ILO Rubbishes Nigeria, Others on Social Protection, Says 4.1 Billion People Lack Social Safety Net
A new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has rubbished Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch and a number of...
International Labour Organisation
10 Years After ILO Convention, Domestic Workers Still Battling for Recognition
Globally, domestic workers are still fighting for recognition as workers and essential service providers. This is even 10 years after...
ILO Chief Cries Out, Says Poverty Threatening Global Stability
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director-General, Guy Ryder, has cried out on the worsening global poverty, pointing out that the inequality...
ILO’s WED Team Develops 5-point Business Upgrading Model for Women
Technical Lead of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Development programme of the International Labour Organisation (ILO-WED), Charleine Mbuyi-Lusamba, says their aim in...
ILO: 72.1 Million African Kids Still Involved in Child Labour, 32 Million Others in Hazardous Work
Assistant Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Regional Director for Africa, Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, says the universal ratification of...
In Fragile Arab States, COVID-19 Pandemic Erases Jobs, Incomes For Vulnerable Workers
Rapid assessments examining the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable workers and enterprises in fragile Arab states show a...
25 Years After Beijing, Mary Chinery-Hesse, First African Woman UN Under Secretary-General Still Smoking On Women Rights
In Africa, there is a saying that says, A woman’s day is never done. When she led the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO)...
Global Labour Income Declines By 11%, ILO Says
In the first three quarters of this 2020, global labour income is estimated to have declined by 10.7 per cent,...
In Philippines, Enterprises Are Recognising Gender Diversity On Business, Says ILO Report
More than eight out of ten enterprises in the Philippines recognising the positive impacts of gender diversity on business, a...
ILO to Developing Countries: Guarantee Basic Income Security, Essential Healthcare Access for All
For developing countries, it is almost a task impossible. To guarantee just basic income security and access to essential health...
Sher Afsar, Change-maker Rises Against Pakistani Migrants
In the Swabi District of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, people frequently go abroad for employment. They have fascinating ideas about...
ILO to Belarus President: Prevent Rights Abuses, Respect Workers’ Rights, Freedom during Protests
President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is currently under intense pressure to prevent human rights violations, and “ensure full respect for...
Fight To End Child Labour Reaches A Milestone, Rights Group Says
Human Rights Watch says the world reached an important milestone last week in the fight to end child labour. All...
ILO Expresses Support For New Global Measures To Protect Seafarers’ Rights
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at...
ILO Warns Of Continuing Massive Job Losses As Working Hours Lost By June Ending Worst Than Estimated
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned of continuing large scale job losses in this second half of 2020. According...
COVID-19 Crisis Forces ILO To Organise Global Summit On Building Better Work Future
A high-level, virtual, Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work, is currently being organised by the International Labour Organisation...
COVID-19 Threats Require Coordinated Global Response, Says ILO’s Development Economist
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Development Economist, Jayati Ghosh, says the unprecedented existential threats of COVID-19 require unprecedented and globally...
Like Oliver Twist, ILO Says G20’s Measures to Safeguard Jobs, Incomes Not Enough
The commitment of G20 to safeguard people’s jobs and incomes has received a thumb up from the International Labour Organisation...
ILO: National Statistical Offices Are Facing COVID-19 Challenges
National Statistical Offices are facing challenges in the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said. Labour ministries...
ILO Panel To Countries: Treat Seafarers As Key Workers During Coronavirus Pandemic
A panel of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) wants seafarers to be treated as ‘key workers’ and exempted from travel...
COVID-19: Measures Adopted By Central Banks Not Benefiting All Workers- ILO’s Senior Economist
A senior official of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has faulted measures being adopted by central banks to cushion the...
Violence & Harassment Convention: Commitments By Argentina, Finland, Spain, Uruguay Excite ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has welcomed commitments made by Argentina, Finland, Spain and Uruguay to ratify the Violence and Harassment...
With 152m Children In Child Labour, ILO Boss Calls For A Whole-of-supply-chain Approach To Tackle The Menace
Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, has called for a whole-of-supply-chain approach to address child labour in...
Employment Policies, Strategic Alliances Are Key To Addressing Global Migration Challenge- ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said at the concluded 12th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Quito,...
Nepal: Hundreds Of Bonded Labourers Now Benefitting From ILO’s Vocational Training Scheme
Hundreds of former bonded labourers in western Nepal are currently benefiting from vocational training under an innovative International Labour Organisation...
Women-owned Businesses Skyrockets In Central America
Between 1991 and 2018, the share of women-owned businesses in Central America rose by almost 60 per cent (from 13.9...
Hope comes to low income earners
Over-regulations were once seen as the bane of micro-insurance in Nigeria which hardly allowed foreign investment. But this seems to...
Ahead Of World Toilet Day, Report Indicts Developing Countries On Working Conditions Of Sanitation Workers
A damning joint report by four international organisations has indicted a number of developing countries on the undignified working conditions...
Conflict, Climate Change Wreck Sri Lanka, ILO Moves To Assist Drought-hit Community
Most of the Kilinochchi District’s 400 irrigation tanks in Sri Lanka have fallen into disrepair due to three decades of...
ILO Launches A Global One-stop Statistics Portal
The Statistics Department of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has launched a new statistics portal that makes it easy to...
