News
May 2011
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“Opportunities for all”: promoting employment for disabled jobseekers and persons with HIV/AIDS
16 May 2011
According to the ILO's new global report on discrimination worldwide, the challenge for enhancing the employability of people with disabilities and HIV/AIDS is significant. Promoting the rights of vulnerable groups, such as workers with HIV/AIDS or disabilities, is therefore among the major areas of focus of the ILO. A good example is its Opportunity for All Initiative which is helping seven companies in the north of Viet Nam to include people living with a disability or HIV/AIDS in the workplace. ILO Online reports from Hanoi, Viet Nam.
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Press release
Global economic crisis opens up new space for discrimination at work, ILO says
16 May 2011
In the new Global Report on Equality at Work 2011, the International Labour Office (ILO) notes that in spite of continuous positive advances in anti-discrimination legislation, the global economic and social crisis has led to a higher risk of discrimination against certain groups such as migrant labour.
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Questions and answers on Growth, Productive Employment and Decent Work in the LDCs
06 May 2011
In preparation for the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV), the International Labour Organization (ILO) has produced a report “Growth, Productive Employment and Decent Work in the LDCs,” which argues for transformative policies for decent work in LDCs. UN-NGLS (United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service) interviews José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment, ILO, on the key insights and recommendations of the report.
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Reducing poverty through tourism (Questions & Answers)
03 May 2011
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can draw on a range of policies to drive an agenda of structural transformation and decent work. A special event at the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to be held in Istanbul from 9-13 May, 2011, features Hotel, Catering and Tourism (HCT) as one of the fastest-growing economic sectors worldwide which can significantly contribute to social and economic development, as well as poverty reduction in LDCs. ILO Online spoke with Wolfgang Weinz, Hotels, Catering and Tourism Specialist in the ILO’s Sectoral Activities Department.
April 2011
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Press release
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2011 - Worldwide events to focus on safety and health management systems for prevention and control of risks at work
26 April 2011
Events will be held around the world to mark the annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work this year, amid a renewed effort by the International Labour Office (ILO) to emphasize the value of occupational safety and health management systems for continually improving prevention and control of risks at work.
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News
ILO at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings 2011
14 April 2011
Each spring, thousands of government and international officials and representatives of the private sector, civil society and media gather in Washington, DC for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF. ILO Director-General Juan Somavia presented a statement to the International Monetary and Finance Committee and Development Committee. Mr. Somavia calls for an adjustment of macro-economic policies centered on rights and jobs: “If countries are to grow on a more equitable, sustained and balanced basis, the macro-economic policies will also have to target jobs creation on a priority basis. This is the central policy challenge we face in 2011 worldwide”.
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News
ILO welcomes Indonesian Jobs Pact
13 April 2011
The International Labour Organization welcomed the signing of the Indonesian Jobs Pact designed to bring the benefits of economic growth to every citizen through the creation of decent and productive employment, making the Indonesian economy regionally competitive, while supporting the national policy goals.
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Training better supervisors means better business for Cambodia’s factories
12 April 2011
Studies have shown that autocratic managerial styles and aggressive techniques do not result in productive workers. What motivates workers is a working environment where those who supervise them work with them; give them clear instructions, full support and encouragement. This is what the ILO in Cambodia is working to achieve, as Maeve Galvin, Communication and Advocacy Officer and Ying Bun, Better Factories, ILO Cambodia, report.
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News
ILO presents Global Jobs Pact in Argentina
08 April 2011
At a tripartite meeting on the application in Argentina of the recommendations of the Global Jobs Pact, the ILO reported today that the urban unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean is back to its pre-crisis level of 7.3 per cent.
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Developing self reliance – Building hope: The ILO Employment for Peace Programme in Somalia
07 April 2011
Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, has been racked by violence and insecurity for nearly two decades. But there are signs of hope: among them, an ILO programme which provided a visible peace dividend to poor communities by engaging them in large scale employment-intensive projects. This and similar projects will be discussed at the ILO-IGAD-African Union Conference on "Employment for Peace, Stability and Development" on 11-12 April 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Conference will map out a regional strategy for the Horn of Africa built upon a “virtuous triangle” consisting of the creation of employment opportunities, social protection for the most vulnerable and empowerment of people and communities. ILO Online reports from Mogadishu.
