Highlights

May 2021

  1. © ILO/Kivanc Ozvardar 2024

    Press release

    Joint ILO-UNHCR communique of the seminar on “Business and inclusion of refugees in the Italian labour market”, 11 May 2021

    11 May 2021

April 2021

  1. © KB Mpofu / ILO 2024

    Giornata mondiale per la salute e la sicurezza sul lavoro 2021

    ILO calls for resilient occupational safety and health systems for future emergencies

    28 April 2021

    Better national occupational safety and health policies, institutional and regulatory frameworks, that are also integrated into crisis response, are needed, says the International Labour Organization.

  2. Article

    The ILO support to the Italian Presidency of the G20

    08 April 2021

  3. Article

    Seminar on the Collection of potential good practices for decent work in agriculture

    08 April 2021

March 2021

  1. UN Year: End Child Labour 2021

    Laura Pausini: Education and music empowers children

    11 March 2021

    The Music Against Child Labour Initiative's international song competition will be judged by Grammy and Golden Globe Winner, Laura Pausini.

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    International Women’s Day

    ILO Director-General: "Let us invest in women as part of a human-centred recovery"

    08 March 2021

    To mark International Women’s Day, ILO Director-General paid tribute to the tremendous efforts made by women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 2021

  1. © Marvin Meyer 2024

    World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

    Rapid growth of digital economy calls for coherent policy response

    23 February 2021

    The growth of digital labour platforms is presenting opportunities and challenges for workers and businesses and a need for international policy dialogue.

  2. Press release

    World Day of Social Justice

    19 February 2021

  3. © ILO 2024

    Digital economy

    Post-COVID digital economy must include persons with disabilities

    11 February 2021

    Changes brought about by the expanding digital economy could help persons with disabilities gain more equal access to the world of work, or they could create greater barriers. A new ILO report proposes actions to ensure that the post-COVID world of work is disability-inclusive.

January 2021

  1. © Fahad Abdullah Kaizer/UN Women 2024

    COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment

    ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis

    25 January 2021

    The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO, records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain unless early improvements are supported by human-centred recovery policies.