Multimedia - 105th International Labour Conference

  1. Child labour: The time for excuses is over

    08 June 2016

    168 million children are in or at risk for child labour around the world and current levels of crisis and conflict heighten the vulnerability of children to exploitation. But at the 105th International Labour Conference, delegates were told that international standards now in place have reduced child labour by about 1/3 in the last decade, and that today, employers and business commonly expect to eliminate child labour in their supply chains. Delegates also heard that communities themselves can play a key role; providing decent work for adults helps eliminate child labour.

  2. Video: The road to eliminating child labour in Zambia

    08 June 2016

    In Zambia, the ILO’s ARISE programme is fighting to reduce child labour through education and training. The programme is helping to eliminate child labour in supply chains by addressing the economic and social factors that encourage small producers to employ children in hazardous work.

  3. Social protection for all: what does it take?

    07 June 2016

    Only 20 per cent of the world’s population has adequate social security coverage and more than half lack any coverage at all. The extension of social protection to all would play a pivotal role in relieving people of poverty and deprivation. What does it take to get there? The ILO's Martin Murphy discusses with Isabel Ortiz, Director of the ILO Social Protection Department.

  4. Audio - Decent Work and the Gender Gap

    07 June 2016

    In his book, The Coming Jobs War, Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton states that his company’s global surveys have shown one consistent reality: “What everyone in the world wants is a good job.” For women, it seems, fulfilling this need is much harder than for men. This week, on the side lines of the International Labour conference, ILO News spoke to two International Labour Organization gender experts about why the gender gap remains stubbornly wide.

  5. Realizing a future of fair migration

    06 June 2016

    As migrants fleeing poverty and persecution continue to make headlines around the world, how can we create systems of governance that provide regular and safe migration to meet migrants’ rights and labour market needs? The ILO's Salwa Kanaana discusses with Michelle Leighton, ILO Chief of Migration Branch, and Ruba Jaradat, ILO Regional Director for the Arab States.

  6. Fighting bullying and harassment at sea

    06 June 2016

    Delegates at the 105th International Labour Conference voted to approve an amendment to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 to include guidance on preventing bullying and harassment among seafarers. The ILO's Pete Forster talks to the guidance's creators.

  7. Women at work

    03 June 2016

    Sustainable development will depend on better gender equality. Yet, women continue to face persistent challenges to get decent jobs. ILO is promoting the Women at Work Initiative to reverse the gender jobs gaps and support equal opportunities and a strong balance between work and family life. Guebray Berhane discusses with ILO's Shauna Olney and Laura Addati.

  8. A green world of work?

    03 June 2016

    ILO's Pete Forster talks with Kamal Gueye, an ILO Green Jobs Specialist, about the ways in which environmental change is going to transform the world of work and how we can prepare for it.

  9. How to tackle labour migration and promote gender equality

    03 June 2016

    Most international migration today is related to seeking employment. The number of female migrant workers is on the rise. Effective labour migration governance requires innovative skills development programs and gender equality for social transformation, says Mildred Oliphant, South Africa's Minister of Labour and President of the 105th session of the International Labour Conference. #ILC2016.

  10. Audio - South African Labour Minister: Decent work is fundamental to poverty reduction

    03 June 2016

    As the first week of the 105th International Labour Conference draws to a close, the Conference Chair, South African Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant, explains how the issues at the conference relate to her country and to Africa.