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The workplace equality challenge
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has welcomed the decision to place the fight against inequality at the heart of this year’s G7 summit. Ryder, who will be attending the 24 to 26 August summit in Biarritz, France, called inequality one of the key challenges of our time.
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Cutting-edge mining in Sweden, where automation is the solution, not a threat
An ILO News team went deep underground into one of the world’s most advanced mines to find out how technology has affected jobs, safety and the integration of women.
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A renewed mandate for social justice
A new declaration for the future of work was adopted at the 108th session of the International Labour Conference. It reinvigorates the ILO’s mandate for social justice and will guide the work of the ILO as it begins its second century. Watch the video and find out more on our new Centenary Declaration resources page.
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Creating positive change for youth
International Youth day 2019
Sixty-three million young people worldwide are unemployed and 141 million are trapped in working poverty. As we mark International Youth Day 2019 listen to aspirations of young people about the Future of Work.
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News
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International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
Between two worlds
The dark, seedy world of forced labour is evoked by Malaysian poet, Nazreen Mohamad.
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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.
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A new ILO-Japan project to ensure water, jobs and peace in Mindanao, Philippines
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
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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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Global Youth Employment Forum
The disturbing reality of youth employment
Blog Work in Progress
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International Youth Day
Transforming Mona, the importance of relevant, equitable and inclusive education
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.