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Faltering global employment growth and the pressure on decent working conditions risk undermining social justice, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 report. ILO

According to a new UN report, a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021. UNICEF

A UN spokesperson said that according to a new report by the International Labour Organization, the COVID-19 crisis measures yielded “powerful” new evidence that giving workers more flexibility “in how, where, and when they work can be positive for both them and businesses.” UNIFEED

More than one in five people in employment have experienced violence and harassment at work, whether physical, psychological, or sexual, according to a new joint analysis, the first of its kind, by the International Labour Organization, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, and Gallup. ILO

The severe inflationary crisis, combined with a global slowdown in economic growth - driven in part by the war in Ukraine and the global energy crisis - are causing a striking fall in real monthly wages in many countries. ILO

A Venezuelan music teacher and choir director leads a group composed of mostly refugees and migrants from Venezuela, but including Chileans and others from Colombia, Peru and Cuba. IOM

Amid a looming food-security crisis linked to Sri Lanka’s cost-of-living crunch, the country’s most vulnerable breadwinners wonder how much longer they can cope, as the Government battles the nation’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. UNTV CH

Agricultural automation can play an important role in making food production more efficient and more environmentally friendly. However, its uneven adoption can also deepen inequalities, especially if it remains inaccessible to small-scale producers and other marginalized groups, such as youth and women. FAO

Unemployment and inequality both look set to rise because multiple and overlapping economic and political crises threaten labour market recovery worldwide, according to the latest edition of the International Labour Organization Monitor on the World of Work. ILO

Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany received the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. UNHCR