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March 2022
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International Women's Day
More than 4 million women have not been able to return to work in Latin America and the Caribbean
03 March 2022
A high unemployment rate of 16.4 per cent, high informality, overload due to care tasks, are factors that contribute to increasing gender gaps in the labour market. A new ILO Technical Note looks at policies that can be applied to make up lost ground.
November 2021
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Migrant worker rights and recruitment
COVID-19 has made life even more precarious for migrant workers
22 November 2021
Stranded in their destination countries or forced to leave, unemployed and with no access to social protection, migrant workers have suffered the worst of the pandemic.
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The tourism sector
ILO research highlights massive COVID-19 impact on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific
18 November 2021
Asia–Pacific tourism industry left reeling from job losses, deterioration in work quality and shifts towards increased informality.
May 2021
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The future of the tourism sector
Tourism: An opportunity to rethink the future of the industry
04 May 2021
Tourism has been among the hardest hit of all sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. Women, youth, and workers in the informal economy are the most at risk from tourism sector job losses and business closures. Building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic represents an opportunity to rethink the future of the tourism sector, including how it contributes to the lives of 300 million workers worldwide.
March 2021
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Gender equality
How to strengthen gender measures and data in the COVID-19 era
01 March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit sectors where women are over-represented the hardest: tourism, retail, the care economy. Yet the pandemic has also exposed data collection gaps that undermine our ability to craft effective policy responses.
November 2020
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COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
Cash flow the biggest problem facing business during COVID-19 crisis
27 November 2020
Micro and small enterprises worst affected by COVID-19 pandemic, says a survey of 4,500 enterprises in 45 countries.
August 2020
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COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and labour demand
Hotel executive Kotchaporn shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her work in Thailand
25 August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected Thailand's tourism sector. Hotel executive Kotchaporn describes how her work has changed.
April 2020
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COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment
COVID-19: How social and economic sectors are responding
21 April 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on all social and economic sectors. In a series of briefs, the ILO analyses how the pandemic is affecting the functioning of these sectors and how they are responding to alleviate its effects.
September 2017
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World Tourism Day
How small tourism businesses in Nepal are turning more professional
27 September 2017
The disastrous 2015 earthquake seriously damaged Nepal’s tourist industry. Now that the tourists are starting to return, they’re discovering something new about the way Nepalese businesses are welcoming visitors.
May 2016
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Sustainable tourism: A driving force of job creation, economic growth and development
17 May 2016
On the eve of the T20 Ministers’ meeting in China, ILO Tourism Specialist Lucie Servoz explains how sustainable tourism can be a driving force for decent work, economic growth and sustainable development.