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ILO and AJI Indonesia launch media competition and award on occupational safety and health (OSH)

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the Enhancing COVID-19 Prevention at and through Workplaces, and AJI Indonesia is organizing a media competition and award for journalistic reporting on the issue of occupational safety and health...

Press Release

ILO examines compatibility of Jordanian legislation with violence and harassment Convention 190

Legal gap analysis presents tangible recommendations for aligning Jordanian legal framework with C190 and international standards for human rights

Press Release

ILO concludes violence and harassment training for stakeholders in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt

Participants propose recommendations for violence and harassment prevention in the world of work

Colombia

Agrosura, the Colombian coffee company that improved its safe and healthy working environments with the ILO

Located in Salgar, Antioquia, Agrosura found in the SCORE Training a bridge of communication that helped it to increase its productivity. How did this ILO methodology help Agrosura realize a tangible change in the company?

Informal businesses

Strengthening informal businesses in India through Activity-Based Learning - Lessons from cases in Lao People's Democratic Republic and...

The ILO organized an online workshop on “Delivering Impactful Support for Informal Businesses” for Indian ministries, sectoral associations and development organizations which support development of informal businesses. The workshop presented...

Colombia

A Colombian media commits to gender equality with the ILO's "Protocol on Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence"

One of the premier newspapers in Colombia, El Espectador, has put its bets on the SCORE Gender Equality Model (MIG SCORE), bringing forward the debate on gender-based violence, one of the pillars of MIG SCORE and a priority of the International...

Reforming recruitment processes and standardizing operational conduct of private employment agencies in Nigeria

Arising from institutional and operational challenges that pervades the recruitment industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government with support from the FAIRWAY Programme completed a revision of the Code of Conduct for Private Employment Agencies,...

Putting the focus on Decent Work and Labour Migration in Central America!

The ILO launches a series of fact sheets to analyse the labour and migration profile of migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, as well as a series of recommendations to promote decent jobs, improve working conditions and establish...

The ILO collaborates with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on a Capacity Building Workshop for Desk Officers in Nigeria

The training sought to, build the requisite skill of 37 Child Labour Desk Officers and also equip them on the modalities of implementing the Actions Pledged by the Ministry during the launch of International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour...

Joint Action Group for transport workers

UN agencies and other international organizations establish Joint Action Group to protect transport workers and secure supply chains during...

The Group will focus on promoting COVID-19 vaccination of transport workers and ensuring the application of internationally agreed protocols and standards.

International Labour Conference

Calls for increased action on inequalities and skills end second session of 109th International Labour Conference

The second and final session of the 109th International Labour Conference has concluded with a call from Member States for the ILO to develop new strategies to tackle inequalities and boost skills and life-long learning.

Informal economy

Fiji’s western artists prepare for potential disruptions from cyclones

ILO and UNDP are currently working with business development providers such as MSME Fiji, the Itaukei Affairs Trust Board, Green House Co-Working, Vou Fiji and the Fiji Enterprise Engine to roll out BCP training to a large cohort of MSME’s. Through...

Azerbaijan shared its experience with Kyrgyzstan on e-labour contracts

At the request of the Kyrgyz Republic, Azerbaijan shared its experience on e-labour contracts.

Announced, the winner of the First Sign Language Dance Choreography Competition

The Show Your Sign contest was co-devised by the UN in Indonesia and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the Indonesian Association for the Welfare of the Deaf (Gerkatin), and the affiliated Sign Language Center in...

Efforts intensified by ILO, EBRD and UMT to increase women’s employment through scaling up municipal services in early childhood care and...

Having signed a cooperation protocol following the release of a report aiming to alleviate the burden of early childhood care and education (ECCE) as one of the biggest barriers to women’s employment, and to increase women’s employment, the...

News

A Helmet and Two Wheels

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey held a launch event on 10 December 2021 to present its recent “Analysis of Psychosocial Risks for Employees of Delivery Sector Focusing on Motorcycle-Couriers” that investigated the...

Take the ILO Rapid Survey on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Work and Aspirations

The International Labour Organization has launched a rapid survey on the impacts of COVID-19 on work and aspirations. We want to hear from you!

Decent work for peace

ILO and Interpeace sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen conflict-sensitive and peace-responsive programming

ILO and Interpeace sign MoU to expand global peace responsive approaches.

Need human-centred recovery from COVID-19: Ministry of Labour, employers and workers affirm at ILO event

The panel deliberated on the ILO’s Global Call to Action which prioritizes an economic recovery that is “fully inclusive, sustainable and resilient”, by the creation of decent jobs for all and addresses the inequalities caused by the crisis.

Social health protection

1.6 billion across Asia and the Pacific lack access to social health protection

Ground-breaking new report on the extension of social health protection in Asia and the Pacific highlights shortfalls of existing schemes and need for wider access to health care services.