News
June 2021
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WESO Trends 2021
Slow jobs recovery and increased inequality risk long-term COVID-19 scarring
02 June 2021
ILO projections highlight the danger of a COVID-19 labour market legacy of increased geographic and demographic inequality, rising poverty and fewer decent jobs.
July 2020
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Joint Op-Ed ECLAC, ILO & UN Geneva
Building back better: Equality at the centre
16 July 2020
We must put equality and environmental sustainability at the centre of the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 2020
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Blog
Spanish Flu and COVID-19 – are there lessons for the world of work?
27 May 2020
The outbreak of Spanish Flu in 1918 decimated populations around the world and, like the COVID-19 pandemic, had a major impact on jobs, particularly in the poorest, most vulnerable communities.
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COVID-19 and gender equality
COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work
14 May 2020
Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Contagion or starvation, the dilemma facing informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
07 May 2020
Lockdown measures will worsen poverty and vulnerabilities among the world’s two billion informal economy workers, says the International Labour Organization.
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Media advisory
ILO evaluates impact of COVID-19 crisis on informal economy workers
06 May 2020
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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.
March 2020
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The G20 and the COVID-19 pandemic
ILO welcomes G20 commitment as a first global step in responding to the COVID-19 crisis
26 March 2020
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, calls on G20 countries to work together to protect people, jobs, incomes and enterprises from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO
18 March 2020
An initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the global world of work says the effects will be far-reaching, pushing millions of people into unemployment, underemployment and working poverty, and proposes measures for a decisive, co-ordinated and immediate response.
February 2020
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Blog
It’s possible to break the working poverty vicious circle
28 February 2020
Put yourselves in the shoes of a vulnerable worker: You have a job but you struggle to make ends meet. You want to improve your skills so you can get a better job but it’s impossible because you are too busy working. How can you break this working poverty vicious circle?