01/10/2024 04:32 PM

New ILO report highlights positive trend in regional social protection coverage, however uneven progress and financial sustainability issues, coupled with the need to address climate change impacts highlight the need for comprehensive system enhancements.

26/09/2024 02:22 PM

A truly inclusive multilateralism must embrace diversity and place solidarity at the heart of international cooperation, the ILO’s Director-General has emphasized.

20/09/2024 09:01 AM

The world of work is changing rapidly, with platform workers, non-standard contracts and self-employment becoming more and more common. This presents a challenge to social security systems to guarantee effective access to all branches of social security for all kinds of workers, without discrimination based on the type of contractual relationship.

10/09/2024 08:00 AM

Social Security provides benefits on a gender-neutral basis. Policies on social security is a powerful tool to reduce poverty and gender inequality. It can mitigate the effects of discrimination against girl children, the risk of unemployment women face when they are pregnant and give birth, and it can provide a safety net against poverty and lack of care for women at old age.

08/09/2024 08:19 AM

The health insurance is more and more important for all people not only in Vietnam but also in the world. Every country builds their own health insurance system suitable with their countries' politics and economic situation. All regulations under Law on health insurance in every countries aims to ensure right and interest for their people.

26/08/2024 09:44 AM

The Vietnamese Government is working to promote public-private partnerships (PPP) in the healthcare sector as a means to improve the country's healthcare system.

21/08/2024 09:04 AM

An ILO delegation led by Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat visited the sites of projects that build infrastructure and create jobs through sustainable and green employment and community development.

19/08/2024 09:25 AM

My blood is as black as coal. We’re all miners in my family: niece, daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin, wife, mother... It’s not like I was born with a piece of coal in my hand, but almost, like everybody else in these parts. When the coal mine shut down, it was a total disaster. There was no work. Young people started to leave, the villages became desolate, businesses closed.