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Press releases

• Economic crisis to impact on HIV/AIDS response says the ILO ahead of International Conference on AIDS and STI in Africa
  02 December 2008 - Experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO) will address the potential impact of the global economic crisis on HIV/AIDS in the workplace during a series of events to be held at the 15th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA), which opens tomorrow (3 December) in Dakar, Senegal. (ILO/08/56)
• ILO warns of cuts in real wages for millions of workers in 2009 – Declines follow decade in which wages failed to keep pace with economic growth
  25 November 2008 - The global economic crisis is expected to lead to painful cuts in the wages of millions of workers worldwide in the coming year, according to a new report published today by the International Labour Office (ILO). (ILO/08/55)

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Feature articles

• 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. (FTR/08/qaa_diop_aids)
• 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. (FTR/08/aids_day)

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I-news

• YEN launches a grant scheme in the MRU to promote youth employment
  01 December 2008 - On December 1, 2008, the Youth Employment Network (YEN) will launch a competitive grant scheme for youth led organizations in the Mano River Union (Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone). Applicants can apply for grants between USD 2’000 and 50’000. (INEWS/08/yen)
• ILO and Germany sign two supplementary agreements
  01 December 2008 - The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed two supplementary agreements to promote the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programmes and the Global Labour University in South Africa. (INEWS/08/germany)

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Video

• HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Women in Rural Ethiopia -
  01 December 2008 - When it comes to talking about HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopian communities, one of the major difficulties is that most women will not talk about the problem willingly, out of shyness, and the fear of isolation and discrimination if it is known they, or their partner is HIV positive. But one exceptional woman is changing that.
• Chaltu: Never Too Old to Change Her Life -
  25 November 2008 - The world’s population is ageing, and living longer costs money. Because women live longer than men, they form the majority of older persons. As women age, supporting themselves gets more difficult. But even the most difficult situations can be changed, if there’s an opportunity. A seventy-year old woman at a small village market in Ethiopia is proof that it can be done.

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