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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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© A. Nguyen / ILO 2022
Workers with disabilities
New guide offers insights to business on employing people with disability in the Asia Pacific Region
30 March 2022
Updated ILO resource aims to help companies looking to provide accessible and supportive workplaces.
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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.
December 2021
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COVID-19 and road transport
Road transport operators warn of a “perfect storm” in supply chain crisis
06 December 2021
Road transport companies and workers’ representatives call on governments to address labour concerns, rising fuel prices and pandemic restrictions in the sector, to stem driver turnover and prevent supply chain disruptions.
May 2021
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News
Report highlights need for gender equality in Asia’s garment sector
06 May 2021
A new ILO report 'Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector' examines the status and trends relating to women and gender dynamics in Asia’s garment sector while providing a roadmap for action to accelerate progress towards gender equality.
October 2020
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© Fahad Abdullah Kaizer/UN Women 2022
Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impact ripples through supply chain
21 October 2020
Collapsing consumer demand, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports have taken their toll on the Asia Pacific garment industry, says a new ILO report.
September 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
End the plight of stranded seafarers
24 September 2020
COVID-19 containment measures, travel restrictions and border closures, continue to make it increasingly difficult for ship operators worldwide to conduct required crew changes. The ILO, shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations and UN bodies call to end the plight of seafarers and to fully respect seafarers’ rights.
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Multi-donor programme
ILO/Germany programme to protect garment workers affected by COVID-19
08 September 2020
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is giving €14.5 million to an International Labour Organization (ILO) multi-donor programme to help garment sector workers in seven countries who have been affected by COVID-19.
April 2020
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© Jean‐Pierre Pellissier / ILO 2022
COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
ILO welcomes joint action to tackle COVID-19 threats to global garment industry
22 April 2020
Employers, workers, retailers and major brands will form an international working group – convened by the International Labour Organization – to address the already serious damage to the garment industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 2020
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Forced and child labour
Forced and child labour in Uzbek cotton fields continues to fall
05 February 2020
Systematic and systemic child and forced labour were not used by the Uzbekistan government during the 2019 cotton production cycle, according to a new ILO report.