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April 2022
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Rural women need gender equality, workplace safety
06 April 2022
A strong and positive occupational safety and health culture is vital built on inclusion. However, women especially in rural sectors are often left out. Developmental approaches to promoting occupational safety and health, enhancing access to training and other technical advisory services, and increasing women’s participation can help improve safety and health in the rural sectors and communities.
March 2022
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ILO in action
How to combine better income and food security
31 March 2022
Fabrice Leclerq, Chief Technical Advisor of an ILO project in Haiti explains how it aims to improve the living conditions of 1000 small producers, half of which are women, by using two products growing abundantly on the island: cocoa and breadfruit.
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© Peretz Partensky 2022
Child labour - Forced labour
ILO welcomes lifting of Cotton Campaign boycott of Uzbekistan
14 March 2022
Agricultural and economic reforms have led to the eradication of systemic child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest.
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Forced and child labour
Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour
01 March 2022
Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings.
February 2022
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© Ishak Saleh / UN Women 2022
Occupational safety and health
ILO and IWCA sign MOU to improve occupational safety and health of women in the coffee sector
14 February 2022
New agreement between ILO and IWCA aims to improve occupational safety and health training and knowledge for women who depend on coffee production for their livelihoods.
November 2021
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ILO and cooperatives raise awareness, promote labour rights on farms in Jordan
24 November 2021
The ILO and a number of agricultural cooperatives are working together to ensure that workers are well informed of their rights and responsibilities at work through awareness raising sessions held on farms.
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ILO in action
Out of the fields and into the classroom
23 November 2021
Senior Programme Officer in Turkey, Nejat Kocabay, explains how four ILO projects are helping to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in seasonal agriculture in Turkey, including hazelnut harvesting. The projects, targeting seasonal agricultural workers, are being implemented in collaboration with the EU, Dutch and Turkish governments, Ferrero and CAOBISCO – The Association of Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries of Europe.
October 2021
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© M. Crozet / ILO 2022
The Future of Work Podcast
Rural women don’t want charity, they want to feel empowered
15 October 2021
Every year, on 15 October, the world celebrates the International Day of Rural Women, recognizing the critical role played by women in rural areas. This year the International Day recognizes their contribution to enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty. Listen to our latest podcast.
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Climate change
Action needed at COP26 to reduce the risk of natural disasters
13 October 2021
Natural disasters threaten to wipe out years of development progress in some areas of the world. Ahead of COP26, the ILO calls for greater global cooperation to reduce natural disaster risk and provide support to those impacted by climate change and natural disasters.
September 2021
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Jobs and nature
ILO and IUCN sign an agreement to harness the interdependence between jobs and nature
01 September 2021
The Memorandum of Understanding between the two agencies aims to make biodiversity an integral part of the agenda to promote decent work and advance social justice.