News, articles and events on youth employment
February 2022
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Thriving Youth – From Ageism to Intergenerational Solidarity
A virtual side event on ageism and youth organized by UN DESA, WHO, ILO and the Major Group on Children and Youth during the 60th Commission for Social Development.
January 2022
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The 12th Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 8: SSE: youth, education and new skills
31 January 2022
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Gender-responsive employment policies for a job-rich and fair recovery
A new generation of gender-responsive employment policies can play an important role to promote an inclusive and job-rich recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. This webinar will bring together experts and policymakers from different regions to share knowledge on how they have produced specific diagnostics on how women and men have been impacted by the crisis, and the ways in which they have progressed in implementing gender-responsive policies.
April 2021
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Amaal Bani Awwad, National Project Coordinator at ILO Jordan
21 April 2021
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
December 2020
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ILO COOP participates in the distance learning course on “Youth entrepreneurship: programs and measures for promotion youth entrepreneurship” organized by ITC-ILO
08 December 2020
The session on “Experiences and development of social and solidarity economy (SSE) entrepreneurship” was held virtually on 18 November 2020 to discuss the principles of the SSE and how they can be used as a tool to support decent work and foster employment for youth
October 2020
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Social dialogue crucial to tackling impact of COVID-19
20 October 2020
Agreements between governments, employers and workers help protect workers, businesses and economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says.
June 2020
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Social dialogue essential to any effective response to the pandemic says ILO Director-General
26 June 2020
Giving communities a greater voice in their own affairs enables compromises on difficult issues, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s at the Global Deal Conference on “Social Dialogue and the SDGs in the times of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
May 2020
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ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19
27 May 2020
The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment.
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ILO’s intervention at webinar series “Employment and Entrepreneurship for Chinese Youth”
19 May 2020
The covid-19 pandemic has a severe impact on global youth employment. This is also true for the 8.74 million Chinese university graduates. The ILO is providing employment and entrepreneurship advice for the Chinese youth.
February 2020
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ILO contributes to the Global Youth Forum Cooperative Entrepreneurship through a video message
10 February 2020
The message from ILO COOP Unit Manager focused on the current concerns around youth employment and the role cooperatives can play in creating work opportunities and better working conditions for youth.