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G20 Japan 2019

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    G20 Leaders' Summit

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    ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) at the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka

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    G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

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    Family picture of the 3rd G20 Sherpa meeting with ILO Deputy Director-General Deborah Greenfield

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    Family picture of the 2nd G20 Sherpa meeting with ILO Deputy Director-General Deborah Greenfield

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    Family picture of the 1st G20 Sherpa meeting with ILO Deputy Director-General Deborah Greenfield

Priorities of the Employment Working Group

  • adapting to demographic change;
  • promoting gender equality in labour markets; and
  • exchanging national policies and practices in response to the new forms of work

ILO's contributions to the G20 2019

Leaders' Summit, 28-29 June, Osaka

G20 leaders issued a communiqué stressing the importance of ensuring that ageing societies are active, and supporting gender equality and women's economic empowerment.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting, 01-02 September, Matsuyama

Ministers of Labour and Employment of G20 members and invited countries adopted a Ministerial Declaration to address demographic change, new forms of work, and global efforts to realize gender equality.

Working Groups (inputs contributed by the ILO)

  • Framework Working Group (FWG)
    • Ageing and Labour Markets [presentation]
    • Macroeconomic Implications of Population Aging: Lessons learnt and good practice [presentation]

ILO Reports for G20 Japan

  1. Women in managerial and leadership positions in the G20 - Data availability and preliminary findings

    24 October 2020

  2. Women at Work in G20 countries: Progress and policy action

    19 August 2020

  3. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes in G20 economies

    19 August 2020

  4. Policy responses to new forms of work: International governance of digital labour platforms

    22 April 2019

  5. Gender equality in the G20 – Additional analysis from the time dimension

    22 April 2019

  6. Women at Work in G20 countries: Progress and policy action since 2018

    22 April 2019

  7. New job opportunities in an ageing society

    25 February 2019

  8. Supporting longer working lives: Multistage approaches for decent and productive work

    25 February 2019

  9. Approaches to anticipating skills for the future of work

    02 October 2018

  10. Financing social protection for the future of work: Fiscal aspects and policy options

    02 October 2018