All ILO Newsroom content
April 2015
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2015
ILO Director-General: Building a culture of prevention on occupational safety and health
28 April 2015
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Article
Emerging Insight: Why do farmers underestimate risks?
27 April 2015
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Social Protection
More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care
27 April 2015
ILO report shows huge differences in health care access between rural and urban areas worldwide.
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Video
A Legacy of Rana Plaza: Making employment injury insurance a reality for all
24 April 2015
Workers who were victims of Rana Plaza were uninsured and intensive efforts to compensate them had to be made after the fact. The ILO says the accident is a wake-up call to establish national employment injury insurance so all workers are protected when accidents happen.
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Employment injury insurance
A Legacy of Rana Plaza: making employment injury insurance a reality for all
24 April 2015
Workers who were victims of Rana Plaza were uninsured and intensive efforts to compensate them had to be made after the fact. The ILO says the accident is a wake-up call to establish national employment injury insurance so all workers are protected when accidents happen.
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Statement
ILO Director-General calls for rights-based, migrant-centred and durable solutions to help migrants crossing into Europe
23 April 2015
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News
Towards efficient and sustainable HIV responses in the workplace in Africa
23 April 2015
With 24.7 million people living with HIV in Africa, a new ILO report reveals innovative workplace strategies that have helped reduce risky behaviours, increase voluntary testing and reduce stigma and discrimination across the region.
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Rana Plaza, two years on
Bangladesh ready-made garment sector, challenges and way forward
23 April 2015
At 8:54 am local time on April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed claiming more than 1,100 lives and leaving many more injured. Over the past two years, the ILO has been working with its local and international partners on several fronts to improve the situation of workers in the Bangladeshi garment industry.
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New ILO report
Philippine Employment Trends 2015: Decent jobs crucial for inclusive growth
22 April 2015
A new report published by the ILO shows that the Philippine economy experienced robust rates of growth and made important gains in the labour market in recent years, however, more focus on decent and productive jobs is necessary to foster inclusive growth.
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News
27 million Latin American and Caribbean youth in the informal economy
22 April 2015
The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for urgent action to help youth in the region move from the informal to the formal economy.