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Latest news on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the world of work plus a range of resources for journalists including, virtual press conferences, videos and contact information for interview requests.

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  1. UrduPoint

    COVID-19 Pandemic Wipes Out 81 Mln Jobs Globally: ILO Report

    06 January 2021

  2. © Reuters 2023

    Foreign Affairs

    COVID-19 Could Undo Decades of Women’s Progress

    05 January 2021

  3. © Reuters 2023

    The Japan Times

    The pandemic doesn’t have to hurt women most

    04 January 2021

  4. Reuters

    How can the world boost efforts to end child labour in 2021?

    01 January 2021

  5. Bloomberg Television

    Asia Pacific sees 81 million jobs lost amid pandemic: ILO

    17 December 2020

  6. © Mark Demayo / ABS-CBN News 2023

    ABS-CBN News

    ILO seeks help for seafarers stranded by COVID-19

    09 December 2020

  7. © Issam Abdallah / Reuters 2023

    Al Arabiya

    As Lebanon subsidy crunch looms, two UN agencies warn of social catastrophe

    07 December 2020

  8. XinhuaNet

    Interview: International labor leader says China sets "example" for poverty eradication

    30 November 2020

  9. The Mail online

    Jamaican women worst hit by livestock and crop theft in pandemic

    17 November 2020

  10. © The Straits Times/ Kevin Lim 2023

    The Daily Star

    Will Covid-19 create a ‘lost generation’ in Asia?

    17 November 2020