This ILO Suva "news in brief" is for ILO constituents in the Pacific to keep them updated on ILO issues and activities related to Decent Work Country Programmes in their respective countries. This edition highlights topics specific to the International Labour Conference (ILC) which is (...)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that Ms Aung San Suu Kyi - Chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar - will attend the 101st International Labour Conference.
The ILO Youth Employment Forum got under way with young people from around the world discussing the promotion of decent jobs in the face of a dramatic global jobs crisis that disproportionately affects them.
ILO head, Juan Somavia, warned of “a growing disconnect between people and politics, people and government”. These remarks were part of his address to young men and women who were attending the Opening of the Youth Employment Forum in (...)
Young people from around the world are discussing ways to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in the face of a global jobs crisis that affects 75 million youth. Over 100 young men and women are taking part in the Youth Employment Forum at the ILO in Geneva, sharing their experiences (...)
The ILO has issued a report on the worldwide situation concerning its fundamental principles and rights of work – freedom of association and collective bargaining, forced and child labour and discrimination.
Zambian authorities, trade unions and employers agreed to work together and with the ILO and the IMF to promote employment by creating inclusive growth, at a two day-meeting that ended in Lusaka on 22 May.