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March 2008
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Video
Press Conference Highlights: Global Employment Trends for Women 2008
07 March 2008
"We've seen that over a ten year period 200 million new jobs have been created," says Dorothea Schmidt. "That's a big, big increase and that's very good news, but the problem is the type of job that was created. And we see that over half of the jobs that women have are what we call vulnerable." Dorothea Schmidt, co-author of the report "Global Employment Trends for Women 2008" and Evy Messel, Director of the ILO's Bureau for Gender Equality speak at the GET Women press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Video
A Banker for Sri Lankan Women: Rupa Manel Silva
06 March 2008
A new report from the International Labour Organization shows that economic empowerment for women is vital for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and equal access to obtaining decent work. In Sri Lanka, Rupa Manel Silva is leading the way with a bank run by women for women.
February 2008
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Article
Promotion flyer: In Defence of Labour Market Institutions: Cultivating justice in the developing world
28 February 2008
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Article
Executive summary: In Defence of Labour Market Institutions: Cultivating justice in the developing world
28 February 2008
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Video
A global alliance against forced labour gains momentum
27 February 2008
Roger Plant, Head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour; Brent Wilton, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Organization of Employers; and Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation speak at a press conference during the Vienna Forum Against Human Trafficking, showing strong support for a global alliance to abolish forced labour by 2015.
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Video
Introducing the Toolkit for Mainstreaming Employment and Decent Work
27 February 2008
What is the UN system doing to realize the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all? ILO TV introduces the Toolkit, an innovative process to support agencies, national constituents and other development partners to work more effectively together to promote more and better jobs.
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Statement
Remarks of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia: 35th Session of the Arab Labour Conference
26 February 2008
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 23 February 2008
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News
ILO Director-General calls for moving the decent work agenda forward in the Arab region
26 February 2008
Addressing the 35th Session of the Arab Labour Conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia underscored the need to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are translated into social justice for the people of the Arab region.
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Statement
Statement of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia : Investing in Green Growth and Decent Work
20 February 2008
10th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum - UN Environment Program (UNEP), Monaco, 20 February 2008.
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News
ILO welcomes new momentum for global alliance against forced labour involving employers and workers
20 February 2008
A recent international forum against human trafficking has generated new momentum for a global alliance aimed at abolishing forced labour in the next decade, with strong support from employer and labour representatives, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).