ILO

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder (center) speaks at press conference in Geneva.
UN Geneva/Sarah Mbengue

Lowest rate of wage growth since 2008; gender ‘injustice’ continues: ILO chief

26 November 2018
Interviews

Take-home pay around the world is growing at its slowest rate since the 2008 global financial crisis, the head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday.

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Moussa, Idriss and Mahmoud (left to right) have found shelter under a truck in Bangassou in the Central African Republic after they were displaced by violence. (file)
Boris Matous/OCHA

Promoting decent work ‘daily challenge’ in fragile countries, UN Labour Summit told

7 June 2018
Economic Development

The Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations labour agency to provide special assistance to the conflict-torn nation and make it a “pilot-country” for the implementation of a programme to build peace and resilience through job creation.

Ann Mari May, Economics Professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and David Kucera, Senior Economist at ILO's Employment Policy Department.
courtesy of Ann Mari May. Photo: Ave Kukuli

The economics of gender balance

16 March 2018
UN Gender Focus

As women fight for gender parity in and out of the workforce a new study shows that in most of Europe, women are slowly catching up to men.

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Photo: weedezign/Adobe Stock
weedezign/Adobe Stock

UN Guidelines to train cabin crews to identify traffickers

4 January 2018
Interviews

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), 40.3 million people were victims of forced labour and modern slavery in 2017.  The 2016 Global Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (

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