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From prison to a better life

Sergio was arrested and jailed in Madagascar when he was 16 for stealing vanilla. Thanks to vocational training he’s learned to be a bricklayer and no longer engages in petty crime. Read his story on our new Voices multimedia platform.

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Uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis

The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO, records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain unless early improvements are supported by human-centred recovery policies.

• ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 7th edition
• COVID-19 and the world of work

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Telework: Wild ride or win-win?

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden explosion in the number of people who telework, even in jobs that no one would have imagined it possible. But how do you maintain the balance between your work life and your private life when your home is your workplace? Listen to our Voices Future of Work podcast with Jon Messenger, a Senior Research Officer at the International Labour Organization.

• COVID-19 and the world of work

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‘Action pledges’ needed to end child labour

Representatives from governments, worker and employer organizations, international agencies and civil society outlined how they intend to eradicate child labour by 2025, at a virtual event to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

• 2021: International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
• Watch the virtual launch event

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