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May 2022
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ILO Monitor on the World of Work
ILO: Labour market recovery goes into reverse
23 May 2022
Recovery in the global labour market is threatened by multiple and interlinked global crises, as well as increasing inequalities, according to the latest ILO report on the world of work.
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© Adam Lai 2022
5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
Global Child Labour Conference agrees Durban Call to Action to end child labour
20 May 2022
The ‘Durban Call to Action’ includes strong commitments on action against child labour while raising concerns that existing progress has slowed and is now threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflict, as well as food, environmental and humanitarian crises.
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News
ILO-IPDN collaborate to improve understanding of labour issues for education personnel and students
19 May 2022
The ILO collaborates with the Institute of Home Affairs Governance (IPDN) to increase the understanding and strengthen the curriculum for educators and students on international labour standards.
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© USAID 2022
Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All
Incentivizing collaboration towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals
19 May 2022
Progress on achieving the health-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals is lagging, and greater multilateral collaboration, as spelt out in the SDG3 Global Action Plan, is needed, according to a new report.
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Can big data help us understand the future of work?
19 May 2022
This podcast investigates the possibilities of using big data to analyse ongoing work trends in both developed and developing economies as a means of anticipating future work needs. It features Tony Bonen, Acting Executive Director of Canada’s Labour Market Information Council in Ottawa, and Matthieu Charpe, Senior Economist at the ILO’s Employment Policy Department.
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Better Work programme
Better gender equality means more resilient future for Viet Nam’s garment, footwear industries
18 May 2022
Robust evidence from ILO’s Better Work programme shows that empowering women could help to build forward better Viet Nam’s key export sectors from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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© Miguel Medina / AFP 2022
Media Advisory
ILO to release latest Monitor on the world of work, analyzing impact of multiple crises
17 May 2022
The ILO will publish the 9th edition of its Monitor report series, which tracks the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises on workers and businesses worldwide.
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Video
New water system promotes peace, decent work in Maguindanao
17 May 2022
Women and former combatants from Datu Piang, Maguindanao built a water system that will benefit 95 households. The ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project trained and engaged local communities as workers to build a water system, which contributed to providing jobs and promoting peace in the Bangsamoro region.
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Former combatants partner for safe water, peace in Mindanao
17 May 2022
Former combatants trained as construction workers built a level II water system with 22 tap stands under the ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project to provide jobs and promote peace in the Bangsamoro region. More than a thousand households and a nearby school with hundred of children gain access to safe and clean water.
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Our impact, their voices
Clean water, decent work unite communities for peace
17 May 2022
Over 2,000 households in five villages benefit from three new water systems built under the ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur. The project contributed to provide jobs and promote peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines.
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Press release
ILO, DOLE ink agreement to help workers return to work safely and digitally
17 May 2022
A new deal with the ILO and DOLE aims to boost over 30,000 workers’ productivity in COVID-19 and typhoon-hit areas with the support of the Government of Japan.
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5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
Far-reaching action needed to end child labour
16 May 2022
Delegates at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour unite in calling for more to be done to end child labour
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News
The 2nd Employment Working Group G20 Meeting: “Improving the Employment Condition to Recover Together”
16 May 2022
The ILO supports the G20 Presidency of Indonesia which is committed to advocate collective action on three main pillars on global health architecture, sustainable energy transition and digital transformation.
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Press release
New ILO report finds African workplaces have been dramatically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic
12 May 2022
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Recognized, Indonesia’s collaborative efforts to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
12 May 2022
The ILO global report on occupational safety and health (OSH), issued as part of the commemoration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Workplace highlights efforts taken by Indonesia to build a partnership with relevant actors in implementing the COVID-19 risk assessment service at workplace.