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COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already existing inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who need it most.
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ILO welcomes G20 commitment as a first global step in responding to the COVID-19 crisis
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, 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: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups
Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.
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COVID-19 and the world of work: Impact and policy responses
The ILO’s preliminary assessment of the possible impact of COVID-19 on the world of work proposes a range of policy options to ease the fallout of the pandemic and support strong and fast recovery.
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News
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COVID-19: Protecting workers
New guidelines to help employers support families during COVID-19 – Issued by ILO and UNICEF
Programmes and results
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ILO's flagship programmes
The ILO has integrated many of its existing technical projects into five flagship programmes, designed to enhance the efficency and impact of its development cooperation with constituents on a global scale.
Cooperation
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Partnering for Development
With over 50 years of experience in development cooperation, the ILO today has a bigger portfolio than ever with some 600 active programmes and projects in more than 100 countries.
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ILO projects worldwide
Discover ILO's Development Cooperation Dashboard
Campaigns
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Artworks
Artists engagement programme
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50forFreedom
Support the international treaty to end modern slavery
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Trainings and courses
ILO Training Centre
Global provider of training for the world of work
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ILO Helpdesk for business on international labour standards
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Skills for employment knowledge sharing platform
Director-General
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COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our economies
Blog Work in Progress
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COVID-19 pandemic
Precarious workers pushed to the edge by COVID-19
Interactive
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ILO Centenary
Our story, your story
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InfoStory
The ILO: Laying the foundations of social justice
World of Work magazine
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Special 2019 issue: The ILO at 100
Working for peace and social justice
This Centenary issue of the World of Work magazine presents some milestones of the ILO’s history and its efforts to promote social justice as the foundation of peace around the globe.