    01 August 2009

    The Pact received strong support from heads of State and government, vice-presidents, ministers of labour, workers and employers and other economic and labour leaders participating in an ILO Jobs Summit on 15–17 June. The summit provided a first-of-its-kind opportunity to discuss policies that are being implemented at national and international levels to address the global jobs crisis.

  4. Publication

    From the right to “combine” to the right to organize

    01 August 2009

    From about 1750 onwards, workers had started to organize in Europe. Governments and employers reacted quickly, and laws and regulations were adopted to restrict such activities.

  5. Publication

    The crisis in the construction industry

    01 August 2009

    The construction industry has been severely hit by the economic crisis. The ILO calculates that at least 5 million construction workers lost their jobs during 2008.

  6. Publication

    The crisis and the future of the automobile industry: Putting the spark back into the automobile industry

    01 August 2009

    Few of the delegates at the ILO’s tripartite meeting on the auto manufacturing sector four years ago could have imagined the depth of the crisis which would be engulfing the industry today, as the global recession takes its toll on consumer demand for autos. Andrew Bibby looks at the last few months which have seen venerable names in great difficulties as well as unprecedented government intervention in the sector.