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The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity.
Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress. Its tripartite structure provides a unique platform for promoting decent work for all women and men.
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of work: A threat or a promise? from 2023-11-19T15:38:12
Are we smart enough to manage the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the world of work? It seems there are rising concerns over whether AI is a"threat or a promise”. Is this concern warranted? ...
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Jobs for Africa and beyond: The role of structural transformation in the 21st century from 2023-10-16T13:07:28
The world is facing a host of challenges causing sluggish employment growth in some societies. The COVID pandemic hasn’t helped, weakening, and even in some cases reversing hard won gains in employ...
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The quest for social justice: The role of research and dialogue from 2023-09-25T14:21:03
Advancing social justice is an idea that’s getting new attention these days. One of the main areas where the need for social justice is growing as something people want is the world of work. Achiev...
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Women in apparel and footwear manufacturing: how does tech upgrading and automation affect them? from 2023-09-04T12:59:48
The workforce in the clothing and footwear manufacturing sector is often predominantly made up of female workers. Though these jobs require a high degree of skills, they are often underpaid, insecu...
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Innovative employment policies in a changing world of work: A new paradigm? from 2023-06-21T12:58:20
In a world facing growing uncertainty, multiple transformative changes are buffeting the world of work. Will these changes mean people and countries are being left behind, or provide opportunities ...
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The technology paradox: Is it a great equalizer for some, but digital divider for others? from 2023-03-30T11:45
Technology has made enormous strides over the past few decades, improving many people’s lives, and creating incredible economic, scientific, and medical breakthroughs. For some, it has been “the gr...
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Is green the colour of our future? The green and digital transformation and the future of work from 2023-03-15T11:26:47
Go green has become the new mantra of our times. To mitigate the impact of climate change, we’re moving fast in new directions that promise to usher in a new green and digital transformation aimed ...
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Career guidance in challenging times: An investment in the future from 2023-02-15T11:44:20
A host of disruptive trends – ranging from public health crises, to accelerated automation, digitalization, and climate change – are putting labour markets under stress. New realities require new k...
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Episode 10: Training podcast for SMEs: The best free tools&resources to fight forced labour. from 2023-02-02T08:30:44
This episode introduces the listener to free tools and resources that help SMEs on their journey to end forced labour. The tools and resources covered are particularly relevant to the SME context a...
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The Global Accelerator: What it is and what it does in the future of work from 2023-01-12T11:04:38
Today, our world is facing an unprecedented number of challenges: climate and demographic change, COVID-19, and a lack of decent work and social security, among others. Poverty, inequality, and hun...
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Episode 9: Training podcast for SMEs – Fighting forced labour: Advice from SMEs for SMEs from 2022-11-16T07:56:29
In March this year 300 people joined us to hear from three inspiring SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises) who had entered our Global Award for SME Action on Forced Labour. Mariska van der Lin...
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Global shifts in employment structure: a new geography of jobs? from 2022-11-09T14:00:30
Over more than a decade, a series of economic crises have led to major shifts in the labour markets – creating new types of jobs and destroying existing ones. Researchers are examining the extent o...
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Episode 8: Training podcast for SMEs - What is forced labour and why should SMEs get involved? from 2022-11-01T10:28:49
Are you a small- or medium-sized enterprise (SME) owner or employee? Then this podcast series is for you. In three short episodes we introduce you to forced labour, share the latest figures, show...
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Digital transformation in Rwanda: is it creating a new future of work? from 2022-10-17T10:38:48
The global phenomenon of digitalization is increasingly going local. Worldwide, informal online platform work is growing, creating new jobs. Rwanda is a unique example. The central African country ...
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Algorithmic management: what it is, what it does and what it means for the future of work from 2022-10-10T11:20:02
Algorithmic management has been seen as a positive technological and digital factor in the organization of economic activity, but it also comes with a range of challenges. While some may see it as ...
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Platform work and gender inequalities – Case study from India from 2022-09-26T09:37:38
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed a rise in platforms and the growing platformization of work. Many of the new forms of work are being generated in the gig economy. These trends are als...
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Work-life transitions: Are they becoming more turbulent? from 2022-07-27T13:10:28
Life is about transitions--at work, in our personal lives, as we age. Diverse megatrends – from demographics to climate change, from globalization to technological advances and digitalization – are...
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Skilling, re-skilling, digitalization and the future of work from 2022-06-22T09:02:40
Digitalization is changing the nature, mode, and pace of work. This means the skilling and re-skilling of workers will be essential if enterprises and entire industries are to maintain and increase...
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The digital divide: Can we narrow the gap? from 2022-06-09T17:49:48
In many ways, digitalization has made the world of work a better place, supporting growth in both productivity and incomes. Yet many groups of workers, in particular, those who are already disadvan...
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Crowd work: A new form of digital employment for young on-line workers from 2022-06-01T08:25:33
Many countries have a very young workforce. While this population dividend can have a positive impact on growth and development, young people often can’t find decent jobs in formal work settings. N...
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Can big data help us understand the future of work? from 2022-05-17T16:04:01
This podcast investigates the possibilities of using big data to analyse ongoing work trends in both developed and developing economies as a means of anticipating future work needs. It discusses di...
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Employment and labour market policies: Can they profit from new technologies? from 2022-05-04T14:34:31
Increasing digitalization and use of new technologies have pushed employment policies in new directions worldwide. In the wake of the recent pandemic, while there has been an increase in the number...
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Edición especial: Erradicar el trabajo forzoso y el trabajo infantil en México from 2022-05-04T12:13:34
Tanto el trabajo forzoso como el trabajo infantil son problemas de gran importancia en México, un país pionero de la Alianza 8.7 que ha acelerado el paso para erradicar ambos abusos. En este podcas...
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Are we doing all we can to address ageing in the world of work? from 2022-03-10T07:49:12
People are living longer than ever before in both developed and developing countries. And in both cases, older people either want to, or have to, keep working, often out of the realistic fear of fa...
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Social Finance Podcast - Episode 5 - Jane Portas on 6 Moments That Matter&Insuring Women’s Futures from 2022-03-08T08:28:01
This is the fifth episode of the ILO’s Social Finance Podcast on financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing. The podcast brings you insights from around the world, highlighting...
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Social Finance Podcast - Episode 4 - Pushing the frontier: impact investing for decent work from 2021-12-08T07:43:37
This is the fourth episode of the ILO’s Social Finance Podcast on financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing. The podcast brings you insights from around the world, highlightin...
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In the uneven recovery from the COVID-19 jobs crisis, women are being left behind from 2021-11-18T12:15:26
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world of work. Lockdowns, restrictions on activity and movement, and economic turmoil have cut working hours and resulted in the eliminatio...
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Social Finance Podcast - Episode 3 - Going digital with inclusive insurance from 2021-11-15T16:11:46
This is the third episode of the ILO’s Social Finance Podcast on financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing. The podcast brings you insights from around the world, highlighting...
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Episode 7: Une conversation sur le travail forcé et des enfants en Côte d’Ivoire. from 2021-10-12T08:31:34
Ce podcast plus long et plus approfondi (en français) examine les causes profondes communes du travail des enfants et du travail forcé en Côte d’Ivoire. Le podcast explore les actions des organisat...
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Episode 6: Child and forced labour, human trafficking and illicit trade. from 2021-09-09T06:00:07
Ulrika Bonnier from The Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT), an ILO GBNFL member, tells us how child and forced labour are linked to crimes and criminal networks and proposes ac...
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Episode 5: Child and forced labour and environmental degradation in the fishing sector from 2021-08-26T06:00:05
WWF expert Corey Norton sets out how environmental degradation, child and forced labour are linked, and what some of the solutions are. This short podcast looks in particular at fisheries crimes.
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Episode 4: Climate change, migration, and child and forced labour from 2021-08-12T06:00:06
This short podcast episode features an interview with Rainforest Alliance expert, Rachel Rigby, on how climate change increases vulnerability to child and forced labour and what we can do about it.
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Lost in COVID-19 limbo-land: Pandemic hits youth employment hard from 2021-07-13T13:32:28
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world’s young workers hard. While the pandemic has had an unprecedented impact across the global workforce, youth have suffered greater job losses than other age g...
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Breaking out of the informal economy: Does new technology hold the key? from 2021-06-07T10:50:39
Two billion people – more than six out of ten workers in the world – make their living in the informal economy. The ILO estimates that some 1.6 billion of these workers have been significantly impa...
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Is the future ready for youth? Youth employment policies for evolving labour markets from 2021-04-29T16:55:52
We often ask whether youth are ready for the future. But is the future ready for them? That’s the underlying theme, and the title of a recent, comprehensive book by the ILO on the youth employment ...
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Episode 3: SMEs are crucial in the responsible business conduct conversation from 2021-04-28T10:19:36
The field of responsible business conduct has come a long way but has failed to consider and engage SMEs. Laura Spence, Professor of Business Ethics at Royal Holloway, University of London, sets ou...
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Episode 2: SME action is more important than ever to end forced labour during COVID-19. from 2021-03-22T08:00:39
Samuel Lee Moh Chuan, Senior Group HR Manager at the Wen Ken Group (Malaysia), discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Malaysian businesses, and the need to connect top down and local action on forced ...
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Inclusive structural transformation, policies and innovative solutions for a better future of work from 2021-03-16T00:00
Global job markets are changing rapidly, driven by increased automation, new technology and demographic change among other factors. And over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has injected new un...
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Episode 1: Calling all SMEs: Why and how to achieve responsible business conduct. from 2021-02-23T08:54
Douglas Opio, Executive Director of the Federation of Uganda Employers and Chair of the ILO GBNFL Steering Committee, explains why responsible business conduct should be at the top of each SME’s ag...
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How the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting jobs and livelihoods in the world’s Least Developed Countries from 2020-12-10T20:15:56
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting labour markets and livelihoods in advanced economies. But what is the impact on the world’s least developed countries, or L-D-C-s, which together account for 1.3 ...
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Global challenges – Global solutions: How Nature-based Solutions can power a green jobs recovery from 2020-11-12T10:32:58
Our natural world provides enormous opportunities for creating jobs and stimulating economies. More than half of the world’s GDP – some US$44 trillion – is moderately or highly dependent on nature....
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How National Employment Policies act as an entry point in response to crisis situations from 2020-09-30T10:28:52
How do we deal with the enormous crisis in employment during the COVID-19 pandemic? National employment policies play an important role in addressing this issue by providing a vital entry point for...
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Bringing gender equality to the core of employment recovery from 2020-08-18T00:00
The COVID 19 crisis has laid bare the entrenched gender inequalities that, compounded with other inequalities, plague labour markets. As the latest ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work, fift...
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Social Finance Podcast - Episode 2 - COVID-19 and inclusive insurance, reflections from Kenya from 2020-06-24T12:04:36
This is the second episode of the ILO’s Social Finance Podcast on financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing. The podcast brings you insights from around the world, highlightin...
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Global challenges, Global solutions: Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and the youth employment crisis from 2020-06-23T15:22:36
In this interview Sher Verick, Head of the Employment Strategies Unit, and Susana Puerto Gonzalez, Research and Technical Specialist, discuss the extent of the youth employment crisis, how the curr...
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Global challenges, Global solutions: The deepening crisis in the informal sector from 2020-06-17T07:31:48
In this interview, Mito Tsukamoto, Chief of the development and Investment (DEVINVEST) branch of the ILO’s Employment Policy Department, elaborates on the crisis facing informal economy workers, an...
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Global challenges, Global solutions: The global pandemic in the world of work today from 2020-06-10T14:55:47
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world of work into its worst crisis since the end of World War II. What is more, as a result of the pandemic, hopeful initiatives such as the UN Social Developm...
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Global challenges, Global solutions: The skills challenge in the time of COVID-19 from 2020-06-09T12:52:12
In this interview, ILO Senior Skills and Employability Specialist Ashwani Aggarwal discusses the new world of on-line learning and e-training that is taking shape, and some of the challenges that h...
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Social Finance Podcast - Episode 1 - COVID-19, insurance, and financial inclusion from 2020-05-26T16:07:32
We are proud to launch the ILO’s Social Finance Podcast on financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing. The podcast brings you insights from around the world, highlighting how f...
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Violence and Harassment in the Workplace from 2017-11-30T13:35:18
Violence and harassment in the workplace is in the headlines and seems more commonplace than ever before. Where and why does it happen and what can be done to stop it?
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