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Millennium Development Goals: Review of progress by the UN General Assembly, September 2010

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A High-level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly will be held from 20 to 22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the MDG target of 2015.UN agencies have prepared reports for the meeting describing successful case studies that can be replicated and scaled up, highlighting lessons learned, identifying remaining challenges, and making recommendations for progress. The ILO, the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization jointly coordinated the more...

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

Global Employment Trends for Youth, August 2010

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The report presents the latest global and regional labour market trends for youth and specifically explores how the global economic crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of young people around the world. In developed economies, the crisis has led to the highest youth unemployment rates on record, while in developing economies – where 90 per cent of the world’s youth live – the crisis threatens to exacerbates the challenges of rampant decent work deficits, adding to the number of young people more...

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

Global Employment Trends for Youth

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This is the 2010 Report from the International Labor Organization.The report presents the latest global and regional labour market trends for youth and specifically explores how the global economic crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of young people around the world. In developed economies, the crisis has led to the highest youth unemployment rates on record, while in developing economies – where 90 per cent of the world’s youth live – the crisis threatens to exacerbates the challenges of more...

Added by John Daly on August 13, 2010

Monitoring Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights through ILO Conventions

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The implementation of all ILO Conventions is monitored by the ILO supervisory bodies. This allows a continuous dialogue to take place between the Organization and the Governments concerned with the involvement of employers’ and workers’ organizations (trade unions), with a view to strengthening the implementation of these Conventions.

Added by Zunia on August 10, 2010

Labor and social trends in ASEAN 2010: sustaining recovery and development through decent work

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"This report provides an analysis of the major trends in employment and social conditions in the ASEAN region since the beginning of the global financial, economic and jobs crisis, while also reviewing national policy responses and identifying lessons learned for the post-crisis era. The report examines the policy opportunities and challenges in sustaining the recovery and in fostering more balanced and inclusive pathways to growth – including in the areas of improving competitiveness and more...

Added by Zunia on July 01, 2010

Eliminating child labour in Bolivia: The role of education

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"CEPROMIN (Centro de Promoción Minera), a non-governmental organization, runs a project on improving the living conditions of children and mining families living in the mining camps of Potosí. The project makes sure they are properly fed and looked after and, most importantly, that they receive a quality education. In addition, the project addresses the needs of adults, improving the socio economic environment. This combined approach can make a big difference."

Added by Zunia on July 01, 2010

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) - What it is and what it does

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"This new publication provides a summary of the role and activities of the ILO¿s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour"

Added by Zunia on June 24, 2010

Investing in Every Child: An Economic Study of the Costs and Benefits of Eliminating Child Labour

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"This study provides an integrated study of the economic costs and benefits of eliminating child labour in developing and transitional countries."

Added by Zunia on June 24, 2010

Joining forces against child labour - Inter-agency report for The Hague Global Chiidl Labour Conference 2010

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"An interagency report by the Understanding Childrens Work programme (ILO, the World Bank and UNICEF) calls for child labour to be placed at the forefront of national development agendas and presents a range of evidence indicating that child labour constitutes an important impediment to national development."

Added by Zunia on June 24, 2010

Creating awareness against child labor in Kyrgystan

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"The use of child labour at a market began with the emergence and expansion of ‘chelnochestvo’ (shuttle commerce). A study commissioned by the ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) showed that in bazaars in the capital city of Bishkek, 26.3 per cent of working children are employed to transport, load and unload goods and baggage. The same situation exists in the Osh bazaar where 38 per cent of children are lorry-carriers.These boys push heavy lorry pushcarts more...

Added by Zunia on June 24, 2010

Child Labour in Cambodia - A New Direction

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"Across the country children of the very poorest families are engaged in hazardous activities that place them in constant danger. Over 313,000 children are trapped in the worst forms of exploitation such as drug trafficking and prostitution. Others spend hours in salt fields, work in factories or load carts with bricks to meet the demands of the booming construction industry. An ILO supported survey in 2003 reported one in every ten children in the capital above the age of seven was engaged in more...

Added by Zunia on June 24, 2010

Good practices on child labour 2010 - Latin America region

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During the Global Child Labour Conference 2010 (The Hague, The Netherlands) IPEC and its partners have launched 22 good practices (GPs) from all over the world. These GPs describe interesting initiatives that are making a difference in fighting child labour.

Added by Zunia on June 20, 2010

Good practices on child labour 2010 - Europe region

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During the Global Child Labour Conference 2010 (The Hague, The Netherlands) IPEC and its partners have launched 22 good practices (GPs) from all over the world. These GPs describe interesting initiatives that are making a difference in fighting child labour.

Added by Zunia on June 17, 2010

Good practices on child labour 2010 - Africa region

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During the Global Child Labour Conference 2010 (The Hague, The Netherlands) IPEC and its partners have launched 22 good practices (GPs) from all over the world. These GPs describe interesting initiatives that are making a difference in fighting child labour.

Added by Zunia on June 15, 2010

Facts on Child Labour 2010

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For over a decade, child labour has been recognized as a key issue of human rights at work together with freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, the abolition of forced labour, and non-discrimination in occupation and employment. However, despite the large social reform movement that has been generated around this issue, more than 200 million children worldwide are still in child labour and a staggering 115 million at least, are subject to its worst forms.The global campaign more...

Added by Zunia on June 14, 2010

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