Millennium Development Goals

Full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people, is one of the most effective routes out of poverty.
2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
The ILO has called for jobs and livelihoods to be at the heart of the development agenda after the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) passes in 2015.
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The ILO works towards eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in a number of ways, such as: promoting youth employment, ensuring that decent work is included in national Poverty Reduction Strategies and by tracking progress on employment in countries. Today, roughly 30% of ILO projects target the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
#2.
The ILO works towards the achievement of universal primary education by combating child labour, which has fallen by one third since 2000, globally. The ILO also supports the key people who deliver education: teachers.
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The ILO promotes gender equality and empowers women by tracking progress on women’s work outside of agriculture; offering capacity-building and guidance to constituents on equality and mainstreaming gender into all activities and development cooperation projects.
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The ILO works towards reducing child mortality by focusing on working mothers, health care workers, combating child labour and extending social protection. The workplace is an important entry point for information, education and health services relating to children’s health.
#5.
The ILO works to improve maternity protection and health through the workplace to prevent work from threatening the reproductive health of pregnant and nursing women and to ensure that maternity does not jeopardize their economic security.
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The ILO combats HIV/AIDS by protecting workers from HIV infection and facilitating easy access to care, treatment and support, and social protection for all those living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.
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The ILO ensures environmental sustainability by promoting green jobs – jobs that reduce the consumption of energy and raw materials, limit greenhouse gas emissions, waste and pollution, and protect and restore ecosystems.
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The ILO works towards the development of a global partnership by promoting policies that keep decent and productive employment, social protection, social dialogue and rights at the centre of development concerns.