News
November 2004
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Press release
ILO Governing Body concludes 291st session Considers labour rights in Myanmar, Belarus and globalization issues
19 November 2004
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) concluded its 291st session after considering strategies for the promotion of a fair globalization and a number of issues regarding fundamental rights at work, including Myanmar and Belarus and other countries.
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Article
Microfinance paves the way to decent work
18 November 2004
Microfinance makes a powerful contribution to decent work: it facilitates small investments in self-employment and job creation; it also helps the poor to manage risks through emergency loans, savings and micro-insurance. The launch of the UN International Year of Microcredit on 18 November is an occasion to look at the pioneering role of microfinance. Here are two examples from an industrialized and a developing country.
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Article
Africa: working out of poverty
17 November 2004
Today, Africa is working to find a way out of poverty. At the Extraordinary Summit on Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Ouagadougou in September 2004, many African heads of state and government formally adopted a Declaration making the job creation a prime objective for reducing poverty. This month, the ILO Governing Body is discussing the same issue. But how are these declarations being received in the fields of Africa. ILO Online provides two examples.
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News
Media advisory: ILO lends support to African network of mutual health organizations
17 November 2004
In an effort to help boost the development of mutual health organizations in Africa, the ILO and a wide range of partners are lending support to the third forum of the "Coordination Network" of Mutual Health Organizations to be held in Bamako, Mali, from 17-19 November 2004. The forum will focus on the development of mutual health organizations (MHOs), engaged in improving quality of and access to health care.
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Article
A tailor-made future for prosperity: Cambodia
09 November 2004
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Press release
Hungary, ILO sign agreement on Europewide regional meeting Conference comes amid growing concern over job security, migration
05 November 2004
Hungary, with the support of the upcoming Luxembourg Presidency of the EU and the International Labour Organization (ILO), is to host a major international conference here in 2005 to address the growing impact of globalization on jobs, migration, and employment security in Europe and Central Asia.
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Press release
Active labour market policies enhance workers' labour market security, says new ILO study
05 November 2004
Note 1), active labour market policies, which comprise an array of training and job creation measures, enhance the security of workers and contribute to fair globalization.
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Press release
ILO, UNHCR strengthen their collaboration to promote sustainable livelihoods for refugees and displaced persons
04 November 2004
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Press release
ILO Governing Body's 291st session to discuss partnerships for "fair globalization", Belarus, Myanmar and other issues
03 November 2004
Government, employer and worker representatives will hold a wide-ranging debate on basic labour rights and strategies for new partnerships to promote a fair globalization at the 291st session of the ILO Governing Body, from 4-19 November.
October 2004
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Article
Indonesia: The art of collective bargaining
22 October 2004
Trade union rights have come a long way in Indonesia in the past six years. ILO online examines how a Labour Union leader in a Jakarta supermarket, with the help of an ILO programme, has set an example for dozens of other companies in Indonesia to create a productive workplace where not only workers but clients benefit.