Press releases
January 2024
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Occupational Safety and Health
OSH measures key to prevent violence and harassment in the world of work
22 January 2024
A new ILO report emphasizes using Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) frameworks to address the root causes of violence and harassment and to encourage collective action for better work environments.
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Social experiment on care economy
Women work 100 hours per week but still consider unproductive: Magdalene-ILO Care work social experiment
18 January 2024
What happens if you are paid to do care work that you usually do at home?
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Labour migration
Essential contribution of Lao migrant workers recognized on International Migrants Day
18 January 2024
The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and International Labour Organization celebrate the important role of Lao migrant workers in advancing development of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
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Press release
Joint commitment to inclusive employment for people with disabilities
17 January 2024
The ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia and the Hangzhou Disabled Persons Federation (Hangzhou DPF) solidified their commitment to inclusive employment and decent work for people with disabilities, by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 16 January.
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Press release
New Director for ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives appointed
16 January 2024
Ms Joni Simpson assumes duties on 15 January 2024.
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Press release
ILO submits dossier related to the right to strike dispute to the International Court of Justice
14 January 2024
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WESO Trends 2024
Global unemployment rate set to increase in 2024 while growing social inequalities raise concerns, says ILO report
10 January 2024
Joblessness and the jobs gap have both fallen below pre-pandemic levels but global unemployment will rise in 2024, and growing inequalities and stagnant productivity are causes for concern, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024 report.
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Media Advisory
ILO to release latest World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024
04 January 2024
December 2023
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Employment promotion and South-South cooperation
ILO provides capacity building training to strengthen public employment services in Indonesia
19 December 2023
The ILO in collaboration with Binapenta, Ministry of Manpower Indonesia, organized an in-person training of trainers on public employment services counselling.
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International Journal of Labour Research
Workers’ organizations must play key role in developing effective and sustainable social contract
15 December 2023
The 2023 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research aims to stimulate reflection on what a new social contract might address and more specifically the role of workers’ organizations in engaging in this debate within the multilateral system and at national level.