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LEBANON: Migrant Women Dying on the Job
By Dalila Mahdawi BEIRUT, Nov 21 (IPS) - October and November have been bloody months for Lebanon's migrant domestic workers - over the last five weeks nine women have died. The workers leave their families behind to travel to...
ILO Governing Body calls for comprehensive crisis response, long-ter..
Zaterdag 21 november 2009 | International Labour Organization (ILO) ] GENEVA (ILO News) - The Governing Body of the International Labour Office called for an "employment oriented" response to the global economic crisis based on...
CII launches toll free helpline on HIV/AIDS
From correspondents in Delhi, India, 10:04 PM IST In a bid to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS, the Confederation of Indian Industriy (CII) Friday announced the launch of a toll free helpline in four languages. Making the...
UN slams Myanmar
Geneva - The UN labour agency has criticised Myanmar for failing to abolish forced labour. The International Labour Organisation says it is "deeply concerned" that the southeast Asian country continues to imprison people who...
LABOR-INDONESIA: Future Looks Bleak for Laid-Off Workers
By Hera Diani WEST JAVA, Indonesia , Nov 19 (IPS) - Having been hit by the global financial crisis, the firm had to let go of 1,301 employees, including Farida. Although Farida’s salary was just slightly above the monthly...
Expats pin hopes on new private sector labor law in Kuwait
The scheduled discussion of the amendments to the draft private sector labor law during yesterday's parliamentary session was postponed until Dec 8, 2009 following heated exchanges between MPs and the government and Kuwait's...
Africa: Africa Urged to Unveil Stimulus Packages
Africa's job markets will be worst hit by the global economic crisis unless governments unveil stimulus packages to protect jobs and companies from collapse, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
MICROFINANCE PAPER-WRAP UP: Technical Guidelines: “Microfinance Against Child Labour” by Judith...
Written by Judith van Doorn and Craig Churchill. Published February 2004 for Social Finance Programme of International Labor Organization for International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour. 46 pages, available at:...
Canada needs to back ILO in the Philippines
A high-level International Labour Organization (ILO) Mission to the Philippines wrapped up on September 29, feeding hopes that international attention will help stem the tide of violence and intimidation that has been unleashed...
ILO equips leaders of small scale business associations
Cape Coast, Nov. 16, GNA - Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, International Project Expert of the Local Economic Development (LED) of the International Labour Organization ((ILO), expressed concern on Monday the slow pace with which...
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