Feature articles
December 2008
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ILO, China launch first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers
17 December 2008 - The 200 million internal migrant workers in China play a vital role in the country’s mining, construction, and transportation sectors. But the lack of awareness about HIV puts them at risk of contracting the disease. Last November, the ILO and China’s State Council AIDS Committee Office jointly launched the country’s first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers. ... -
From high fashion ‘alta moda’ to dress-making in Ukraine
17 December 2008 - At 16 per cent, the region of Chernivtsi in Ukraine has the highest unemployment rate in the country and the lowest number of women employed. ... -
Migrants in times of economic crisis: ILO/UNDP join forces to make Tajik migration safe
16 December 2008 - Tajikistan is the poorest of the Central Asian republics and a huge supplier of migrants: 800 000 of its 7 million inhabitants, most of them men, are working abroad. While many migrants are already at risk of all kinds of abuse, they may also become the first victims of the current financial and economic crisis. ... -
Workplaces are key avenues for responding to the challenge of HIV/AIDS
01 December 2008 - This year, the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008) is being held in Senegal. Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of the ILO’s Social Protection Sector, answers our questions.
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November 2008
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Driving for change: action on HIV/AIDS in the road transport sector
28 November 2008 - In a number of countries, HIV prevalence is higher among road transport workers than in the general population. To respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in the sector, workers’ and employers’ representatives from around the world will meet in Geneva on World AIDS Day, 1 December, for a training and learning event. ILO Online reports from a border crossing between Kenya and Uganda. -
From Veil to Camera: Empowering women through skills training
13 November 2008 - In many countries, women face more barriers than men to acquire the necessary skills to use new technologies and to start innovative economic activities. ... -
Proper ship breaking: a test for globalization and decent work
03 November 2008 - The last voyage of the ship "Otapan" to a Turkish ship breaking yard last July was a victory for "pre-cleaning" advocates of reducing the human and environmental dangers inherent in ship dismantling and recycling. ...
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October 2008
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Revisiting the Minimum wage in the Enlarged EU: Addressing changes and challenges in the labour markets
29 October 2008 - The minimum wage has returned to the core of the EU policy agenda. EU enlargement and increased migration flows for employment and better pay are one factor, but others include the significant rise in non-standard forms of employment, normally associated with lower wages, high proportions of low-paying jobs, rising insecurity and growing numbers of working poor. ... -
As shipping increases, so does the need for more port State control
09 October 2008 - In response to an oil spill that fouled the west coast of France in 1978, European ministers took decisive action to establish a regional system for inspections of foreign ships in 1982. Yet the growing numbers of ship detentions in many ports worldwide show the continuous need for a global system of regular port inspections. ... -
Working in a ‘man’s world’: women in the Fiji police force
08 October 2008 - There are higher proportions of women in public services worldwide, and an increasing number of equal opportunities policies exist globally. Nevertheless the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111) adopted in 1958 remains as relevant today as it was in the late 1950s – in the Pacific region and elsewhere. ...
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