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  1. COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

    ILO and FAO join forces to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic in logging

    26 January 2021

  2. © Fahad Abdullah Kaizer/UN Women 2021

    COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 7th edition

    ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis

    25 January 2021

  3. Video

    ‘Action pledges’ needed to end child labour

    21 January 2021

  4. © Seng Mai / Photo Doc 2021

    Voices

    Child labour in Myanmar’s jade mines is a deadly gamble

    21 January 2021

  5. Press release

    ILO and LinkedIn launch data insights partnership

    21 January 2021

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Ongoing and forthcoming events

  1. South-South and Triangular Cooperation Skills Forum: Webinar, e-discussion, and virtual skills fair

    3 December 2020 - 28 February 2021

  2. Technical meeting on the future of work in the automotive industry

    15 - 19 February 2021

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Statements and speeches

  1. Thinking Ahead on Society Change (TASC) Platform

    ILO Director-General's address to the Future of Work Summit

    04 December 2020

  2. Virtual “1+6” Roundtable

    Promoting World Economic Recovery and Growth in the Post-COVID-19 Era

    24 November 2020

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ILO in the media

  1. XinhuaNet

    Interview: ILO warns of "uncertain and uneven recovery" of global labor market

    26 January 2021

  2. BBC World Business Report

    Equivalent of 255 million jobs lost because of COVID-19 in 2020, says ILO Director-General (starts at 9:48)

    25 January 2021

  3. © RayArt Graphics/Alamy 2021

    The Guardian

    Covid-19 has cost global workers $3.7tn in lost earnings, says ILO

    25 January 2021

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