News on Least developed countries
April 2020
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COVID-19: Relying on social dialogue for solutions
The COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems
24 April 2020
Countries with effective health and social protection systems are better prepared to respond to the pandemic.
February 2020
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Rights of indigenous peoples
Urgent action needed to tackle poverty and inequalities facing indigenous peoples
03 February 2020
Thirty years after the adoption of the only international Convention on the rights of indigenous peoples, a new ILO report finds they are still more likely to be poor and face particular hardships in the world of work.
January 2020
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2020
Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows
20 January 2020
A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and social trends.
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2020
What do you know about inequality in your country?
20 January 2020
The gap between rich and poor is larger than we thought. The "World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2020" report has identified major blind spots in our understanding of inequality.
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Media advisory
ILO to launch new report on global employment and social trends
13 January 2020
October 2019
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
New ILO research identifies policies to tackle poverty and inequality
17 October 2019
Combining active labour market policies with income support makes both measures more effective in tackling poverty and helping people find decent work, a new report finds.
March 2019
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Event
18th African Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
9 - 13 September 2019
The theme of this edition is: "Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation".
January 2019
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Social Protection for Children
International Conference on Universal Child Grants
6 - 8 February 2019
This conference, convened by UNICEF, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), brings together national governments and policy practitioners, researchers and the international community to explore the arguments and the evidence emerging from the implementation of alternative cash transfer schemes and their implications for Universal Child Grants.
June 2016
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Video
A new market for Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia
14 June 2016
The new covered market in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid is expected to create better working conditions for vendors.
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105th International Labour Conference
ILO Director-General: “ILO sets course to promote decent work in global supply chains, in transition from conflict and crisis and in making poverty history by 2030”
10 June 2016
World parliament of labour sets the course for global action to shape the future of work.