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Digital labour platforms have increased five-fold worldwide in the last decade according to the ILO’s latest ‘World Employment and Social Outlook 2021’ report. This growth has underlined the need for international policy dialogue and regulatory cooperation in order to provide decent work opportunities and foster the growth of sustainable businesses more consistently. ILO

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Tentative signs of recovery are emerging in global labour markets, following unprecedented disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest report from the International Labour Organization. ILO

At an event to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, a survivor challenged leaders to “not just only imagine a world without child labour, but to act on it so it becomes our reality." UNIFEED

Amid threat of catastrophic global famine, COVID-19 response must prioritize food security, humanitarian needs, experts tell General Assembly.

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that monthly wages fell or grew more slowly in the first six months of 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ILO

Make bold environmental action central focus of post pandemic economic recovery, speakers urge as General Assembly holds first ever global biodiversity summit.

Marking World Patient Safety Day, the World Health Organization released a ‘Health Worker Safety Charter’ calling on governments and healthcare leaders to take action to better protect health workers and patients. WHO

For the first time in the history of the International Labour Organization (ILO), an International Labour Convention on the worst forms of child labour has been ratified by all Member States. ILO

More than 50 Heads of State and government as well as the heads of a number of UN and international agencies are taking part in series of global discussions on COVID-19 and the World of Work, taking place online 7-9 July. ILO