The road to eliminating child labour in Zambia (ILO)

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/video-news-releases/WCMS_488738/lang--en/index.htm

Diversity brings prosperity in Northern Sri Lanka (ILO)

The ILO and Australian government are working to reduce vulnerability and strengthen market networks for Sri Lankan smallholders

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_486061/lang--en/index.htm

Mali becomes the third African country to ratify the Protocol of 2014 on forced labour (ILO)

http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/WCMS_486616/lang--en/index.htm

Switzerland calls on the ILO to meet challenges relating to the future of work (ILO)

The guest of honour at the opening day of the 105th International Labour Conference, Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann advocates a strong ILO, ready to respond to rapid change in the world of work

http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/105/media-centre/news/WCMS_485944/lang--en/index.htm

The scourge of rural Madagascar: Child labour in domestic work (ILO)

Ravaka is 14. Since the age of 12, she’s walked to work instead of school.

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Water and jobs for Tunisia (ILO)

In Kesra, Tunisia, an ILO programme to support the development of disadvantaged areas is stimulating local economic activity. Thanks to a new irrigation system built using a labour-intensive approach, water resources are better managed, the production of figs and other crops has increased, and new jobs have been created in the region.

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/video-news-releases/WCMS_462049/lang--en/index.htm

ILO welcomes strengthened EU focus on social issues (ILO)

The Organization stands ready to support the European Commission, which has launched a consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights.

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_462672/lang--en/index.htm

ILO calls for increase in global health sector workforce (ILO)

At the first meeting in Lyon, France, of a new UN multilateral commission, the ILO has highlighted a major increase in the health sector workforce as essential if the 2030 Agenda goals on health are to be realized.

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_462721/lang--en/index.htm

ILO Conventions on Safety and Health in Construction and Mining enter into force for Turkey (ILO)

As part of the efforts to improve safety and health in the hazardous sectors of mining and construction, the Government is now bound to apply the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167) and the Safety and Health in Mining Convention, 1995 (No. 176). The value added of these ILO Conventions include requirements to develop a coherent national policy on safety and health in mining, and to articulate more clearly and implement more effectively the rights and duties of employers and workers and their representatives in both these sectors.

http://www.ilo.org/ankara/news/WCMS_462709/lang--en/index.htm

326th Session of the Governing Body, 10–24 March 2016 (ILO)

http://www.ilo.org/gb/GBSessions/GB326/lang--en/index.htm

TOPICS (The Global Eye) World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2016 (ILO)

The ILO's World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2016 includes a forecast of global unemployment levels, looking at the situation in developed, emerging and developing economies, with detailed charts and numbers. The report also focusses on the share of vulnerable employment as well as on the scale of the informal economy. It provides policy guidance to boost decent work opportunities around the globe.

http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/weso/2016/lang--en/index.htm

TOPICS (The Global Eye) ILO global estimates on migrant workers (ILO)

The statistical study provides estimates of the proportion of labour migrant workers among the total number of migrants worldwide. It outlines the regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and includes a specific focus on migrants in domestic work with updated numbers.

http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/publications/WCMS_436343/lang--en/index.htm