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COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF
Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.
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The ILO response to COVID-19
Find out how ILO projects, programmes and their beneficiaries are responding and adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the world of work.
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Release more than 150,000 seafarers trapped on board ships due to COVID-19
World Oceans Day
Seafarers should be treated as ‘key workers’ so they can safely return home, says the International Labour Organization
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What are the policy solutions to the COVID-19 youth employment crisis?
Even in the best of times, young people faced a tough situation in the labour market. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic they were around three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. The crisis now threatens to exacerbate existing inequalities within and between countries.
- ILO Policy Brief: Preventing exclusion from the labour market: Tackling the COVID-19 youth employment crisis
- COVID-19 and the world of work
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COVID-19 stories
First person: COVID-19 stories from the world of work
Programmes and results
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ILO's flagship programmes
The ILO has integrated many of its existing technical projects into five flagship programmes, designed to enhance the efficency and impact of its development cooperation with constituents on a global scale.
Cooperation
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Partnering for Development
With over 50 years of experience in development cooperation, the ILO today has a bigger portfolio than ever with some 600 active programmes and projects in more than 100 countries.
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ILO projects worldwide
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Artworks
Artists engagement programme
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50forFreedom
Support the international treaty to end modern slavery
World of work trends
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Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
A Global Partnership for the Financial Inclusion of Workers
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Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACTEMP)
Sharp rise in women-owned businesses in Central America
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COVID-19 pandemic
New normal? Better normal!
Blog Work in Progress
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COVID-19 pandemic
Hand washing at work - The key to staying safe
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ILO Centenary
Our story, your story
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InfoStory
The ILO: Laying the foundations of social justice
World of Work magazine
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Special 2019 issue: The ILO at 100
Working for peace and social justice
This Centenary issue of the World of Work magazine presents some milestones of the ILO’s history and its efforts to promote social justice as the foundation of peace around the globe.