2021

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   Our impact, their voices

   Taking the harassment out of ridesharing in Nepal

   01 April 2021

   Ridesharing motorbike taxi services provide employment to thousands in Nepal, especially young people. A new partnership pilot between ILO and Fight Back Pvt. Ltd is helping raise awareness on occupational health and safety as well as sexual harassment during or after the ride.

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   Video

   Promising employment in ICT sector for youth

   17 March 2021

   The ICT sector provides promising employment opportunities for youth, including young women. The ICT sector is now in demand with promising careers and incomes and are opened for everyone.

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   News

   ILO presents findings from its WESO 2021 report at a COOP Academy organized by the ICA

   11 March 2021

   The presentation on the ILO’s flagship report “The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work” focused on the role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work and also elaborated on experiences of platform cooperatives.

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   © Marvin Meyer 2023

   World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

   Rapid growth of digital economy calls for coherent policy response

   23 February 2021

   The growth of digital labour platforms is presenting opportunities and challenges for workers and businesses and a need for international policy dialogue.

5. Media advisory

   ILO to release report on the impact of digital labour platforms on the world of work

   17 February 2021

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   © ILO 2023

   Digital economy

   Post-COVID digital economy must include persons with disabilities

   11 February 2021

   Changes brought about by the expanding digital economy could help persons with disabilities gain more equal access to the world of work, or they could create greater barriers. A new ILO report proposes actions to ensure that the post-COVID world of work is disability-inclusive.

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   Press release

   Winners of the inaugural Cambodia Skills Challenge Innovation Call announced

   05 February 2021

   Cambodia and UN step up efforts to support the digital transformation of skills sector as well as lessen the digital divide

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   Skills development

   Vocational training hampered by COVID-19 pandemic

   01 February 2021

   A new report based on an inter-agency survey on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) highlights the challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as innovations in teaching and learning.

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   COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

   Towards decent work for all homeworkers

   13 January 2021

   Working from home has long been an important feature of the world of work. However, the institutions that govern the labour market are rarely designed with the home as a workplace in mind. The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to address the issues facing homeworkers and their employers, and to pave the way to decent work for all who work from home.

2020

1. News

   Focus on labour platforms in China: seizing the opportunities, tackling the challenges

   09 December 2020

   To get a better understanding of new business models and their impact on workers, companies and society at large, the ILO organized a discussion on December 8 focusing on the Chinese situation.