News
May 2020
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Q&A
ILO support for employers during COVID-19 crisis
20 May 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has put extraordinary pressure on employers and private sector businesses, to survive and continue to provide decent work. Deborah France Massin, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities, explains how they have been helping with services and tools, and ensuring that the views of enterprise are represented to decision-makers.
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News
ILO’s intervention at webinar series “Employment and Entrepreneurship for Chinese Youth”
19 May 2020
The covid-19 pandemic has a severe impact on global youth employment. This is also true for the 8.74 million Chinese university graduates. The ILO is providing employment and entrepreneurship advice for the Chinese youth.
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COVID-19: Promoting skills development
Staying competitive during COVID-19 with digital skills
19 May 2020
Responding to the growing need for ICT skills caused by COVID-19 pandemic, the ILO team up with the Indonesian Retail Association (APRINDO) to provide an opportunity for business owners and laid-off workers to be more competitive with improved digital skills.
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COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
Indonesian enterprises barely survive, jobs at risk
18 May 2020
Indonesian enterprises and jobs are impacted severely by the COVID-19 outbreak, a recent ILO enterprise survey reveals. Survival of enterprises and saving jobs are a race against time, calling for urgent actions by the government and social partners.
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COVID-19 and gender equality
COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work
14 May 2020
Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.
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COVID-19: Social protection coverage
Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future crises, ILO says
14 May 2020
Strengthened and comprehensive social protection systems will lessen the impact of crises such as COVID-19.
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Media advisory
ILO examines how lack of social protection threatens COVID-19 recovery in developing countries
13 May 2020
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COVID-19
Joining Forces: Effective Policy Solutions for COVID-19 Response
11 May 2020
ECOSOC Informal Briefing
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COVID-19: Supporting employment and incomes
The impact of COVID-19 on the informal economy
08 May 2020
Almost 1.6 billion informal economy workers are significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a 60 per cent decline in their earnings. For those workers, stopping work or working remotely at home is not an option. Staying home means losing their jobs and, for many, it also means losing their livelihoods.
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COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
COVID-19 and the informal economy in Africa
07 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect in Africa, particularly in the informal economy where 325 million workers make their living. Lockdown measures have significantly impacted their lives, along with the many informal enterprises that are at risk of closure.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Contagion or starvation, the dilemma facing informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
07 May 2020
Lockdown measures will worsen poverty and vulnerabilities among the world’s two billion informal economy workers, says the International Labour Organization.
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Media advisory
ILO evaluates impact of COVID-19 crisis on informal economy workers
06 May 2020
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COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
Helping the “double casualties” of COVID-19
04 May 2020
The spread of COVID-19 in fragile states riven by conflict and political insecurity, is turning millions of vulnerable people into double casualties of the pandemic.
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Trade Union Movement
COVID-19 and Workers’Organizations: Interview with Sharan Burrow
04 May 2020
What should be the key policy measures to relaunch the Global economy affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic? Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) shares her views on the needs and expectations from the trade union movement on how to address the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Ms Burrow calls also for more solidarity and the need to strengthen Multilateralism…
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UN Women – ILO Joint Programme
Promoting decent employment for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in care
04 May 2020
The UN Women - ILO Joint Programme aims to promote decent work for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in the care economy. The Joint Programme stands ready to support governments and social partners in implementing gender-sensitive policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis and recovery phase. In these critical times, it is a demonstration of how the United Nations as One is working towards a gender-equitable future.