2022: Advancing social justice in a world in crisis
As 2022 comes to a close, the ILO looks back on its efforts to promote a human-centered recovery and advance social justice during a year of many firsts. #ILO; #SocialJustice
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Trade unions adopt conclusion for just economy, decent work in South-East Asia
Philippines: At a sub-regional conference held in the Philippines, workers’ organizations from 10 South-East Asian countries adopted a joint resolution to revitalize a changing world of work and outlined concrete …
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Pay transparency can address the gender pay gap
International Equal Pay Day is being marked by a webinar on tackling the gender pay gap that will discuss issues raised in a new ILO paper on the importance of …
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50 million people worldwide gripped by modern slavery
Geneva (ILO News) – Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery . Of these people, 28 million were in forced …
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I am a child of Pachamama, Mother Earth: Celestina Ábalos, Indigenous entrepreneur
Indigenous entrepreneur Celestina Ábalos runs a tourism business in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Quebrada de Humahuaca in Jujuy province, northern Argentina, sharing her community’s culture and knowledge of …
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Those who resort to war deny social justice, says ILO Director-General
GENEVA (ILO News) ‒ The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, stressed the need to defend the rule of law in the face of those who “resort to …
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ILO welcomes the G7 call to make a just transition to a green economy happen
GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed the G7 Labour and Employment Ministers’ commitment to take concrete action in support of a just transition and the creation …
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ILO: Labour market recovery goes into reverse
GENEVA (ILO News) – Multiple global crises are causing a marked deterioration in the global labour market recovery, with increasing inequalities within and between countries, according to a new report …
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The Governing Body of the International Labor Organizations’s Draft resolution1 (revised on 22 March 2022)
Image: ILO. Image credit: Twitter handle The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization has passed a resolution on the ‘Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine from the perspective of the …
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ILO, IWCA sign MOU to improve occupational safety and health of women in the coffee sector
#ILO; #IWCA; #OccupationSafetyAndHealth; #Women; #CoffeeSector; #GenderSpecific GENEVA (ILO/IWCA News)/CMEDIA: The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes …
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