ILO launches global communication campaign to promote inequality reduction and social justice

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to roll out a global communication campaign called “This Way to Social Justice”, aimed at intensifying efforts to address inequalities in the world of work. On Saturday 23 September, in New York, marking the conclusion of the UN General Assembly high-level week, ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, took the stage at the festival, to call for collective action on inequalities and greater social justice worldwide. High levels of inequality, aggravated by ongoing crises, have a high human and economic cost and threaten already slow…

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New partnership to promote decent work across food systems

A new multi-stakeholder partnership to advance labour and human rights, decent jobs and fair and adequate incomes and wages within the agri-food sector has been formed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and CARE International. The Decent Work for Equitable Food Systems Coalition  will promote decent and productive employment across food systems. Its priorities are based on the four pillars of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda: rights at work; full and productive employment; social protection; and social dialogue. The Coalition will build partnerships…

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13 million people enjoy better social protection through improved financing

Thirteen million people in 24 countries have benefited from increased access to improved social protection systems through an innovative programme on sustainable financing. Sustainably financing social protection systems covers the way that governments mobilize, allocate and manage public resources to ensure they are viable in the long run. The programme, on Improving synergies between social protection and public finance management  (SP&PFM), aims to strengthen the design and financing of national social protection systems and so improve the lives of millions of women, men and children. The programme – funded by…

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