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June 2020
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Blog
If a ’new normal’ is to be a better normal it must include persons with disabilities
04 June 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has posed special challenges for persons with disabilities, but post-pandemic reforms to social and economic systems offer the chance to build a better normal and a more inclusive future.
May 2020
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Blog
How to ensure older workers fully participate in the recovery after the pandemic
25 May 2020
Older workers are a valuable resource for enterprises yet recent history has shown that many are at risk of losing their jobs following crisis and recession.
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Op-Ed
New normal? Better normal!
01 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare in the cruellest way, the extraordinary precariousness and injustices of our world of work, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
April 2020
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COVID-19 and Safety and health at work
COVID-19 and the new meaning of safety and health at work
30 April 2020
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, occupational safety and health takes on even greater importance. It is a core aspect of decent work, and as such, it should be universally guaranteed. Yet, too many work accidents still take place every year.
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COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment
COVID-19 responses must be built on human solidarity, ILO tells World Bank/IMF
17 April 2020
In submissions to the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank the ILO Director-General has laid out a four-pillar plan of policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis, that are human-centred and built on global solidarity.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Five ways to protect health workers during the COVID-19 crisis
01 April 2020
Health workers and systems are playing a crucial role in the global fight against COVID-19 and special measures are needed to support and protect them.
March 2020
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COVID-19: Pandemic in the World of Work
COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our economies
27 March 2020
The Corona virus pandemic is not just a medical crisis, but a social and economic one too, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. If our response is to be effective it must take into account all these factors, and be delivered in a co-ordinated, global way. In particular, it must answer the needs of the most vulnerable.
August 2015
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World Water Week
Making water work for all
24 August 2015
Professor Jayati Ghosh of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, explains how recognizing and formalizing work in water benefits workers and improves economic growth.
July 2015
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Labour regulation
Addressing the complex realities of post-crisis employment
14 July 2015
Several hundred experts meeting at the ILO Regulating for Decent Work Conference call for robust labour regulation to help deliver decent work and look to innovation to tackle unacceptable forms of work.
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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.