© Annie Spratt 2020

International Day of Rural Women

Rural women: Key actors in poverty reduction and food security

15 October 2020

Despite playing a major role as farmers, wage earners and entrepreneurs, rural women face gender-based discrimination leading to unpaid work, as well as unequal access to education, healthcare, property, and financial services.

Food security

Impact of COVID-19 on people’s livelihoods, their health and our food systems

13 October 2020

Joint statement by ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO.

VIRTUAL EVENT : 13 October 2020. 09:00 New York time

Building back better: Indigenous Peoples’ Voices in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inequalities and discrimination experienced by the world’s over 476 million indigenous and tribal peoples are now exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the United Nations General Assembly held its annual discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples, the ILO joined partners of the Indigenous Navigator initiative in hosting a webinar to hear from indigenous representatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America about their perspectives on building an inclusive and sustainable COVID-19 response.

© Prakash Mathema / AFP 2020

Blog

Include indigenous people in COVID-19 response

20 July 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on an already marginalized population in Nepal.

Forced labour

Justices of the Peace, allies in the fight against forced labour in Peru

17 February 2020

As part of its efforts to eliminate forced labour in Peru’s Amazon region, the ILO is working in collaboration with the most affected communities.

© John Isaac / UN Photo 2020

Rights of indigenous peoples

Urgent action needed to tackle poverty and inequalities facing indigenous peoples

03 February 2020

Thirty years after the adoption of the only international Convention on the rights of indigenous peoples, a new ILO report finds they are still more likely to be poor and face particular hardships in the world of work.

Media advisory

New report assesses situation of world’s indigenous and tribal peoples

29 January 2020

News

ILO shares its orientation tool on coops with indigenous women entrepreneurs at WIPO training

18 November 2019

Event

ILO and Partners Celebrate International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples 2019

The International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated in Bangladesh on 6 August 2019 at an event organized by The Indigenous Peoples Forum and Kapaeeng Foundation the ILO, UNDP, Australian Aid, and Royal Danish Embassy all attended the event.

Event

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2019

There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across more than 70 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world's population, but account for 15 per cent of the world’s poor. Yet they protect nearly 80 per cent of the Earth’s biodiversity. The ILO has been engaged with indigenous and tribal peoples’ issues since the 1920s. It is responsible for the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), the only international treaty open for ratification that deals exclusively with their rights.