16/01/2024 02:39 PM
Climate change, human rights and social security
With the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP28) and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights high on the global agenda, it is timely to stress that these issues are tightly linked to the global ambition and obligation to deliver social security for all.
08/01/2024 10:30 AM
Education makes me to struggle for women’s rights
Every opportunity I get, I speak on behalf of women in the Maasai community. We want women not to sleep but to wake up. Even those with pierced ears like me, our minds haven’t been pierced, we have the brains to advance forward!
24/11/2023 03:14 PM
Climate change and new technologies mean double impact for workers, ILO Director-General underlines
Houngbo highlighted the need to improve skills training in the face of multiple challenges in the world of work.
09/11/2023 03:29 PM
Working under the sun causes 1-in-3 deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer, say WHO and ILO
New research has found that exposure to ultraviolet solar radiation is a major cause of work-related cancer deaths globally, and more needs to be done on prevention and mitigation.
07/11/2023 10:50 AM
Over 60 per cent of employment has been lost in Gaza since start of current conflict
The ILO has issued its first bulletin on the impact of the current Israel-Hamas conflict on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
03/11/2023 02:00 PM
How flexible funding is saving lives
Across the globe, children are facing a historic confluence of crises – from conflict and displacement to infectious disease outbreaks and soaring rates of malnutrition. Meanwhile, climate change is compounding the severity of these crises and unleashing new ones.
02/11/2023 09:30 AM
Global Coalition for Social Justice endorsed by ILO Governing Body
The Coalition will increase multilateral cooperation and partnerships and play a key role in advocating for social justice.
01/11/2023 09:22 AM
Closing childcare policy gaps offers high return on investment
There is a compelling social investment and gender equality case for transforming childcare policies so that they universally and effectively cover children from birth until the start of mandatory primary education, new ILO research has found.
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VSS - ISSA Guidelines on Social Security