News
August 2022
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Article
Improved business skills and knowledge empower Indonesian transgender entrepreneurs
31 August 2022
The ILO’s series of business coaching programme have empowered 394 transgender entrepreneurs. They do not only survive the pandemic, but also improve their business performance and increase their incomes.
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News
Digital training to boost productivity, safety of enterprises
26 August 2022
A new agreement between the ILO and DTI, will increase productivity, improve safety of small and informal enterprises across the country through digital training under the Bringing Back Jobs Safely Project funded by the Government of Japan.
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TICAD 8
ILO co-hosts TICAD 8 Side Event
22 August 2022
Human security and emergency jobs for peace and resilience/ Experiences through partnership between Japan and the ILO for the promotion of decent work agenda in the context of fragility
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Tokyo International Conference on African Development
Decent work agenda for Africa to be promoted at TICAD 8
22 August 2022
Key elements of the decent work agenda will be promoted at ILO-organized events taking place during the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8).
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© I. Velasquez / ILO 2024
Voices
An indigenous entrepreneur in tune with Mother Earth
17 August 2022
After successfully reclaiming her people’s territory in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Northern Argentina, Celestina Ábalos turned to tourism to share and promote her indigenous culture. ILO entrepreneurship training during the COVID-19 pandemic helped her business grow.
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The Future of Work Podcast
Can Ethiopia rebuild its COVID-19 damaged tourism sector?
15 August 2022
What are the challenges facing Ethiopia’s tourism sector? How is the country planning to re-position itself as a major destination through sustainable tourism? The ILO’s Future of Work podcast interviews Tewodros Derbew from Ethiopia’s Ministry of Tourism.
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© K. Ozvardar / ILO 2024
Global Employment Trends for Youth
Recovery in youth employment is still lagging, says ILO
11 August 2022
A new report, issued ahead of International Youth Day, shows large regional differences in young people's prospects in the labour market.
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News
ILO’s timely interventions assist small businesses in Uganda
04 August 2022
Business support grants and business management training from the ILO provided a new lease of life to some of the microenterprises in Uganda struggling to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown measures.
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© Putu Sayoga / ILO 2024
Voices
How my tourism business survived COVID-19
01 August 2022
When COVID-19 struck Indonesia, Dekha Dewandana’s previously thriving ‘homestay’ tourism business was pushed to the verge of collapse. With the support of the ILO, his business survived and grew.
July 2022
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Work-life transitions: Are they becoming more turbulent?
27 July 2022
This podcast episode aims to explore labour market transition patterns to enhance global knowledge of such patterns for informed and timely policymaking, particularly in emerging and developing countries, and identifies the role digitalization plays as a driver of changing transition patterns but also as a facilitator of transitions.
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BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting
ILO Director-General welcomes BRICS commitment to green jobs, skills development, workers’ protection
15 July 2022
Guy Ryder warned the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers, from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, of a growing risk of further labour market deterioration in 2022.
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Our impact, their voices
Women entrepreneurs reboot their businesses
15 July 2022
A programme delivered by GREAT Women in partnership with the ILO’s Rebuilding Better Project and J.P. Morgan Philippines offered women entrepreneurs an opportunity to revisit and innovate their business models as they resumed operations post-pandemic.
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Gender equality
Women in the health and care sector earn 24 per cent less than men
13 July 2022
The most comprehensive global analysis of gender pay inequalities in the health and care sector finds that women face a larger gender pay gap than other economic sectors.
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Article
COVID-19 risk assessment service for business sustainability in the hospitality industry
06 July 2022
The COVID-19 risk assessment provided for free by the ILO’s Enhancing COVID-19 Prevention at and through Workplaces helps strengthening the occupational safety and health (OSH) management system in Indonesia’s hospitality industry.
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Press release
ILO and Indonesian TV Journalist Association Launch Occupational Safety and Health Guidebook
05 July 2022
ILO together with the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI) held a book launching event titled “OSH Guidebook for TV Journalists and Workers” in Jakarta (5/7). The book is part of the effort to the implementation of ILO’s fundamental pillars on the protection of workers' health and safety in the workplace.