ECLAC and ILO to launch new report on 2020 labour market trends in Latin America and the Caribbean with emphasis on youth
The joint publication will be announced virtually on Tuesday, 10 November at a simultaneous press conference featuring Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, and the ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Vinícius Pinheiro.
6 November 2020
The report will address the region’s labour market dynamics in 2020 and especially the effect of the pandemic on the situation for young people from the region. The launch will take place via a simultaneous virtual press conference led by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, and Vinícius Pinheiro, Regional Director of the ILO for Latin America and the Caribbean.
It will be broadcast online via the ECLAC and ILO websites and social networks, Twitter (@cepal_onu) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu and https://www.facebook.com/oitamericas). ECLAC has projected that the COVID-19 crisis will cause the worst contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) in the history of the region, which has had and will have profound labour and social consequences.
The lockdown measures adopted by countries that halted economic activities and placed restrictions on the movement of people have hit the labour markets of Latin America and the Caribbean in an unprecedented way. The impact has increased the risk of greater labour gaps in detriment to already disadvantaged groups.
In addition to analyzing the labour market dynamics from recent months, the joint report indicates that, for various reasons, women, young people and immigrants were among the people who were most affected by the health crisis. More specifically, the second part of the document examines how young people were affected in the current employment situation.
The full version of the new joint ECLAC-ILO report, together with a press release, will be available on the ECLAC and ILO websites, in Spanish and English, on Tuesday, 10 November, as soon as the press conference ends.
Journalists wishing to attend, please contact:
ECLAC Public Information Unit in Santiago, Chile. Email: [email protected]; phone: (56 2) 2210 2040 Sonia Alvarez. ILO Press Officer in Santiago, Chile. Email: [email protected]