The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Gilbert Houngbo, has called for reinforced multilateralism and a focus on social justice for a sustained global recovery, highlighting the need to bolster investment in social policies, institutions, and dialogue. Houngbo, in statements delivered at the just concluded World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings […]
The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released on Thursday indicated that over 24 million Nigerian children between the ages of 5 to 17 were engaged in child labour. According to the report titled ‘Nigeria Forced Labour Survey 2022’ a total of 24,673,485, representing 39.2% of […]
The Global Coalition for Social Justice, a voluntary platform open to governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, international entities, financial institutions, businesses, NGOs, and academia, has recorded a groundbreaking cooperative initiative to tackle social justice deficits with new 100 partners joining its rank. The Coalition aims to improve worldwide collaboration in addressing social justice gaps and […]
The International Labour Organization’s Governing Body has adopted a proposal to establish a Global Coalition For Social Justice as part of its efforts to mitigate the rising social injustices, particularly in the workplace, across the world. A statement issued by the ILO on Thursday indicates that the Global Coalition aims to generate increased political commitments and […]
The Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) – Heinz Koller, has predicted that if fully prioritized, the current drives by world leaders for a more environment-friendly business and other human activities could create 18 million jobs worldwide. The labour expert made this forecast at the […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) reported on Thursday that available data suggested that Africa’s real wage growth of workers dipped to minus 1.4 percent in 2021 and to minus 0.5 percent in the first half of 2022. The global labour organization made this disclosure in its latest ‘Global Wage Report 2022-2023: The Impact of Inflation […]
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) has announced a Togolese, Gilbert Houngbo, the current President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as its next Director-General. Houngbo was elected by the ILO’s Governing Body, comprising representatives of governments, workers and employers, during their meeting in Geneva. He will be the 11th Director-General of the ILO, […]
Delegates who attended the second segment of the 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) have tasked the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the need to develop new strategies to accelerate action to reduce inequalities and boost skills and life-long learning. The move came at the closure of the 2021 ILC , after the adoption of two […]
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday told global leaders that investing in job-rich growth, social protection and a just transition to a net-zero emissions future, particularly in low -and middle-income countries, could prevent a further deepening of the inequalities between developed and developing economies. Guterres, who gave the charge in a policy brief, […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) today strongly advocated the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as they relate to social protection and job security as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage national economies on a worrisome scale. The global labour organisation is participating in a series of events at the 76th session of the […]