News and events
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.
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© UNICEF/Santiago Arcos 2020
Publication
Appeal: Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean
27 May 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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COVID-19: Promoting skills development
Staying competitive during COVID-19 with digital skills
19 May 2020
Responding to the growing need for ICT skills caused by COVID-19 pandemic, the ILO team up with the Indonesian Retail Association (APRINDO) to provide an opportunity for business owners and laid-off workers to be more competitive with improved digital skills.
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Press release
ILO and Fafo launch rapid impact assessment of COVID-19 on workers in Jordan
01 May 2020
The assessment highlights the vulnerabilities of informally employed workers, including Syrian refugees, during lockdown.
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Press release
Safety and Health at Work Can Save Lives and Help Stop the Covid-19 Pandemic
28 April 2020
As the world celebrate this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work, commemorated on 28 April each year, there is need to address the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the world’s workplaces. In Malawi, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is supporting the Government, workers, and employers to prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by reinforcing the social protection and labour protection clusters of the National Preparedness and Response Plan and sponsoring rapid assessments of the impacts of the crisis on the labour market, so that the ILO can support our partners and the broader United Nations (UN) country team to target our responses for maximum impact.
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Opinion
Towards a Coordinated Humanitarian-Development Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Reflections from the Arab Region with an ILO Lens
22 April 2020
The multilateral system should support Arab countries to build on humanitarian and development mechanisms and experiences developed in recent years, in order to rapidly and effectively respond to the COVID-19 health, social, and economic crisis in the region.