News
December 2021
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© Chosa Mweemba / WorldFish 2022
Rural economy
With decent work and a sustainable model aquaculture could feed the world
20 December 2021
The lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis should encourage reforms towards a more sustainable and resilient aquaculture sector and food systems at large.
October 2020
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© Annie Spratt 2022
International Day of Rural Women
Rural women: Key actors in poverty reduction and food security
15 October 2020
Despite playing a major role as farmers, wage earners and entrepreneurs, rural women face gender-based discrimination leading to unpaid work, as well as unequal access to education, healthcare, property, and financial services.
January 2020
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Business Reporter
Why we need a human-centred future of work
27 January 2020
While there is no doubt some jobs will be lost through these changes, there is also a huge potential to create decent work. But, at the moment, these are just possibilities. It is up to us to turn them into reality.
March 2017
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Rural development
The rural economy: An untapped source of jobs, growth and development
13 March 2017
Decent work in the rural economy will be key to fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ pledge to leave no one behind.
November 2016
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Implementing the ILO G20 Training Strategy
How rural communities are being empowered and deciding on quality jobs and skills needed in their areas
11 November 2016
ILO’s Chief Technical Advisor in Mozambique, Ana Cristina Paulo, talks about the "Skills for Employment and Productivity in Low Income Countries” project being implemented by the ILO, with support from KOICA of South Korea project, now approaching the midpoint of its three-year period.
October 2016
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© Nahuel Berger / World Bank 2022
Rural employment
ILO: 52 million people working in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean
14 October 2016
Greater efforts required to improve working conditions in the countryside, a new ILO regional report on rural employment says.
June 2016
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© Presidencia Colombia / JD Tena 2022
News
ILO Director-General congratulates Colombia for "historic step" towards peace
24 June 2016
Guy Ryder says that the Havana bilateral and definitive ceasefire agreement to end hostilities and lay down arms will bring opportunities and challenges, including employment, and that the ILO stands ready to assist.
May 2016
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© R. Golinelli / Bioversity Int. 2022
Jobs in Latin America
Latin American and Caribbean unemployment to rise in 2016
11 May 2016
The evolution of labour markets in the region will be analyzed at ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, to be held in Mexico this month.
February 2014
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© François Xavier Marit / AFP 2022
Rural development
The need to invest in Africa’s rural transformation
12 February 2014
Boosting rural investment in Africa would create millions of badly needed jobs, as well as food security and resilience.
September 2012
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Analysis
Crisis in Spain highlights an increasing ‘employment divide’
17 September 2012
The wave of social unrest that has recently hit Spain is a reflection of the growing rural/urban and north/south divide in the country.