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  World Day Against Child Labour: Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director “We are losing ground in the fight against child labour, and the last year has not made that fight any easier,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “Now, well into a second year of global lockdowns, school closures, economic disruptions, and shrinking national budgets, families are forced to make heart-breaking choices.

Score: 144532.74 - https://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Info...WCMS_800090/lang--en/index.htm

  The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation: Moving Up

The study examines how easy it is for newcomers in the European Union to establish themselves in destination-country labor markets in the first ten years after arrival, and how well they are able to move out of unskilled work and into middle-skilled jobs.

Score: 188387.04 - https://www.ilo.org/global/top...WCMS_313697/lang--de/index.htm

  Labour standards: Belgium ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

News | 20 August 2013 Belgium becomes the 46th ILO Member State and the 19th European Union member to have ratified this historic agreement which constitutes the fourth pillar of the international maritime legal regime, complementing the key Conventions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and providing decent working and living conditions for seafarers as well as conditions of fair competition for ship owners.

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  Virtual event: International Equal Pay Day 2022: Can pay transparency measures help reduce the gende

Leaders from different countries, as well as representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations will come together to discuss the pros and cons of some of the pay transparency measures currently in place, its potential and actual effectiveness on reducing the gender pay gap, and consequently, broader gender inequalities in the labour market. Moderator: Cairo Eubanks , the New Future Foundation International Civil Society Youth Representative and Member to the United Nations, as well as a United Nations Department of Global Communications Civil Society Youth Representatives Steering Committee Member.

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  Improving media coverage on the topic of labour migration in Jordan

These issues included lack of timely or reliable data, news cycle pressures, as well as the difficulties surrounding access to credible and reliable sources. ‘’One of the most pressing issues facing journalists in Jordan is their lack of courage,’’ said Fayçal Basel Abu Ghanem, a reporter from Jordan Television and one of the workshop participants. (...) “These efforts also need to expand in order to reach out to more journalists and editors who have the final word on what gets covered.‘’ Representatives from trade unions and civil society also spoke to participants of their concerns as well as the role media plays in highlighting issues related to migrant workers in host countries. (...) The ILO and PANOS plan to hold similar national media workshops on labour migration and human trafficking in Gulf States as well as a series of trainings with the Al Jazeera Media Network.

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  Safety and security in Lebanon: Lebanese capital police hub restored by the ILO following Beirut por

EIIP is a global ILO programme that supports government, municipal and community services through construction and maintenance of infrastructure assets such as roads, schools, social and community centres, as well as through environmental and agricultural activities.

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  ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis: Lebanese farmers pay heavy price for Syrian crisis

This increased demand has raised the rental price of land for local tenant farmers as well, and has led to rising production costs. “Rent for land has gone up,” said Lebanese tenant farmer Farouk Mahmoud.

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  The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation: Turning a

This report examines how well recent policies are working to fill these gaps to help immigrants move into more stable work.

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  ILO Response to the Syria Refugee Crisis: Employment gives Syrian refugee women in Jordan “second ch

These are located in a number of cities and industrial zones, as well as the Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps. Since it opened its doors to refugees a year ago, the Zaatari employment office has helped 7,400 Syrians in the sectors of agriculture and construction obtain work permits and to work outside the camp.

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  100th ILO annual conference concludes with move toward new era of social justice

Special guests addressing the Conference included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Finnish President Tarja Kaarina Halonen, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, as well as five former heads of State and Government members of the Club of Madrid.

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