28/03/2025 03:25 PM
More protection, less inequality: The urgent need for a gender perspective in occupational safety and health
New report by the ILO and OISS highlights how occupational risks affect women and men differently in Ibero-America, underscoring the invisibility of feminized sectors such as care work.
13/03/2025 08:21 AM
Standards and Tools for International Data Exchange
With the growth in bilateral and multilateral international social security agreements, establishing secure data exchange mechanisms is crucial. The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is developing standards and supporting tools for this area.
01/03/2025 08:15 AM
Promoting gender equality and women empowerment in Lebanese industry
(ILO News) - Beirut, Lebanon – The Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for the Arab States, has launched a comprehensive awareness and communication campaign aimed at promoting gender equality and empowering women in the industrial sector.
17/02/2025 09:12 AM
AI provides innovative ways to improve compliance with labour laws
AI is making labour inspections smarter and more effective. MIRA, a tool developed for Albania’s Labour Inspectorate with ILO support, helps inspectors spot workplace violations faster by using machine learning to analyze risks and predict problems. It reduces guesswork, cuts down on paperwork, and ensures fairer, more consistent inspections – ultimately creating safer and more compliant workplaces.
03/02/2025 08:37 AM
Inclusion in times of crisis: How Ukrainian businesses are building resilience by integrating people with disabilities?
Ukrainian enterprises are demonstrating remarkable resilience by turning obstacles into opportunities. A notable example is their effort to address labour shortages caused by the war through the recruitment and integration of people with disabilities (PwD).
17/12/2024 09:10 AM
Asia-Pacific forum drives efforts to formalize informal economy, addresses climate impact on vulnerable workers
Regional stakeholders urge integrated strategies to promote decent work, emphasizing climate resilience and systemic change ahead of 2025 International Labour Conference discussions.
01/10/2024 04:32 PM
Social protection invesment continues being implemented
Since the turn of the last century, social protection programmes have continued to grow in every region of the world, and their function in stabilizing the economy and protecting vulnerable groups has been repeatedly demonstrated, including during recent global crises. While their benefits are widely accepted, additional investments are still needed to increase coverage of social protection schemes globally, in particular in lower-income countries.
26/09/2024 02:22 PM
ILO welcomes UN Summit of the Future's focus on social justice and decent work
A truly inclusive multilateralism must embrace diversity and place solidarity at the heart of international cooperation, the ILO’s Director-General has emphasized.
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VSS - ISSA Guidelines on Social Security