News and events
2020
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© UNICEF/Santiago Arcos 2020
Publication
Appeal: Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean
11 August 2020
Within the framework of the Regional Refugees and Migrants Response Plan (RMRP), the ILO has launched an appeal to its funding partners to support the response to the unprecedented refugees and migrants crisis in the Latin American region. The ILO is the joint coordinator of the Socioeconomic and Cultural Integration Sector of the inter-agency response for Venezuelan migrants and refugees, and has developed this comprehensive intervention strategy in coordination with IOM and UNHCR.
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News
ILO and RDPP launch a partnership to combat worst forms of child labour in Iraq
28 July 2020
The new partnership aims to tackle the worst forms of child labour amongst internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and vulnerable host community members in Iraq.
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UN initiatives
ILO and the United Nations COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund
08 July 2020
Working with the UN to find joint solutions to the COVID-19 crisis.
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UN initiatives
Closing the SDG Financing gap – the UNSDG Joint Fund for Agenda 2030
08 July 2020
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High Level Political Forum Side Event
SDG Financing: A Time to Act
03 July 2020
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Humanitarian Development Nexus
ILO and the Grand Bargain
26 June 2020
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© Issouf Sanogo / AFP 2020
COVID-19 and child labour
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF
12 June 2020
Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.
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Press release
Malawi commemorates World Day Against Child Labour 2020
12 June 2020
Malawi joins the work in commemorating World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) with a focus this year on the impact of COVID-19 on child labour, under the slogan: COVID-19: Protect Children from Child Labour, now more than ever!
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Press release
Cambodia and UN step up efforts to promote Decent Employment for Youth
01 June 2020
A joint programme will help school-to-work transition of young women and men in Cambodia
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Publication
ILO launches projects on South-South and Triangular Cooperation 2020-2021
01 June 2020
The ILO through its partnerships’ department is launching 23 South-South and Triangular Cooperation projects across the five regions and the ITC-Turin office for the 2020-2021 biennium.