Focus on
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Youth employment
40 per cent of the jobless worldwide are young people. There will be nearly 75 million unemployed youth aged 15 to 24 in 2012, an increase of nearly 4 million since 2007. The youth unemployment crisis can be beaten but only if job creation for young people becomes a key priority in policy-making.
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Social Protection
Social protection programmes can act as stabilizers mitigating the impact of economic crises on labour markets while contributing to maintaining social cohesion and stimulating aggregate demand.
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The ILO and the G20
G20 countries would need to create 21 million jobs in 2012 in order to return to pre-crisis employment levels.
Key resources
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ILO Training Centre
Global provider of training for the world of work
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The ILO at Work
Development Results 2010-2011
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Labour statistics
Short Term Indicators of the Labour Market
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ILO Helpdesk
For business on International Labour Standards
Policy frameworks
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The ILO Global Jobs Pact: A policy framework to accelerate a job rich recovery
Adopted by ILO constituents in June 2009, the Global Jobs Pact provides a set of policy measures centred on investments, employment and social protection.
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ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
Adopted in 2008 by the representatives of governments, employers and workers from all ILO member States, the Declaration expresses the contemporary vision of the ILO’s mandate in the era of globalization.
Filipino domestic workers get labour rights recognition
Ratifying ILO Convention 189, the Philippines become the second country to officially extend basic labour rights to domestic workers.In this short documentary, two Filipino maids express their hopes that their working conditions will now improve. |
