Olinda Silvano is an artist and leader in a Shipibo-Conibo indigenous community in Perus capital city, Lima. She is determined to overcome the challenges she and her people face, including discrimination, lack of social protection and housing. She believes education is the best inheritance we can give. Explore the full multimedia story on s .
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Digital technology and artificial intelligence present important challenges to equality in the workplace and in society. As workplaces transition towards a digital future, we are already seeing that existing are being reproduced in the digital realm.
In the first of our podcast mini-series on artificial intelligence and the world of work - and to mark International Womens Day, Dr. Orly Lobel explores the important role digital technologies can play in creating a brighter and more inclusive future of work, and some of the surprising ways they are already being used in workplaces today together with 's Anders Johnsson.
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Productivity is slowing in advanced economies and the trend has spread to emerging economies. The Trends 2023 report, described productivity as key to addressing todays multiple crises and a linchpin of a just transition. How can productivity be improved and how can those gains be channelled to build the foundations of a just transition to a more sustainable and equitable future?
In this latest edition of the , ILO's Sophy Fisher finds out with Jos矇 Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of and Daniel Samaan, ILO's Senior Macro-economist.
My new skills have given my family hope
Fleeing Congos civil war, widowed Angelique Kahindo, trekked her way through the treacherous Congo jungles with her children until she reached Nakivake refugee settlement in southern Uganda. Through PROSPECTS, she was shortlisted for a six month apprenticeship, where she learned and perfected her tailoring skills. The world is witnessing the highest levels of displacement ever recorded. In recent years, forced displacement has increased not only in scale but also in complexity. , spearheaded by the Government of Netherlands in partnerships with several international bodies, was initiated to improve the access of host communities and forcibly displaced people to employment and livelihood opportunities.
The number of children without access to social protection is increasing year-on-year, leaving them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, according to a new by the and .
As Sri Lanka experiences its worst economic crisis, the most vulnerable groups are forced to grapple with further exacerbated challenges. Especially for those engaged in the agriculture and fisheries sector, their livelihoods have been severely disrupted on all fronts. In the present situation, Sri Lankas LEED+ project is supporting vulnerable members of the farming community in the Northern Province through short-term employment in infrastructure developments.
I was 21 when a mountain biking accident left me without the use of my legs. I that 1) anyone with any disability can be independent, 2) a disabled person can be productive on a farm.
Mary Nkisonkoi is a community project facilitator in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya and a beneficiary of an project aimed to reduce poverty and improve living conditions through decent work.
The current global economic slowdown is likely to force more workers to accept lower quality, poorly paid jobs which lack job security and social protection, accentuating inequalities. (WESO trends), projects that employment growth will be only 1 per cent in 2023, less than half the level in 2022, and unemployment is slated to rise slightly. The report pays particular attention to the impact of the different crises on productivity, job quality and job opportunities and how these trends risk undermining social justice around the world.
brings us , an Ethiopian farmer, lost all his cattle in a recent drought. Without a regular supply of water, his future livelihood and that of other members of the community was in jeopardy. Together they built a water collection basin that promises a viable future for them all.
Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the COVID-19 crisis, can benefit economies, enterprises and workers, and lay the ground for a better and more healthy work-life balance, according to a new report. The report, , looks at the two main aspects of working time; working hours and working time arrangements (also called work schedules) and the effects of both on business performance and workers' work-life balance.
Investing in policies that support Nature-based Solutions would generate significant employment opportunities, particularly in rural areas, if the transition is fair and inclusive, says a new report by the .
A new shows that the inflationary crisis combined with a global slowdown are reducing the purchasing power of the middle class and hitting low-income households particularly hard.
ILO presents Linda Sarmento, who was disabled as a child. She was determined to go to school and later found work where she could. The COVID-19 pandemic however has made it harder. Mozambiques social protection benefit has ensured that she meets her basic needs and helps her daughters attend school.
Merima Kuki Gego is a young entrepreneur who, during the COVID-19 crisis, set up a food and tourism business in rural Bosnia and Herzegovina, with help from an project.