The United Nations labour agency (ILO) today welcomed an agreement signed by international fashion brands and retailers, and trade unions to prevent workplace disasters and insisted action had to happen immediately on improving conditions in factories in Bangladesh. CH-UNTV
An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship is jeopardizing independent reporting in many countries says a report released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists at the United Nations in New York. UNTV
According to the new ILO report "Domestic workers across the world", more than 52 million people worldwide are employed as domestic workers. Eighty percent of them are women. ILO
The Deputy Director-General of the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), Sandra Polaski, told reporters in Geneva today that millions of domestic workers are highly vulnerable to exploitation because they are not protected under general labour laws. ILO
Each year, some ten million migrant workers leave the Philippines for better job opportunities. The 20 billion US dollars they send back home are vital for the economy – but very little of that flow of money is saved or invested. IFAD
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) latest report says that despite signs that economic growth has resumed in some regions, the global employment situation is alarming and shows no signs of recovery. ILO
The ILO says that around 50 million jobs are still missing compared to the situation that existed before the economic crisis and that job recovery especially in Europe, is not expected before the end of 2016 – unless there is a dramatic shift in policy direction. ILO
Although Bangladesh, whose total urban population is 41.7 million people has made significant improvements in providing access to primary education, children living in urban slums are the most disadvantaged. The State of the World’s Children (SOWC) report will be launched Tuesday 28 February in Mexico City, Mexico and in New York City. UNICEF
Despite government interventions around the globe, the jobs crisis is continuing according to the International Labour Organization. ILO
Two young women from an IDP camp learn how to sew and are now working as trainees for one of the top fashion designers in Haiti. It’s part of a program aimed to help displaced women unable to support themselves and their family. MINUSTAH