News, articles and events on youth employment
October 2020
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© Annie Spratt 2022
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.
February 2020
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Can we achieve decent work for all by 2030?
22 February 2020
The ILO Department of Statistics has just fulfilled its SDG reporting duties for 2020. What the data show is not encouraging: at this pace, we won’t achieve decent work for all by 2030.
October 2019
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© ILO 2022
Young people are far more likely to be in working poverty
16 October 2019
While absolute poverty and working poverty rates have fallen, there are still major disparities across age groups, genders and countries.
January 2014
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© Roberto Schmidt / AFP 2022
Working poverty reduction stalled
21 January 2014
Working poverty dropped drastically over a decade, but progress stalled in 2013. Achieving further improvements requires moving workers out of informal, vulnerable work and ensuring they enjoy decent working conditions, according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2014.