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    Remembering Mandela: “Let us walk the last mile together”

    The United Nations General Assembly in New York is holding a Peace Summit in honour of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. In a statement to mark the occasion, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, describes Mandela as a lasting source of inspiration in the pursuit of peace and social justice.

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  • I escaped child labour and can now help others

    Our impact, their voices

    On the eve of International Week of the Deaf we profile a deaf Zambian man who, with ILO help, escaped child labour and discrimination and built a successful career as a teacher in the US.

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  • Voices from the world of work: ILO staff/Asia-Pacific

    ILO Centenary

    In the first of our video voices series to mark the 100th anniversary next year of the International Labour Organization, ILO staff in the Asia-Pacific region share their thoughts on the organization, its centenary, and how it is helping to shape the future of work.

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  • Better Work Viet Nam challenges sexual harassment across the factory floor

    Our impact, their voices

    Still an underreported issue in the country, the joint programme of the ILO and the International Finance Cooperation, sheds light on the nature of harassment in the workplace and ways to tackle it.

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Focus on

  1. The ILO Centenary

  1. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    • Decent Work for Sustainable Development Resource Platform

News

  1.

    Regional Meeting to discuss future of work challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

    With almost 100 days until the ILO’s Centenary, ILO Regional Director José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs discusses future of work challenges in his region.

  2. ILO100

    Towards the ILO Centenary

    The countdown has begun to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Labour Organization.

Programmes and results

  1. 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.

  2.

    Youth employment

    NEPAD Agency joins ILO’s Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

Cooperation

  1. 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.

  2. ILO projects worldwide

    Discover the new ILO Development Cooperation Dashboard

  3. Syrian refugees

    ILO, UNHCR to boost job creation for refugees and host communities in Jordan

ArtWorks

  1. Artists engagement programme

    Artworks brings together artists to raise awareness, promote fundamental rights and advocate for social change on world of work issues.

World of work trends

  1. World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs
  2. World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 – Global snapshot
  3. World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2018
  4. World Social Protection Report 2017-19
  5. Global Employment Trends for Youth 2017
  6. 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery and Child Labour

Resources for constituents

  1. 107th Session of the International Labour Conference

  2. 332nd Session of the Governing Body

  3. Upcoming sectoral tripartite meetings

  4. Programme of ILO meetings 2018-19

  5. Bureau for Workers' Activities

  6. Bureau for Employers' Activities

Campaign

  1. 50forFreedom

    Support the international treaty to end modern slavery

Learn more

  1. Trainings and courses

    ILO Training Centre

    Global provider of training for the world of work

  2. ILO Helpdesk for business on international labour standards

  3. Skills for employment knowledge sharing platform

Multimedia library

Apps  ¦  Photos  ¦  Videos  ¦  Audio

Director-General

  1. United Nations General Assembly

    Remembering Mandela: “Let us walk the last mile together”

Blog Work in Progress

  1. ILO100

    Social protection: Looking back, preparing the future

Key messages

  1. Infostory

    Young workers at risk

World of Work magazine

  1. Special 2018 issue

    Violence at work

    This year’s edition of the World of Work magazine highlights the themes discussed by the ILO’s 107th International Labour Conference (ILC).