COVID-19
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G20 Labour and Employment Ministers
ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusive, employment-focused recovery from COVID-19 crisis
10 September 2020
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Declaration puts the focus on decent work, women and youth.
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COVID-19 and higher education
Education pays off, but you have to be patient
24 August 2020
The pandemic is making us rethink and re-organize education. Workers with higher educational attainment may expect to be able to find a job (and a quality job, for that matter) as soon as they become available. But is that so?
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International Youth Day
Demet Akbağ: Act now to support young people
13 August 2020
Ödüllü sanatçı Demet Akbağ, “yalnızlaşmış ve ayrışmış bir genç nesil” oluşması tehlikesine karşı acilen harekete geçmeye çağırıyor!
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Youth and COVID-19
COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth
11 August 2020
The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on young people has exacerbated inequalities and risks reducing the productive potential of an entire generation, according to the International Labour Organization.
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© Kivanc Ozvardar / ILO 2024
News
New challenges, new opportunities
03 August 2020
The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. There is probably no worker or business in the world that has not been affected. The latest ILO estimates show that working hour losses have worsened during the first half of 2020. During the first quarter of the year, an estimated 5.4 per cent of global working hours (equivalent to 155 million full-time jobs) were lost relative to the fourth quarter of 2019. It is clear that the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on those living in fragile contexts and under precarious conditions. Many enterprises and workers in Turkey have been hit hard. But not all of them, like Pir Nakış, a KİGEP beneficiary company, in İzmir, Turkey.