ILO in the media
2016
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DD National
Tripartism gives a voice to the world of work, says Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
19 July 2016
Social dialogue is key to formulating the policy responses to the changing world of work, both at the national and global level, according to Tomoko Nishimoto. She was speaking to Indian broadcaster DD National during a visit to Delhi.
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DD News
“High levels of informality” - a major challenge for India, says ILO Chief
08 July 2016
India needs to transform its strong economic performance into more quality jobs and better working conditions, according to ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder. He was speaking to Indian broadcaster DD News during a visit to Delhi where he spoke at a conference on the Future of Work.
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Al Jazeera English
It’s everybody’s responsibility in the labour market to end child labour
12 June 2016
It’s the job of employers to comply with the law and make sure children are not in their supply chains, the job of unions to ensure the employers are playing their role and the job of government to implement the international labour standards they have ratified on child labour, said the ILO’s Simon Steyne in an interview with Al Jazeera English on World Day Against Child Labour.
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Al Jazeera English "Inside Story"
168 million reasons to end child labour
12 June 2016
“It’s a massive challenge, but we know we can meet it if we all play our role to eliminate child labour”, said ILO child labour expert, Simon Steyne, on World Day Against Child Labour. Steyne was a guest on Al Jazeera’s “Inside Story”, which dedicated its programme on June 12 to the issue of child labour.
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CNBC Europe
Progress in eliminating poverty is being reversed
19 May 2016
Raymond Torres, ILO special advisor on social and economic issues, tells CNBC Europe that progress in eliminating poverty has slowed in developing countries and even increased in developed ones. This poses real challenges to meeting the 2030 agenda target of eliminating poverty in fifteen years. Torres went on to say that the rich also need to be involved in facing up to their responsibility in the perpetuation of poverty.
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BBC World Business Report
Women still face big obstacles finding decent jobs, says ILO
09 March 2016
Women have seen great strides in their participation in education globally, but this hasn't translated into labour markets, says Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Deputy director of the ILO's Research Department in an interview with the BBC. Along with policies that promote women in the world of work, more needs to be done to address women's lack of social protection, including access to pensions.
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CNN's "Quest Means Business"
Guy Ryder talks jobs for Syrian refugees with Richard Quest
04 February 2016
90% of refugees in Jordan live in poverty. Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the ILO, says that there is a consensus that we need to find legal pathways for refugees into local labour markets. It is possible to combine the interests of local workers and Syrian refugees.
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Associated Press
Including jobs and livelihoods in Syria Donor Conference encouraging, says ILO
03 February 2016
By including jobs, livelihoods and education in its agenda, the Syria Donor Conference in London will help address urgent developmental as well as humanitarian needs, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder tells the Associated Press. (Begins at 2:56)
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Voice of America
ILO Fights Global Youth Unemployment Crisis
02 February 2016
At the launch of the UN's Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says that the world is facing a "global employment crisis," which is disproportionately affecting young men and women.
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UN Radio
New youth jobs initiative to make difference "on the ground"
01 February 2016
Agencies from across the United Nations system have joined together through the 'Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth' to address the nearly 74 million unemployed youth around the world. UN Radio spoke to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and asked him how the plan differs from previous initiatives.