All ILO Newsroom content
March 2021
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Gender equality
How to strengthen gender measures and data in the COVID-19 era
01 March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit sectors where women are over-represented the hardest: tourism, retail, care economy... Yet the pandemic has also exposed data collection gaps that undermine our ability to craft effective policy responses.
February 2021
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Video
Sussex University Future of Work Hub Webinar Video
25 February 2021
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Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)
Q&A with Corinne Vargha on the launch of the 2021 CEACR Report
25 February 2021
The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) is one of the key elements of the ILO’s supervisory system for International Labour Standards. It is an independent body composed of 20 high-level legal experts, charged with examining the application of ILO Conventions and Recommendations by ILO Member States. It has just published its annual report. ILO News discussed the main findings with Corinne Vargha, Director of the International Labour Standards Department.
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Automotive industry
Urgent need to promote decent and sustainable work in the automotive industry
24 February 2021
With the COVID-19 crisis placing massive economic strains on the automotive industry, governments, workers’ and employers’ representatives agree a roadmap to ensure a future that works for all in the sector.
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ILO Infostory
Can digital labour platforms create fair competition and decent jobs?
23 February 2021
Explore this InfoStory to find out how digital labour platforms impact workers and enterprises around the world and why there is an urgent need for regulatory coherence for the platform economy.
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Workers' rights
ILO statement on Myanmar
23 February 2021
The ILO has issued a statement following allegations of harassment and intimidation of trade unionists in Myanmar by police and military authorities.
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Vision Zero Fund High–Level Forum
Improving safety and health in global supply chains vital for development
23 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown what happens when occupational safety and health systems are under-resourced and unprepared. Improving the protection of working people, particularly in global supply chains, is vital for social and economic development, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told a meeting of the Vision Zero Fund.
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Our impact, their voices
Additional incomes help rural communities of Timor-Leste during the pandemic
22 February 2021
To assist the economic recovery, the ILO with support from its social partners in Timor-Leste support rural communities to survive the COVID-19 pandemic by providing direct employment opportunities.
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World Day of Social Justice
ILO Director-General calls for greater equality on World Day of Social Justice
19 February 2021
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder calls for global solidarity to support the vaccine roll-out and economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, in his message for World Day of Social Justice.
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Automotive industry
Interview with Ms Erika Liévano
19 February 2021
Ms Erika Liévano, Chairperson of the ILO technical meeting on the future of work in the automotive industry (15-19 February 2021), shares her views on the changes the sector is undergoing and her experience chairing the first virtual sectoral meeting.