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The rising cost of living in Nigeria is making a bad situation worse as it is negatively impacting workers' productivity in Africa's most populous nation.According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), productivity is an important economic indicator that is closely linked to economic growth, competitiveness, and living standards within an economy.Join us as we explore how businesses are trying to maintain productivity, how workers are coping, and the solutions experts recommend.

In this episode, journalist Puja Mehra is joined by economist Dr. Rajat Kathuria to explore the evolution of India's telecom sector. From the early days of competition and spectrum allocation to the challenges faced by both new and legacy operators, Dr. Kathuria discusses the regulatory hurdles and the shift in policies that shaped the industry. They also examine how the telecom sector has driven India's digital transformation, enabling advancements in payments, startups, and citizen services. Finally, Dr. Kathuria shares insights on the future of telecom, suggesting potential reforms in spectrum allocation for a more streamlined and efficient sector. ABOUT DR. RAJAT KATHURIA Dr. Rajat Kathuria spent over 12 years with the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, teaching post-graduate students Managerial Economics and International Trade. He has also previously worked with the World Bank in Washington D.C. as a Consultant, and worked on research assignments for a number of international organizations, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), LIRNEasia, The World Bank and The Asian Development Bank (ADB). For more of our coverage check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thecore.in⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube

Sabrina Amburgey, Vice President of Business Development at ACDI/VOCA, Udunopa Abalu, Director of New Business at the International Development Group, Velora Loughmiller, Chief Business Development Officer at Blumont, and Christy Hollywood, Chief Operating Officer at Konektid International join Mike Shanley to discuss 2024 market trends, local partner engagement and how contractors can serve in Localization agenda, sustainability plans, and look ahead to the aid market in 2025. BIOGRAPHIES: Sabrina Amburgey provides leadership to business development at ACDI/VOCA, a US nonprofit that helps people and communities improve their lives by increasing economic prosperity and social inclusion. She has over 25 years of experience in international development in various business development, technical, and project management roles focused on food security, resilience, market systems, agriculture, capacity strengthening, and democracy and governance. As a board member and Global Guidelines Working Group lead for the Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA), a global network for accelerating the professionalization of farmer organizations and agri-SMEs, she was instrumental in drafting the recently published ISO18716 Professional Farmer Organization Guidance. Udunopa Abalu is currently Director of New Business at the International Development Group Advisory Services, LLC (IDG), a rapidly growing international development organization works to reduce global poverty through sustainable and inclusive economic development. Udunopa brings over 10 years of experience in new business development and strategic partnerships, development economics, international trade, and private sector development. Prior to IDG, Udunopa worked for Kaizen - A Tetra Tech Company, Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC), KeyLime International, OFED International, and O'Neill Paragon Solutions. Udunopa also consulted for the International Labour Organization (ILO). Udunopa has lived and worked in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Brazil. She holds an M.A. in International Trade and Investment Policy from George Washington University and a B.S. in Economics and International Studies (with minors in Political Science and Speech Communication) from Iowa State University. During her personal time, Udunopa enjoys reading, bicycling, hiking, traveling, cooking, Zumba, yoga, and meditation. She is also a member of the Association of Women in International Trade. Velora Loughmiller is a leader in strategy, planning, and business development based on two decades of work across the USG, including USAID, Departments of State, Agriculture, Defense, and Energy, as well as an array of bi- and multi-lateral partnerships. When it comes to market analysis, she's a firm believer that it takes a healthy combination of deep-dive data analysis and leveraging your network, and equally enjoys catching up with colleagues over coffee or nerding out over CBJ details. Velora holds a master's in European studies, bachelor's in geography, and is a certified project management professional (PMP). Based in the DC area for fifteen years, you'll find her enjoying local and regional outdoor haunts for great hiking; continuing to hone covid-era learned skills of bread and candy making; and trying out the many types of cuisine the area has to offer. Christy Hollywood supports Konektid clients and consultants with skills honed during 20+ years of leadership in international development, professional services, and consulting organizations. She led a successful consulting firm of her own for 11 years. Earlier, she served as Vice President for BD of Cardno (a large USAID and MCC contractor, since acquired) and held pivotal business development roles at KPMG's Emerging Markets Group, RTI International, PATH, as well as Fidelity Investments and Noblis. A recognized expert in business development consulting, she's authored several articles and is five-time invited presenter at international conferences on proposal management, competitive intelligence, and business development. Resources https://blumont.org/ https://www.internationaldevelopmentgroup.com/ https://www.acdivoca.org/ LEARN MORE Thank you for tuning into this episode of the Aid Market Podcast. You can learn more about working with USAID by visiting our homepage: Konektid International and AidKonekt. To connect with our team directly, message the host Mike Shanley on LinkedIn.

What will life look like in Syria after Bashar al-Assad's regime gone? And who will rebuild the country and help the economy to grow? We hear from Syrian refugee Hadi Nuri and Ruba Jaradat, Regional Director for Arab States at the International Labour Organization (ILO).Also, how will the Chinese government help support for their economy next year?And what will a second Donald Trump presidency mean for America's green energy industry?You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033. We would love to hear from you!

Due to the phenomenon of jobless growth, i.e., the rise in output and labour productivity without the commensurate growth in employment generation, several countries have mooted the idea of a universal basic income (UBI). This idea has gained traction, especially since the International Labour Organization (ILO)'s most recent World Employment and Social Outlook links the decrease in jobs growth and the increase in inequality to a surge in automation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Among the several suggestions on the ways to address this is a UBI. Is it time for India to introduce a UBI? Here we discuss the question. Guests: Arun Kumar, Retired professor of economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He was Malcolm Adiseshiah Chair Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences; N.R. Bhanumurthy, Director, Madras School of Economics, Chennai. Views are personal Host: Kunal Shankar You can now find The Hindu's podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Search for Parley by The Hindu. Write to us with comments and feedback at socmed4@thehindu.co.in

Siap-siap upah pekerja bakal dipotong lagi. Kali ini untuk dana pensiun tambahan yang sifatnya wajib. Payung hukumnya adalah Undang-Undang Nomor 4 Tahun 2023 tentang Pengembangan dan Penguatan Sektor Keuangan (UU P2SK). Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) menyebut saat ini aturan turunannya tengah disusun alam bentuk peraturan pemerintah, kemudian nanti ditindaklanjuti dengan peraturan OJK. Pemerintah beralasan dana pensiun tambahan untuk menguatkan perlindungan di hari tua. Caranya dengan meningkatkan replacement ratio atau rasio pendapatan pekerja saat pensiun dibandingkan gaji yang diterima saat bekerja. Menurut OJK, replacement ratio saat ini baru 20 persen, belum sesuai standar minimum yang ditetapkan International Labour Organization (ILO) yaitu 40 persen dari penghasilan terakhir sebelum pensiun. Persoalan muncul karena pekerja sudah dibebani beragam pungutan atau iuran, mulai dari BPJS Kesehatan, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan yang di dalamnya ada jaminan pensiun dan jaminan hari tua, dan juga pajak penghasilan. Tentunya, rencana iuran dana pensiun ini memicu penolakan karena daya beli masyarakat tengah loyo. Beberapa bulan lalu, program Tabungan Perumahan Rakyat (Tapera) juga kencang diprotes karena memberatkan pekerja. Namun, program ini tetap bakal bergulir pada 2027 mendatang. Lantas bagaimana dengan rencana iuran tambahan untuk dana pensiun? Seberapa urgen program tersebut? Apakah skema jaminan pensiun saat ini belum mencukupi? Bagaimana dampaknya jika program baru dana pensiun diterapkan? Kita bincangkan bersama Direktur Eksekutif The PRAKARSA dan Pengamat Kebijakan Publik, Ah Maftuchan dan Koordinator Advokasi BPJS Watch, Timboel Siregar serta Social Protection Programme Manager International Labour Organization (ILO) Indonesia dan Timor Leste Mr Ippei Tsuruga. *Kami ingin mendengar saran dan komentar kamu terkait podcast yang baru saja kamu simak, melalui surel ke podcast@kbrprime.id

Youth unemployment has decreased globally, the latest report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world". Photo: ITU Pictures via flickr

With temperature records set month after month, more people globally find themselves working in warmer conditions.Some 2.4 billion workers – over 70 per cent of the global workforce – are exposed to extreme heat while on the job, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).The report shows that unlike in the 1950s, when heat exposure was a hazard in certain professions or sectors, today almost anybody can suffer heat stroke at work.Balint Nafradi, occupational safety and hazard data expert at ILO, spoke to UN News' Anton Uspensky about the report's key findings and the laws that are being adopted based on the agency's recommendations.He also shared advice on how to work safely in the heat, including for athletes and staff at the Olympic Games in Paris.

This episode is guest hosted by Liberty Chee, who is currently a visiting researcher here at the International Institute for Asian Studies. While in Leiden, Liberty is working on a book manuscript that examines recruitment and employment agencies in Southeast Asia, their relations to other state and non-state actors, and how these structure the experiences of domestic migrant workers themselves. For this episode of The Channel, Liberty organized a conversation about the ILO Convention on Domestic Work (C189), which is a global norm-setting instrument that formalizes domestic work and serves as an important advocacy tool. To date, only one country in Asia – The Philippines – has ratified the Convention, even though more than half of the world's domestic workers live and reside in the wider region. Asia is also host to a significant number of migrant domestic workers, both moving within and across regions. In this episode, Liberty interviews two advocates and organizers: Elsa Ramos-Carbone and Jec Sernande. Elsa Ramos-Carbone is a founding member of Samahan ng Mga Manggagawang Pilipino sa Belgium (Association of Philippine Migrant Workers in Belgium). Previously, she was Director of Equality and Youth at the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICTFU), and Senior Specialist for Workers' Activities at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Asia-Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok. Jec Sernande is a migrant domestic worker of 17 years. She is Secretary of the Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Worker Union and Executive Committee Member of the International Domestic Workers Federation. In describing their experiences organizing as workers in and across different contexts, their discussion illuminates key moments, alliances, and discourses which made C189 and its ratification possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the past 77 years, since the founding of Pakistan at the partition of British held India, the United States and Pakistan have worked together to try and bring stability to this region of the world. As the fifth largest country in the world, as measured by population, and sitting at a geopolitical strategic crossroads, Pakistan remains an important partner on a wide range of issues of global, regional, and national interest. Whether it is managing their own relations with India, balancing the interests of the United States and China, or working on transnational issues such as climate change and terrorism, this country plays a key role in responding to the various challenges facing the world today. In this episode, we speak with Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, to explore the role that Pakistan would like to fill in the international system, to discuss where interests overlap, and to identify what Pakistan wants to see from its relationship with the United States. Through this conversation, we highlight the importance of understanding the deeper relationships than what is typically talked about. By discussing how the US-Pakistan relationship goes deeper than counterterrorism, we can better understand the ways this relationship can be leveraged to benefit both countries. Ambassador Masood Khan is currently serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, a role he has held since 2022. Prior to that he was the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from August 2016 to August 2021. Immediately before becoming the President he was the Director General of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, one of the top think tanks in Pakistan.Ambassador Masood Khan had a distinguished diplomatic career. Most notably, he served as: Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005; Pakistan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008; Pakistan's Ambassador to China from 2008 to 2012; and Pakistan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 2012 to 2015. In his earlier diplomatic career, he held important diplomatic positions in China, The Netherlands, United Nations (New York) and the USA (Washington D.C. from 1997 to 2002).Over the years, he has also held leadership positions in the international community which include: President of the Conference on Disarmament, Chairman of the Committee on Internet Governance of the 2005 World Summit for Information Society. President of the Biological Weapons Review Conference 2006, President of the Governmental Group of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Chairman of the ILO Reform Committee, Chairman of the Council of the International Organization for Migration Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Geneva. Chairman of the Group of 77 and China. In New York, Ambassador Khan represented Pakistan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from 2012 to 2013 and became the President of the Security Council in January 2013.While in New York, he was also the Vice President of the Economic and Social Council, Vice President of the UN General Assembly and President of the Executive Board of UNICEF. Ambassador Masood Khan also remained Pakistan's Chief Negotiator (Sherpa) for the US-led Nuclear Security Summits, from 2009 to 2015.

Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has responded to a report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) projecting that its reserves could be depleted by 2036, stating that such projections are speculative and that the scheme will continue to pay benefits beyond that date

Claudia talks to Andrea Schapper about animals and international relations with an explicit focus on the United Nations. They discuss how animal rights are absent in the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the promise of the rights of nature framework being employed in Latin America.  Date Recorded: 5 December 2023  Andrea Schapper is a Professor in International Politics at the University of Stirling. In September and October 2022, she was a Guest Scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden. She also held a Senior Fellowship at the Berlin-Potsdam Research Group 'The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline' in October 2020 and was Fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany for several months in 2016 and 2017. Prior to joining the University of Stirling in 2015, she was a Lecturer in International Relations at the Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany (2012-2015). Her PhD is from the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (Universität Bremen, 2011) and she has previously studied at Cornell University (USA), Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) and the United Nations Office at Geneva (United Nations Graduate Study Program, Switzerland). Andrea has worked for international organizations, like the International Labour Organization (ILO in Geneva, Switzerland), and non-governmental organizations, such as the National Domestic Workers' Movement (India) or the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (Zambia). She has conducted field research in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia and Zambia. Andrea's research focuses on environmental justice and on new developments at the intersection of human rights and the environment, including new forms of institutional interactions and actor constellations fostering links between the two policy fields. She also has a strong interest in rights of nature and animal rights. Connect with Andrea via email (andrea.schapper@stir.ac.uk).  Featured: Transforming our world? Strengthening animal rights and animal welfare at the United Nations by Andrea Schapper and Cebuan BlissThe 18th Sustainable Development Goal by Ingrid J. Visseren-HamakersUniversal Declaration of Mother Earth by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) The Animal Turn is part of the  iROAR, an Animals Podcasting Network and can also be found on A.P.P.L.E, Twitter, and Instagram Thank you to Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) for sponsoring this podcast; Gordon Clarke (Instagram: @_con_sol_) for the bed music, Jeremy John for the logo, Rebecca Shen for her design work, Virginia Thomas for the Animal Highlight, and Christiaan Mentz for his audio editing. This episode was produced by the host Claudia Towne Hirtenfelder. Support the showThe Animal Turn is hosted and produced by Claudia Hirtenfelder and is part of iROAR Network. Find out more on our website.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! “The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. On Monday of this week, we celebrated global visionary, activist and minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For many, it is a time to reflect on how far the US and the world have progressed concerning civil/human rights for Black and colonized peoples. Dr. King's work, especially as the Civil Rights Movement began casting a wider net on the levers of social and economic exclusion, was very much focused on supporting workers--dignity in labor. My guest this week has us fully engaged in reflection as he has spent his career focused on labor. Born and raised in Denmark, Tobias Bavnsgaard is an experienced International advisor and development program manager with more than a decade of international experience working and living in developing countries. After living in Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh and a stint back in Denmark, he and his family are currently based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From early in his career, unions played a key role affording him a strong background in labor organizations and working with development projects and programing in the civic and social sectors on the local, national and international levels. His international profile began to take shape in 2012, with the production of “The Good Growth,” (https://youtu.be/ipz7IdZLmcY?si=TeP69o_PIsKpgBVP) a documentary making a critical assessment of the social impacts of economic growth by comparing the reality in Brazil, Philippines and Ghana against each other and to the Danish context. The documentary has been translated into English, Spanish, French and Arabic to reach a wide base of international trade union leaders and activists. With the advent of a more digitized world, the future of work and the evolution of work spaces are very necessary ongoing conversations. I hope this episode provides a foundation of knowledge and framwork for how to consider solutions leading to better long-term outcomes for global workers. Where to find Tobias? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-bavnsgaard-08a7808/) On Instagram (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiJraWEi92DAxXWlYkEHVqBAqsQFnoECBQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftobiasbavnsgaard%2F&usg=AOvVaw2JsJJ5GXL-n393YfLEZk0N&opi=89978449) What's Tobias listening to? Den Yderste Grænse / The Outer Limits Podcast (https://24syv.dk/podcast/den-yderste-graense) Other topics of interest: Dr. King's Last Campaign (https://capitalandmain.com/mlks-last-campaign-was-for-workers-rights-2) About the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labour_Organization) Tesla Strike in Sweden (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/29/tesla-strike-sweden-elon-musk/) About the Toyota HiAce and transporting the masses (https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/influx/culture/toyota-hiace/) On Civil Conflict in Ethiopia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_civil_conflict_(2018%E2%80%93present)) Special Guest: Tobias Bavnsgaard.

Social Impact Pioneer, Azfar Khan explores the complexities and transformative potential of living wages. A topic that seems straightforward but unravels into a myriad of intricate issues: Living wages. The concept is simple – pay people enough not just to survive, but to truly live. This approach has the power to address the root of numerous societal challenges, from domestic violence and health issues to education and overall happiness. Lifting individuals out of poverty can significantly diminish these problems. However, the reality of implementing living wages is far from simple. Questions arise about accurately measuring what constitutes a living wage, managing geographical variations, and adapting to the frequently changing cost of living. To unpack these complexities, we're joined by a distinguished expert in the field, Azfar Khan. Azfar, a Senior Economist at the Anker Research Institute, brings a wealth of experience from his over two decades at the International Labour Organization (ILO). His roles have included Head of Research for Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Deputy Director of the Socio-Economic Security Programme, and Migration Policy Specialist. With a PhD in Development Studies and Economics, Azfar has also taught at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands, and served as the Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)'s Global Programme of Training in Population and Development. Based in Geneva and Beirut, Azfar's work has focused on social protection, employment, poverty, labour migration, and the interplay of demographic and economic issues. Today, we're zeroing in on his insights into living wages – a topic that's more relevant than ever in our world of growing inequality and relative poverty. Links: Living Wage Methodology:https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/182380/1/978-1-78643-146-2.pdf On Qatar Labour Rights Issues: Why it's time to end kafala: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/26/time-to-end-kafala Qatar criticised for promoting slave labour: https://english.alarabiya.net/sports/2013/09/26/Qatar-criticized-for-slave-labor-within-World-Cup-projects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_uA6bovq4 Universal Basic Income: https://basicincome.org/ What Is Basic Income and How Does It Support Wellbeing:https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/What_Basic_Income_How_Support_Well_Being UN Guidelines on Business and Human Rights: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/publications/guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf ILO Social Dialogue: https://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/social-dialogue/2022/lang--en/index.htm And if you liked this podcast take a listen to: Bill and Audrey explore how female entrepreneurs are tackling climate change: https://businessfightspoverty.org/lifting-participation-female-entrepreneurs-tackle-climate-change/

Loshto takes us through the origins of the Ship The shipping industry may be one of the oldest in the world, but the global economy would not exist without shipping containers. Shipping is considered one of the most important industries there is, a surprising 90% of everything still comes and goes on a ship by sea. Here are some surprising facts about the worldwide shipping industry. 1- 90% of the world's goods transported by the international shipping industry. 2- Approximately 1.5 million people are employed in the maritime sector. 3 - Shipping is Safe - Shipping is still the safest form of commercial transport. As a matter of fact, it was one of the first industries to adopt widely implemented international safety standards (in the 19th century). Shipping safety is regulated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). 4 - The largest container ships are 400 meters long and can carry up to 20,000 containers.

In the bustling world of sustainable development, the term "just transition" has become a buzzword. But what does it truly mean, and why should businesses care? The recent podcast episode featuring Savanna and Joachim from the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) sheds light on this intricate concept and provides practical support for business practitioners navigating the challenges of delivering their organisations through a just transition. If we take no action to address climate change - estimates suggest that it will cost the world's economy US$178 trillion by 2070. And yet if do manage to move our energy mix to renewables, for us to use electric vehicles and increase the energy efficiency in existing and future buildings – the ILO estimate that over 18 million new jobs could be created. This podcast examines the question - how can businesses ensure that these 18 million new jobs are open and available to everyone who wants one. And ensure whole communities aren't disadvantaged by the move to a greener economy? Savanna, part of the research team, highlights the methodology, co-developed with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other experts, focuses on ensuring a just transition as companies move towards a more sustainable future. The methodology is extensive, touching on stakeholder engagement, planning, job creation, upskilling, social protection, and policy advocacy. Joachim, the climate policy lead, delves deeper into the practicalities. He emphasizes the importance of companies not only creating green jobs but ensuring these jobs are decent and contribute to the net-zero economy transition. But why the emphasis on just transition? As Savanna explains, the goal is to ensure that as we transition to a net-zero economy, those affected are not left behind. It's about a human-centered approach, ensuring that all stakeholders are part of the conversation and that the transition is equitable. This podcast episode, brimming with insights and expertise, is a must-listen for anyone keen to grasp the intricacies of this vital concept. Dive in and discover the future of sustainable business practices. If you like this, do try: Building Climate Resilience: Sustainable Homes and Social Impact with Henning and Joyce: https://businessfightspoverty.org/building-climate-resilience-sustainable-homes-and-social-impact-with-henning-and-joyce/ Links: WBA's Just Transition Assessment methodology and 6 key indicators : https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/research/just-transition-launch-of-the-methodology/ Just Transition from ILO guidelines https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_ent/documents/publication/wcms_432859.pdf WBA's Oil and Gas Benchmark 2023, https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/publication/oil-and-gas/Global Global Deal WBA training Call for fellowships - ITCILO course on mediation and conciliation - OECD (theglobaldeal.com) WBA Benchmark Scorecard, Climate and Energy: https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/climate-and-energy-benchmark/ Deloitte (2022), Deloitte research reveals inaction on climate change could cost the world's economy US$178 trillion by 2070, https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/about/press-room/deloitte-research-reveals-inaction-on-climate-change-could-cost-the-world-economy-us-dollar-178-trillion-by-2070.html ILO (2018), World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_628654.pdf McKinsey (2021), Why women are leaving the mining industry and what mining companies can do about it: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/metals-and-mining/our-insights/why-women-are-leaving-the-mining-industry-and-what-mining-companies-can-do-about-it# European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Just transition, https://www.ebrd.com/what-we-do/just-transition

In this episode, Shirley discusses the five-year awaited release of the film “Sound of Freedom”—the story of Tim Ballard, a former U.S. government agent, and founder of Operation Underground Railroad, who quit his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.  According to OUR, the latest International Labour Organization (ILO) study estimates that a staggering 49.6 million people are currently living in modern slavery worldwide, with a whopping 27.6 million in labor and sex trafficking and 22 million in forced marriage. These numbers are on the rise, and an estimated 5.1 million people are in modern slavery on any given day in the United States alone. Child sex trafficking has been reported in every single state. To learn more about the “Sound of Freedom” movie and OUR's efforts, visit: https://ourrescue.org/sound-of-freedom If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and leave a review. We appreciate your support! Learn more at acleartrumpet.org/podcast Buy our book, "Running With Horses" at https://acleartrumpet.org/book/ And don't forget to follow us on social media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shirleyweaverministries Twitter: https://twitter.com/shirleyweaver Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shirleyweaverministries/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@acleartrumpetwithshirleywe8090 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-971807 Let us hear from you— questions, or comments. Email us at info@acleartrumpet.org and in the subject line write Podcast Question.

Close to 200 million people around the world are unemployed, and fears are rising that artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Chat GPT will put even more people out of a job.Alongside AI threats to the labour market, positive effects are also expected, such as helping workers automate more repetitive tasks to free up time for higher value work. But given the gaping digital divide between wealthier and poorer nations, will developing countries be able to reap AI's productivity benefits?Senior Economist Janine Berg from the International Labour Organization (ILO) is currently driving new research on the impact of AI on the world of work. She sat down with UN News's Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer to assess the latest developments.

“Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution of a minor, or person under the legal age of consent. In most jurisdictions, child prostitution is illegal as part of general prohibition on prostitution. Child prostitution usually manifests in the form of sex trafficking, in which a child is kidnapped or tricked into becoming involved in the sex trade, or survival sex, in which the child engages in sexual activities to procure basic essentials such as food and shelter. Prostitution of children is commonly associated with child pornography, and they often overlap. Some people travel to foreign countries to engage in child sex tourism. Research suggests that there may be as many as 10 million children involved in prostitution worldwide.[1] The practice is most widespread in South America and Asia, but prostitution of children exists globally,[2] in undeveloped countries as well as developed.[3] Most of the children involved with prostitution are girls, despite an increase in the number of young boys in the trade. All member countries of the United Nations have committed to prohibiting child prostitution, either under the Convention on the Rights of the Child or the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. Various campaigns and organizations have been created to try to stop the practice. Several definitions have been proposed for prostitution of children. The United Nations defines it as "the act of engaging or offering the services of a child to perform sexual acts for money or other consideration with that person or any other person".[4] The Convention on the Rights of the Child's Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography defines the practice as "the act of obtaining, procuring or offering the services of a child or inducing a child to perform sexual acts for any form of compensation or reward". Both emphasize that the child is a victim of exploitation, even if apparent consent is given.[5] The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, (Convention No 182) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) describes it as the "use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution".[6] According to the International Labour Office in Geneva, prostitution of children and child pornography are two primary forms of child sexual exploitation, which often overlap.[2] The former is sometimes used to describe the wider concept of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). It excludes other identifiable manifestations of CSEC, such as commercial sexual exploitation through child marriage, domestic child labor, and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.[7] The terminology applied to the practice is a subject of dispute. The United States Department of Justice states, "The term itself implies the idea of choice, when in fact that is not the case."[8] Groups that oppose the practice believe that the terms child prostitution and child prostitute carry problematic connotations because children are generally not expected to be able to make informed decisions about prostitution. As an alternative, they use the terms prostituted children and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.[9] Other groups use the term child sex worker to imply that the children are not always "passive victims".[9]. Some victims are runaways from home or State institutions, others are sold by their parents or forced or tricked into prostitution, and others are street children. Some are amateurs and others professionals. Although one tends to think first and foremost of young girls in the trade, there is an increase in the number of young boys involved in prostitution. The most disquieting cases are those children who are forced into the trade and then incarcerated. These children run the possible further risk of torture and subsequent death.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

Kelly Lovell is a leading authority on empowering the next generation of talent. With 20 prestigious awards under her belt, Kelly has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between formal education and the skills required in the ever-changing job market. Her insights and expertise have made her a sought-after speaker and a trusted advisor to organizations worldwide. In a world where formal education and training alone are no longer enough, our next generation faces unprecedented challenges. Did you know that prior to COVID-19, one in five individuals worldwide were not employed, in education, or undergoing training? Shockingly, 75% of these individuals, known as NEETs, were women according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). The pandemic has further exacerbated the skills gap, disproportionately impacting young people and women with job loss and education disruption. In today's episode, we'll be discussing the skills needed for the future of work and the challenges faced by young talent. We'll explore emerging job fields that offer exciting opportunities and examine how digital innovation is reshaping career pathways and skill requirements. We'll dive into the widening skills gap and the education challenges that hinder the progress of our youth. Kelly will share valuable insights on strategies to upskill in the digital economy, including the fascinating world of web3. Kelly will share how we can effectively prepare for the future of jobs and ensure that no young person is left behind in the job market. Connect with Kelly Lovell: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

Social protection is a set of policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability over a lifetime and has consistently proved to be an indispensable policy tool for realising multiple human rights. It ensures that people can navigate everyday life challenges with equanimity and economic security and equips societies to deal with crises. In his keynote address to the IIEA, ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo outlines how social protection is a precondition for achieving inclusive and sustainable development and is an engine of development itself. He will discuss how the ILO's strategy for building social protection systems, guided by international labour standards, can ensure that all countries build and maintain systems such as access to essential health care and to basic income security. He explores how pursuing the objective of universal social protection is both an ethical and rational choice and one that paves the way for social justice for all. Despite laudable progress made in expanding social protection in recent years, today, some 4 billion people are totally unprotected due to significant underinvestment. While closing this 'financing gap' is a challenge, it is not unsurmountable. About the Speaker: Gilbert F. Houngbo was elected by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as its 11th Director-General, the first African to hold the position. Prior to this, Mr Houngbo was the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). He previously served as Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships at the ILO. A former Prime Minister of Togo, he also held several posts at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and as Director of Finance at the International Bank of Mali. Mr Houngbo is also Chair of UN-Water and Chair of the Board of the Natural Resource Governance Institute.

Dr. Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Earthna (https://www.earthna.qa/about-us), a sustainability center established by the Qatar Foundation ( https://www.qf.org.qa/ ), and is an ecologist recognized as a global leader in the promotion of sustainability, with emphasis on innovative free market solutions to environmental issues. Prior to joining Earthna / Qatar Foundation, Dr. Castro de la Mata was the managing director for External Affairs with Pluspetrol, the largest private gas and oil company in Latin America. From 2014 to 2018, he was the chairman of the World Bank's Inspection Panel in Washington, where he ensured compliance with the Bank's environmental and social standards. He was also the founder of Ecosystem Services LLC and the managing director of Sustainable Forestry Management (SFM) for the Americas. Prior to that, Dr. Castro de la Mata was the head of Biodiversity at the Global Environment Facility in Washington, the largest source of funds to address global environmental challenges, and a Lead Environmental Specialist at the World Bank in Washington. Dr. Castro de la Mata has been involved in the founding of leading international conservation organizations, including Wetlands for the Americas (today Wetlands International) and American Bird Conservancy. He has served as a member of the Accreditation Panel at the Green Climate Fund, as chair of the US Ex-Im Bank's Independent Advisory Panel on Development Issues in South-Central Peru, and as a high-level international expert engaged by the United Nations to assess the social end ecological impacts of the Barro Blanco Dam in Panama. In 2021, he was appointed as a Counselor of Honor for the Supervisory Council of Wetlands International, and as a member of the Independent Oversight Advisory Committee of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the period 2022 to 2024. Dr. Castro de la Mata has appeared in numerous publications in topics related to ecology, environment, mining, oil and gas, and sustainable development, and is a regular editorial contributor to El Comercio in Lima, Peru, and Diario Altavoz. He has published over 250 articles in scientific journals, magazines, and book chapters. He is the author of two books. Dr. Castro de la Mata received a Ph.D. in ecology and population biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and M.Sc. in Biophysics (1985) and B.Sc. in Biology (1983) degrees from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. Support the show

A new report from the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) shows that more than 27 million people are engaged in forced labour around the world. This Tuesday, Brussels is announcing new rules to ban goods made with forced labour or those imported into the bloc. The ILO report also raised alarm over the working conditions of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. Also in this update, the US and Mexico set aside their energy row to focus on bringing semiconductor manufacturing back to North America.

**Secretary-General's TravelGood afternoon and happy Friday to everyone. The Secretary-General has recently arrived in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, where he is set to meet the President of Moldova, Maia Sandru. Earlier today, the Secretary-General traveled to Odesa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port, where he was greeted by Oleksandr Kubrakov, the country's infrastructure minister. The Secretary-General boarded the M/V Kubrosli Y, a bulk carrier loading up some 10,000 metric tons of wheat. Touring the ship, he was able to witness grain filling up the ship's holding tanks.In speaking to reporters afterwards, Mr. [António] Guterres expressed his emotion at being able to witness the loading operation. He said that in less than a month, 25 ships have departed from Odesa and other Ukrainian ports, carrying well over 600,000 metric tons of food products. As he toured the port, the Secretary-General made a special appeal to the wealthier world for those bearing the brunt of the global food crisis. He said that it is time for massive and generous support so developing countries can purchase the food from Odesa and other ports — and people can buy it.Tomorrow, the Secretary-General will fly to Istanbul to visit the Joint Coordination Centre for the Black Sea Grain Initiative. He will return to New York late tomorrow night.**AfghanistanIn a statement issued yesterday evening, the Secretary-General expressed his deep concern over a series of explosions in Afghanistan that have killed and injured more than 250 people this month, including children. He strongly condemned the Wednesday attack at the Abu Bakar Mosque in Kabul city. The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the victims' families and wishes a swift recovery to those injured. Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed. All Afghans have the right to live in peace and exercise their freedom of religion.**Occupied Palestinian TerritoryIn a statement yesterday, United Nations agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said that they and their partners take seriously allegations of funding terrorism and the Israeli designations of seven Palestinian organizations as “terror organizations” and/or “unlawful”. However, they add, despite offers to review the allegations to determine if funds have been diverted, Israeli authorities have not given any compelling evidence to the United Nations Agencies nor its NGO (non-governmental organization) partners working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to support these designations. The attempted closures of these organizations' offices represent the latest in a series of actions by Israel that are further limiting the ability of human rights, humanitarian and development work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which affect all institutions working to promote human rights, development and delivering assistance. The UN agencies urge the Government of Israel to refrain from any action that would prevent these organizations from continuing their critical human rights, humanitarian and development work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.**Horn of AfricaIn the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding its assistance as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts. Since the start of the year, 9 million more people have slipped into severe food insecurity across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, leaving 22 million people struggling to find enough food to eat. Across the Horn of Africa, the drought is expected to continue in the coming months, with a fifth poor rainy season forecast for later this year. Across the three drought-affected countries, WFP is targeting 8.5 million people across the Horn of Africa, up from 6.3 million at the start of the year. WFP is providing food and cash assistance to families and distributing fortified foods to women and young children to treat spiralling rates of malnutrition and prevent more people from slipping closer towards famine. WFP cash grants and insurance schemes are also helping families to buy food to keep livestock alive or to compensate them when their animals die. More information is available online.**SomaliaStaying in the Horn of Africa, in Somalia, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has released $10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to ramp up emergency aid in the country, which is looking into the abyss after its worst drought in 40 years. Catastrophic levels of food insecurity have been declared for the first time since 2017, with 213,000 people in famine-like conditions and half the population — 7.8 million people — being acutely food insecure. The drought has displaced over one million people in Somalia since 2021, and an estimated 1.5 million children under age 5 face acute malnutrition. Humanitarians reached over 4 million people with assistance in the first half of this year, and they continue to scale up to avert the worst, supported by the additional CERF funds. With this latest funding, the Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated a total of $41 million to the drought response in Somalia this year.**ZambiaIn Zambia, our United Nations team, led by Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali, is bolstering efforts to support authorities to tackle multiple shocks, including the spike in costs of living, climate change and the pandemic impacts. On the health front, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has purchased 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, nearly a quarter million test kits, 1 million sets of personal protective equipment and 500 cold chains and solar fridges, boosting the national vaccination campaign, alongside the team's communications efforts. Over half of the population is fully vaccinated. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also trained over 260 health workers to manage cases in isolation centres. For its part, the World Food Programme has helped 110,000 smallholder farmers recover from droughts, with training to protect degraded soil and diversify crops. We are also investing in entrepreneurship, with the International Labour Organization (ILO) training over 400 small and medium companies on safety and improved operations, while the UN Development Programme (UNDP) helped establish a fund to boost women's access to credit and further support businesses.**HaitiAnd in Haiti, Martin Griffiths has allocated $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to help meet humanitarian needs caused by gang violence in Haiti. Since July, hundreds of people have been killed in clashes between gangs in Haiti's Cité Soleil. Many others have been trapped in the fighting, cutting off their access to drinking water, food and health care. Overall, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that nearly 280,000 people are affected by this situation. Funding through UNICEF and WFP will provide food, drinking water, health care and education support to more than 100,000 people. The high level of insecurity is compromising humanitarians' access to impacted people, for food or cash distributions, as well as access to basic services such as health and education for at least 1 to 1.5 million people who are trapped in gang-controlled neighbourhoods. The Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan, asking for $373 million, is currently 14 per cent funded.**EbolaWHO has published today its first guideline for Ebola virus disease therapeutics, with new strong recommendations for the use of two monoclonal antibodies. WHO calls on the global community to increase access to these lifesaving medicines. The WHO guidelines will support health care providers caring for patients with Ebola, and policymakers involved in outbreak preparedness and response. The new guidance complements clinical care guidance that outlines the optimized supportive care Ebola patients should receive, from the relevant tests to administer, to managing pain, nutrition and co-infections, and other approaches that put the patient on the best path to recovery. More information is online.**NicaraguaOscar had asked me recently about Nicaragua, and I can say that the Secretary-General is very concerned by the severe closure of democratic and civic space in Nicaragua and recent actions against civil society organizations, including those of the Catholic Church. Reports of a raid against the residence of the Catholic bishop of Matagalpa only heightens these concerns. The Secretary-General reiterates his call to the Government of Nicaragua to ensure the protection of human rights of all citizens, particularly the universal rights of peaceful assembly, and to freedoms of association, thought, conscience, and religion, and to release all people arbitrarily detained.**World Humanitarian DayToday is World Humanitarian Day. In a message, the Secretary-General notes that far from the spotlight and out of the headlines, humanitarians work around the clock to make our world a better place. Against incredible odds, and often at great personal risk, he says, they ease suffering in some of the most dangerous circumstances imaginable. The Secretary-General notes that today, the number of people who need humanitarian assistance has never been higher, because of conflicts, climate change, COVID-19, poverty, hunger and unprecedented levels of displacement. On this year's World Humanitarian Day, he says, we celebrate humanitarians everywhere. We salute their dedication and courage and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in pursuit of this noble cause. They represent the best of humanity, the Secretary-General adds. As part of the day, we just had a wreath-laying ceremony to remember our colleagues and friends killed and injured in the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad 19 years ago. Under-Secretary-Gen

In questo audio il prezioso incontro con Lucio Baccaro economista e Gloria Origgi filosofaL'intervista è nel podcast Contemporaneamente a cura di Mariantonietta Firmani, il podcast pensato per Artribune.In Contemporaneamente podcast trovate incontri tematici con autorevoli interpreti del contemporaneo tra arte e scienza, letteratura, storia, filosofia, architettura, cinema e molto altro. Per approfondire questioni auliche ma anche cogenti e futuribili. Dialoghi straniati per accedere a nuove letture e possibili consapevolezze dei meccanismi correnti: tra locale e globale, tra individuo e società, tra pensiero maschile e pensiero femminile, per costruire una visione ampia, profonda ed oggettiva della realtà.Con Lucio Baccaro e Gloria Origgi parliamo di economia politica e filosofia, lavoro, denaro, umano e web; valori cruciali per l'umanità del terzo millennio. Parliamo del rapporto tra declino dei sindacati e aumento dei lavori precari, e del design tecnico dei social che non favorisce il dialogo ma la polarizzazione attraverso algoritmi che accentrano l'informazione. L'Italia esprime una scarsa domanda di lavoro qualificato, con lo sviluppo dei robot i lavori avranno maggiore intensità di competenze. L'attuale forma del web non è il suo destino. L'evoluzione tecnologica, monopolizzata dal capitalismo per massimizzare profitti, si arresta sulle contrapposizioni sociali. E ancora, la reputazione è capitale simbolico sul web riacquista importanza e fragilità perché con il tramite delle tecnologie spesso confondiamo popolarità con autorità. Per riequilibrare disponibilità di fondi tra quotidianità e guerre o pandemie, bisogna considerare che le risorse sono concentrate nelle mani dello 0,1% del top delle élite. E molto altro.ASCOLTA L'INTERVISTA! BREVI NOTE BIOGRAFICHE DEGLI AUTORIGloria Origgi, filosofa, vive e lavora a Parigi. Direttrice di Ricerca al CNRS, Institut Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure Parigi (PSL). Laurea in Filosofia all'università di Milano. Dopo il dottorato in Filosofia e scienze cognitive all'Ecole Polytechnique di Parigi, insegna all'Università di Bologna. E' stata visiting professor in numerose università: Columbia Unversity, New York, Bielefeld University, Germania, Università San Raffaele, Milano, Universidad UNISINOS, Porto Alegre, Brasile. Si occupa principalmente di epistemologia sociale e filosofia delle scienze sociali. Parte della sua ricerca è centrata sulla teoria della conoscenza, e del ruolo di Internet nel cambiamento del nostro rapporto con il sapere. Ultimamente ha sviluppato una teoria della reputazione, per comprendere come viene usata la reputazione degli altri per selezionare l'informazione. Inoltre si occupa del ruolo delle emozioni politiche nella conoscenza e nella mobilitazione collettiva. Tra i suoi lavori: Qu'est-ce que la confiance? 2008, La Reputazione 2017, Passions Sociales 2019. Lucio Baccaro economista politico, Direttore del Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, professore onorario di sociologia all'Università di Ginevra. È stato docente presso Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, la Massachusetts Institute of Technology. È stato alto funzionario di ricerca presso International Institute for Labour Studies of the International Labour Organization (ILO) di Ginevra, Agenzia delle Nazioni Unite. Laurea in filosofia ed Marter of Business Administration alla Sapienza di Roma, nel 1997 Dottorato in Diritto del Lavoro e Relazioni Industriali all'Università di Pavia, nel 1999 dottorato in Management e Scienze Politiche presso il MIT. La sua ricerca è centrata su economia politica comparata, relazioni industriali e mercati del lavoro, modelli di crescita da basi sociopolitiche e sui risultati socioeconomici. Il suo lavoro è multimetodo e combina l'analisi econometrica con casi di studio comparativi, applicando strumenti testuali quantitativi come la modellazione tematica e l'analisi del sentimento. Nonché approcci più micro come l'analisi di grandi sondaggi. Inoltre è membro dell'American Political Science Association dal 1996. È stato membro del consiglio esecutivo della Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Oxofrd. Tra le molte pubblicazioni l'ultima e "Trajectories of Neoliberal Transformation: European Industrial Relations since the 1970s" Cambridge University Press, 2017.

GENEVA—The United States, Britain, and other countries on June 2 called for the International Labour Organization (ILO) to set up a mission to probe alleged labor abuses in China’s Xinjiang and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access. A committee at the U.N. agency is addressing China’s compliance with global labor standards after describing its practices […]

Dealing with crises arising from conflicts and disasters; International Labour Organization (ILO) releases training manual for workers' organizations. Today's labor quote: A. Philip Randolph. Today's labor history: First women-led American union strikes, and wins. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @radiolabour @ilo Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Dealing with crises arising from conflicts and disasters; International Labour Organization (ILO) releases training manual for workers' organizations. Today's labor quote: A. Philip Randolph. Today's labor history: First women-led American union strikes, and wins. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @radiolabour @ilo Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Each year, discrimination at work around gender identity, ethnicity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation cost millions of dollars to our national economies and companies. Worse, one-in-four people do not feel valued at work and those who do feel included are in more senior roles, according to a new report on diversity and inclusion by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Today, diversity and inclusion have become new buzzwords in the global agenda. Yet, despite some progress, a lot remains to be done to embed diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the employee lifecycle and drive productivity, profitability, and innovation in businesses. At the same time, the COVID-19 crisis has also demonstrated that inclusion and diversity matter more than ever. Therefore, embracing it as a core value is a must for a sustainable future of work. But what can be done to make this ideal a reality for millions of workers and employers worldwide?

The head of the UN labour agency warns that a recovery in the international labour market is still a long way off, with a lot of uncertainty for workers and businesses, hoping for the economy to bounce back. Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), spoke to UN News at the launch of the agency's World Employment and Social Outlook Trends (WESO) 2022 report, which offers gloomy projections of increased unemployment, and widening inequality between developed and developing countries. Conor Lennon from UN News asked Mr. Ryder why the estimate is so dramatically different from the previous report, released in June of last year.

The head of the UN labour agency warns that a recovery in the international labour market is still a long way off, with a lot of uncertainty for workers and businesses, hoping for the economy to bounce back. Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), spoke to UN News at the launch of the agency's World Employment and Social Outlook Trends (WESO) 2022 report, which offers gloomy projections of increased unemployment, and widening inequality between developed and developing countries. Conor Lennon from UN News asked Mr. Ryder why the estimate is so dramatically different from the previous report, released in June of last year.

While environmental sustainability goals have become a high priority for consumers and businesses with a global call to action on climate change, other ESG issues haven't gotten as much attention. For many organizations advocating for human rights in the supply chain is a material priority, and one of the most pressing issues involves ensuring there is no forced labor and child labor in supply chains. But how do you know? -In its 2016 study, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that 40.3 million people worldwide were victims of modern slavery at any given time, 25 million of whom were in forced labor. -To narrow the focus further, an estimated 16 million people were exploited in the private sector. A few years earlier, in 2014, the ILO estimated that forced labor generated annual profits estimated at USD 150 billion. -Women and girls are disproportionately affected, accounting for 71% of those affected by modern slavery. Children represent one-quarter of the total number of victims. President Biden on Dec 23, 2021 signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that bans imports from China's Xinjiang region unless the importer can prove they were not made with forced labor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-uyghur-labor-law/2021/12/23/99e8d048-6412-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html In Episode 68, Justin Dillon, CEO of FRDM shares that, “The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us how broken and opaque supply chains truly are. Supply chain operations and oversight has lagged far behind the innovation curve. Companies today are expected to solve bigger and deeper problems in their supply chains, such as environmental and human rights risks.” ➡️ I am proud to have Justin back as a retuning guest on MLK day to kick off 2022 and to help organizations ensure human rights are protected across global networks by: – Understanding and mapping your network -Organizing your company's supplier and spend data – Creating a predictive bill of materials for everything you buy and applying estimates about environmental, social and business continuity risks – Helping you engage with suppliers, using its toolkit to reduce risk and increase your resilience – Producing helpful reports for your team, stakeholders and regulators – Helping you track improvements to your supply chain and constantly improving your resilience FRDM is the next wave in predictive and proactive ESG risk resilience to realize sustainable outcomes. Organizations that lead on sustainability and impact do not approach them as secondary objectives. They integrate the related objectives into their core motivation, radically altering the corporate equation for success. Companies face numerous barriers to addressing modern slavery, but technology can be an enabler for change. Modernizing the supply chain for greater transparency can create a more visibility and equity for all. FREE WHITE PAPER ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEr_hWv7 Learn more FRDM and Justin here - FRDM.co

The head of the UN labour agency warns that a recovery in the international labour market is still a long way off, with a lot of uncertainty for workers and businesses, hoping for the economy to bounce back. Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), spoke to UN News at the launch of the agency's World Employment and Social Outlook Trends (WESO) 2022 report, which offers gloomy projections of increased unemployment, and widening inequality between developed and developing countries. Conor Lennon from UN News asked Mr. Ryder why the estimate is so dramatically different from the previous report, released in June of last year.

Ahead of WorldSkills Conference 2021, we caught up with speakers that are part of the SKILLS FOR GREEN JOBS track. Interested in whether the pandemic has the potential to accelerate the creation of green jobs and the greening of vocational education in the near future? Tune into the first of our podcasts to hear the views of Olga Strietska-Ilina, specialists in skill strategies for future labour markets at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Kenneth Abraham Barrientos from UNESCO-UNEVOC, and Neil Bentley-Gockmann, CEO of WorldSkills UK. Then make plans to join the full conference 25-29 October 2021 - https://worldskillsconference.com/2021/

World Teachers' Day, held every year on the 5th of October to celebrate all teachers around the globe, commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions. World Teachers' Day has been celebrated since 1994 and is co-convened in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and Education International (EI).

In a pre-Covid survey, conducted by the International Organization of Employers (IOE) together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), of about 500 companies in all regions, it found that companies across the board felt the challenge of hiring and retaining skilled workers--it's getting more difficult to find people with the rights and new graduates are not prepared for the current jobs. In fact, the skills employers needed four years ago are very much different to the skills they need now. In many countries, the education system is 10 years behind. On the other hand, achieving sustainable development among big and small businesses globally can sometimes be seen as slow. Some companies jump into the sustainability train and introduce new ways of thinking and operating for a sustainable future. Others are still operating 'business as usual' in an old-fashioned way or operating in the margins that make them vulnerable, especially during crises. In this episode, we hear valuable insights from Robert Marinkovich, adviser on sustainable development and climate policy portfolio, and Akustina Morni, senior adviser for the Asia employers group, at the International Organization of Employers on what can be done to address the skills gap and sustainability gap. IOE has more than 150 employer and business organization members, which have an impact on more than 50 million employees across the world. Want to learn more about sustainable development and learning? Subscribe to SDG Learncast. Visit UN SDG:Learn website at www.unsdglearn.org to get the latest learning offers on the 2030 Agenda and SDGs. The transcript of the podcast is available at https://www.unsdglearn.org/podcast/. The opinions expressed in the SDG Learncast podcasts are solely those of the authors. They do not reflect the opinions or views of UN SDG:Learn, its Joint Secretariat, and partners.

Dr Vicki Pinkney-Atkinson, Director for the South African Non-Communicable Disease Alliance on the implications of working long hours and on what to make of the recent report by International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) which found that Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from ischemic heart disease and stroke in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Living in a small village in Nigeria, Blessing Okoedion was promised a job in Europe as a computer engineer— only to fall into the hands of human traffickers in Italy. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), an estimated 40.3 million people worldwide were trafficked in 2016. This crime earns profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers as a whole, with $99 billion coming from commercial sexual exploitation. While the majority of sexual trafficking happens in the Asia Pacific region, cases are present in every region of the world, with females constituting 99% of its victims. In this episode, we follow Blessing's journey — from an aspiring doctor to a woman forced into prostitution currently fighting for other victims and survivors. On the show, we talk about the challenges of combatting modern slavery, the solutions needed to address its root causes, and the support needed to advocate for victims. Featuring policy and advocacy insights from experts: Katharine Bryant, Lead of European Engagement at the Walk Free Foundation and co-author of the Global Slavery Index, and Ilias Chatzis, Chief at the Human Trafficking and Migrant Section at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Elders Special Segment Guest: Graça Machel, International Advocate for Women's and Children's Rights, and Founding Member of The Elders Host: Hazami Barmada, Founder and CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation. -- This episode is made possible with the support of Vodafone Americas Foundation. To learn more about their programs and how you can support their network of partners, visit vodafone-us.com -- Finding Humanity is a production of Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. Subscribe, rate, and leave us a review. For more information, visit findinghumanitypodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter @find_humanity and on Facebook @findinghumanitypod.

Here's today's Big Hard Fact: According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), 90% of countries have a minimum wage. Should each state set its own Minimum Wage? #NigeriainfoHF | @SEzekwesili

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. Today I'm joined by Jenna Holliday to take a look at migration through the gendered lens. So a bit about my friend, Jenna Holliday. Jenna is a migration, labour rights and gender specialist. Jenna consults extensively for United Nations and other international organisations, in particular the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN Women, providing expert support on integrating gender and labour perspectives into migration policy. Jenna's work is predominantly focused on the Asia region. She is a member of the Expert Working Group for Addressing Women's Human Rights in the Global Compact for Migration and has written widely on the extent to which development agendas respond to women migrant workers, including the recently published International Journal of Law in Context article entitled “Incongruous Objectives - Endeavouring to Realise Women Migrant Workers' Rights through the Global Development Agendas”, which I've linked to in the show notes. I thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Jenna, as it also allowed me to reflect on the way I view gender and its effect on migration and migrant experiences. We look together at various aspects of migration through the gendered lens, including what the data says, how migration governance frameworks consider gender, how gendered experiences increase vulnerabilities for migrant women, as well as how women migrating can represent a way to exercise agency when their life choices are constrained by gender inequalities. And I also ask Jenna how her own migration experiences have been gendered and how the gender terminology and understandings of terms like "gender mainstreaming" are evolving within our community of work. We really hope you enjoy listening to this one. And if you do or even if you don't, feel free to get and share your feedback via the website at loksanharley.com/podcast or via the Facebook and Twitter pages (the handle for both is @TheMDPcast). Without further ado, here's our interview. Useful links Connect with Jenna on LinkedIn Jenna's recent publication: Incongruous Objectives - Endeavouring to Realise Women Migrant Workers' Rights through the Global Development Agendas Jenna's work for UN Women: Migrant Workers in South Asia and the Middle East, a policy brief series Jenna's blog post on COVID-19, gender and migration in Central Asia: reinforcing precarity Jenna's report: The impact of COVID-19 on migrants in Asia and the Pacific: Rethinking resilience

Teleworking is here to say - what it means for policy makers and enterprises? In this episode we chat with Jon C. Messenger, teleworking expert, Team Leader of the Working Conditions Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. In the conversation, we touch upon ILO's recent publication 'Practical Guide on Teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond' and why Jon believes that teleworking is tomorrow's form of work.

This podcast interview hears from Vic Van Vuuren, the Director, of the Enterprises Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. Vic is also the Chairman of The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives and he Chairs the Partnership for Action in the Green Economy. He is a member on the United Nations Task Force of the Social and Solidarity Economy and a member of the Capitals Coalition Supervisory Board. This puts him as a vantage point to understand the deeper impacts of COVID19 on enterprises – globally - big and small. During our conversation Vic shares his insights into the effects of the global pandemic on enterprises. Particularly focusing on smaller enterprises in emerging markets and the ways that bigger global businesses can support them. Vic explains: “We haven’t yet got out of COVID. We haven’t even seen the light at the end of the tunnel…We have seen closure, after closure, after closure and now we have to reactivate those business.” Listen to this podcast to hear Vic’s thoughts on the nuggets of opportunity he sees which could help businesses in the future, from a green recovery to the possibilities in business model innovation. He expands on his mission to ensure all workers are respected as individuals; and how businesses can measure their success beyond a simple measure of financial profits. Links: The Enterprises Department, ILO: https://www.ilo.org/empent/lang--en/index.htm

This webinar will assess the current state of affairs in MENA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers will look at the effects of the virus in the context of a region already in need of reformed healthcare institutions that not only improve quality, but enable access for all. Speakers will also assess the economic impact of the virus, highlight country examples such as Yemen and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, as well as specific concerns around the impact on migrant workers in the region. This session is part of a larger day-long event organised by the LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the School of Public Policy for the London launch of the Maryam Forum. This day-long event is an opportunity to bring the whole school together at a time of uncertainty and need for reflection and policy action. To register your interest for other sessions during the day please click here. Rothna Begum is a senior women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW). She has focused on discrimination and violence against women and girls in the Middle East and North Africa region including leading the research and advocacy on the abuse and exploitation of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East, and domestic violence against women and girls. She also led the advocacy for Human Rights Watch on a new global International Labour Organization (ILO) treaty relating to violence and harassment at work, which was adopted in June 2019. Rothna is also, in her individual capacity, a member of the ILO Regional Office for Arab States’ Migration Advisory Group. Ahmed Galal is currently chair of the board of trustees of the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum (MENA HPF). Ahmed was Egypt's finance minister (2013-14), the managing director of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) and the director of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). Before that, he worked for 18 years for the World Bank, where he conducted research and provided policy advice to governments in several regions. Weeam Hammoudeh is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University and formerly ACSS (Arab Council for the Social Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Researcher at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Birzeit University. She is interested in understanding how political and social transformations impact health, psychosocial wellbeing, and population processes, particularly in conflict areas; as well as how health systems and social institutions develop and shift in relation to political, economic, and structural factors, particularly in developing countries and post-colonial settings. Join the conversation on Twitter using #LSEMaryamForum #LSEMiddleEast

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). Support the show (http://www.paypal.me/pcoaching/0,99)

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). 

If you had to guess at how many children are involved in forced labour round the world, does 152 million sound about right? And what if we told you that this is actually an improvement on the number of youngsters working illegally 20 years ago? Today, these gains are at risk, as the devastating economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis affects millions of families already on the poverty line, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned. For many, it is increasingly difficult not to consider sending their youngsters out to work, as ILO’s Michaelle De Kock tells UN News’ Daniel Johnson, marking the World Day Against Child Labour.  

If you had to guess at how many children are involved in forced labour round the world, does 152 million sound about right? And what if we told you that this is actually an improvement on the number of youngsters working illegally 20 years ago? Today, these gains are at risk, as the devastating economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis affects millions of families already on the poverty line, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned. For many, it is increasingly difficult not to consider sending their youngsters out to work, as ILO’s Michaelle De Kock tells UN News’ Daniel Johnson, marking the World Day Against Child Labour.  

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). 

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). Support the show (http://www.paypal.me/pcoaching/0,99)

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). Support the show (http://www.paypal.me/pcoaching/0,99)

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). 

"I bring my years' experience as a coach along my years' experience as a manager in sectors where I managed people and transitions. My style is putting people at ease while asking the questions that make the difference. I combine neuroscience with mindfulness and compassion, ontology and positivity."Angelos Derlopas is an Executive & Team coach with three decades of business experience. Having recorded a successful career as executive in several industries, he founded Positivity to offer high-level Professional Coaching services and education to the market. He is the author of two ICF ACSTH accredited coaching training programs and several ICF CCE ones. He is a founding member and past president of the ICF Greece Charter Chapter and has/is serving as subject matter-expert in ICF Global, Award Judge panel member, Chapter Leader Mentor etc.Angelos trains coaches, coaching trainers, mentors and supervises them. He supervised a substantial amount of coaching interventions with his team of certified coaches in the non-profit and government sector. Angelos presented and/or participated in coaching conferences in N. America, Europe, Africa & Asia. He has postgraduate studies in both Business Administration (MBA) and Psychology (MSc) and studied coaching in the UK & US. He is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), a Team Coach Supervisor (AHA/CSA), a Certified E-Coach (eCoachPro), a Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC), an ICF Certified Assessor, a Forbes Coaches Council official member and an Adjunct Coach for the Ashridge University. Angelos has more than 6,000 hours experience in coaching and coaching training. He also loves to be trained, so he carefully curates his lifelong learning palette and has accumulated, this far, approx. 3,000 hour of training. Being fortunate as he is, he have studied with D.Clutterbuck, F.Flores, P.Sandahl, A.Hodge, L.Wildflower, J.Harvey, O.Laske, M.Orriss and others. Angelos' current clients include C-suite, VPs, First Line managers of multinationals in sectors like Pharma and IT, also executives e.g. from production like Philip Morris International, or food chains like Ahold Delhaize or managers from international not for profit organisations like the United Nations (UNHCR, UNV) or the International Labour Organization (ILO). Support the show (http://www.paypal.me/pcoaching/0,99)

  Be formless… shapeless like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle… you put water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash… Be water my friend.”  -- Bruce Lee   According to our friends at the International Labour Organization (ILO) the COVID-19 pandemic will wipe out 6.7 percent of working hours in the second quarter of this year. To put that in perspective, that is the equivalent of 195 million full-time workers. Huge losses are expected across different income groups, especially in upper-middle income countries (7.0%, 100 million full-time workers)   Fear not though… we’re not here to just lay a bunch of bad news on you! We want to show what ingenuity and adaptability can do for a company, for their personnel and for the the rest of us as well.   Textiles company American Roots converted its facility to produce medical supplies.   LVMH Group has turned its perfurmery brands, including Dior, Givency and Bulgair, into hand sanitizer manufacturers.   Tito’s Vodka converted production facilities to make hand sanitizer. Thanks to the combination of their attitude and ingenuity, they now have the ability and capacity to manufacture over 60 tons a week.   What is corporate leadership doing to adapt to and overcome a situation that has shown devastating consequences?   On this episode of InSecurity, Matt Stephenson welcomes new co-host Michelle Moskowitz for a chat with Forcepoint CMO Matt Preschern. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting us all, we learn how Forcepoint adapted quickly to get the most out of their 2800 employees and give them the opportunity to adapt in order to help their customers and themselves. How can companies help themselves in order to help others? Check it out..   About Matt Preschern     Matt Preschern (@mattpreschern) is the chief marketing officer for Forcepoint. He leads the company’s global marketing organization that includes brand management, corporate communications, events marketing, digital and web marketing, revenue and field marketing, and sales enablement. He joined Forcepoint in January 2019. Preschern is a veteran technology marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience in brand, digital marketing, demand generation and revenue management, customer experience, and corporate communications. Previously, Matt was senior vice president of marketing at CA Technologies where he was responsible for the development and execution of global, regional and partner marketing programs across all businesses. He has also served as the CMO of HCL Technologies where he led the effort to substantially increase HCL’s brand recognition as a digital solutions, IT services and technology consulting company and supported its rapid, multi-billion dollar growth. He also served as the Enterprise CMO of Windstream Communications. Early in his career, he held numerous vice president roles at IBM across marketing strategy and performance marketing and played an integral part in launching IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative. Matt is an award-winning marketer, having been named among the top 20 most influential CMOs by Forbes and recognized for his success in driving marketing innovation by the CMO Club.   About Michelle Moskowitz     Michell Moskowitz is Vice President of Business Development & Chief of Staff at Sublime Communications. In her previous lives, she spun up the New Media Division for Lifetime network as well as working with numerous cybsecurity startups.   With a career spent swimming in the waters of digital marketing and consulting Michelle has somehow found the time to also be a journalist at the Greenwich Sentinel.   Michell will be joining us as a recurring co-host to bring additional perspective to the important role that communication plays in a world that grows increasingly technical.   About Matt Stephenson       Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the broadcast media team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of the InSecurity podcast and video series at events around the globe.   Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come   Every week on the InSecurity Podcast, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line.   Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us at ThreatVector InSecurity Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and GooglePlay as well as Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, I Heart Radio and wherever you get your podcasts!   Make sure you Subscribe, Rate and Review!

Today, the International Labour Organization (ILO)holds a press conference on protecting workers as Covid-19 lockdowns ease. In today's discussion with Daniel, we'll also hear from ILO chief Guy Ryder who spoke about this topic at the @UN75 online debate last Friday. Ryder said- “We have to find ways of not putting people in front of the impossible choice: protecting themselves against the virus, isolation by staying at home, and by so doing removing any possible source of income and survival that they may have. And this is, unfortunately, the very dramatic reality we risk confronting many people with...It’s a simple issue of social protection; we need to get not tomorrow but today, direct transfers of cash and resources of these people desperately in need.”

Early indications from the economic fallout of COVID-19 are that it could cost up to 25 million job losses globally, that’s more than during the global financial crisis in 2008-9. Speaking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson, Sher Verick from the International Labour Organization (ILO), explains how governments can help soften the impact for vulnerable workers.

Early indications from the economic fallout of COVID-19 are that it could cost up to 25 million job losses globally, that’s more than during the global financial crisis in 2008-9. Speaking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson, Sher Verick from the International Labour Organization (ILO), explains how governments can help soften the impact for vulnerable workers.

A new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by around 25 million. ILO is calling for an internationally coordinated policy response, which would be of particular benefit to South Asian countries like India, since a large part of its work force lacks social security and employment benefits. UN News’s Anshu Sharma spoke to the Director of ILO’s Decent Work Team for South Asia based in the UN’s India office, Dagmar Walter.

A new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by around 25 million. ILO is calling for an internationally coordinated policy response, which would be of particular benefit to South Asian countries like India, since a large part of its work force lacks social security and employment benefits. UN News’s Anshu Sharma spoke to the Director of ILO’s Decent Work Team for South Asia based in the UN’s India office, Dagmar Walter.

Recent figures from the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimate that in the South-East Asia and the Pacific subregion, 11.6 million people are migrant workers – 5.2 million of whom are women. Nevertheless, the migration experience also tends to be one where migrants are faced with discrimination based on gender, nationality, and other facets of identity. This International Women's Day, we explore the experiences of female migrant domestic workers in Malaysia, and their contributions to communities in Malaysia. We also discuss how we can all contribute to positive, non-discriminatory public attitudes towards all migrant workers, and especially women migrant workers.

Recent figures from the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimate that in the South-East Asia and the Pacific subregion, 11.6 million people are migrant workers – 5.2 million of whom are women. Nevertheless, the migration experience also tends to be one where migrants are faced with discrimination based on gender, nationality, and other facets of identity. This International Women's Day, we explore the experiences of female migrant domestic workers in Malaysia, and their contributions to communities in Malaysia. We also discuss how we can all contribute to positive, non-discriminatory public attitudes towards all migrant workers, and especially women migrant workers.

Almost 500 million people around the world do not have jobs or lack access to decent jobs, according to the United Nations' International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO releases its World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report annually to share updates and trends in employment, unemployment, and labor issues. For 2020, the report highlights the increasing unemployment rate, lack of opportunity for people to work more paid hours, and insufficiency of jobs for the growing workforce. This year, the number of jobless people is expected to increase by 2.5 million. According to the ILO, unemployment around the world has been considerably steady for almost a decade. However, because of the slow growth of economies globally, the number of available jobs cannot keep up with the increasing workforce. Findings also show that the global working population experiences income inequality, especially in developing countries. From 2020 to 2021, working people whose incomes fall below US$3.20 per day are also expected to increase. ILO chief Guy Ryder said the current global employment conditions make it difficult for many people to improve the quality of their lives through work. The agency warns that the current labor trend is partially to blame for the global social unrest, such as the recent protests in Lebanon and Chile. To create long-term solutions, the ILO recommends boosting all countries' economies with the aim of reducing poverty and improving work conditions in developing nations. Shifting the focus of a country's economic activity, such as prioritizing agriculture over manufacturing or vice versa, can be effective. The agency also considers technological advancement as a valuable element in economic development.

A photography project to document the ‘humanity, and quiet dignity' of workers in the United States has been launched by the UN's specialized agency, the International Labour Organization (ILO).  The aim of the project, which comes as ILO celebrates its 100th birthday, is to look at the working lives of Americans across the country and listen to their hopes and fears for the future.  For this edition of our flagship podcast show, The Lid is On, Daniel Dickinson joined ILO on the road as it reached the southern US state of Louisiana.    Music credit: Audiobinger, Rise and Shine 

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute's Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association.

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute's Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association.

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1919 along with the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) establishes labor standards and produces knowledge about the world of work, serving as a forum for nations, unions, and employer associations. Before WWII, it focused on enhancing conditions for male industrial workers in Western, often imperial, economies, while restricting the circumstances of women's labors. Over time, the ILO embraced non-discrimination and equal treatment. It now promotes fair globalization, standardized employment and decent work for women in the developing world. In Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 (Oxford University Press, 2019), Eileen Boris illuminates the ILO's transformation in the context of the long fight for social justice. Boris analyzes three ways in which the ILO has classified the division of labor: between women and men from 1919 to 1958; between women in the global south and the west from 1955 to 1996; and between the earning and care needs of all workers from 1990s to today. Before 1945, the ILO focused on distinguishing feminized labor from male workers, whom the organization prioritized. But when the world needed more women workers, the ILO (a UN agency after WWII) highlighted the global differences in women's work, began to combat sexism in the workplace, and declared care work essential to women's labor participation. Today, the ILO enters its second century with a mission to protect the interests of all workers in the face of increasingly globalized supply chains, the digitization of homework, and cross-border labor trafficking. Eileen Boris is the Hull Professor and Chair of the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she directs the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute’s Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It may be jarring to consider, but there are currently more slaves in the world now than at any other point in history. According to figures from the United Nations' International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Walk Free Foundation, there were about 40.3 million people who can be considered modern slaves in 2016. That means that one in 200 people in the world is a slave. Forecast.News Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau sits down with Mark Blick, Head of Government; Blockchain Technology at Diginex to find out more about how they are using blockchain to address the issue of modern slavery.

Emily Crain joins us this week on Democracy That Delivers to discuss her recent trip in Geneva, Switzerland, where she attended the Centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Part of the conversations at the conference included the discussion of the convention concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work. She describes the nuances of the convention with the tripartite system (government, private sector, and workers), and the resulting Convention 190.  Emily Crain is the Director of Fontheim International, LLC, where she manages client relationships and corporate social responsibility initiatives. She also manages programs of GlobalWorks Foundation.

Starting in November 2015, the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab has been engaged in economic policy research with the Government of Sri Lanka. Led by Professor Ricardo Hausmann, the team has focused on a single question: what is holding back investment in Sri Lanka – especially in new and non-traditional export-oriented sectors – and what can the government do about it? In this podcast, members of the Sri Lanka team explain what they learned from the project which includes: First, a lack of new economic “knowhow” has meant that there are few easy opportunities for innovative investors to exploit. Next, the investors who do arrive find significant roadblocks to their success; these include policy barriers to reaching markets and key inputs, and infrastructural gaps at the regional level. Today on CID’s Speaker Series podcast, Anna Mysliewic, Masters in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School, interviews Dan and Tim, who share their learnings from the project and how they partnered with key counterparts in the government and civil society to support potential solutions, and better understand the deeper institutional gaps that prevent proactive policymaking. // www.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu // www.bsc.cid.harvard.edu // Interview recorded on November 16, 2018. About the speakers: Daniel Stock rejoined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2015. He also held this position from 2011-2013. He studies how countries apply proactive strategies to promote structural transformation. His research focuses on using network models to uncover new opportunities for diversifying exports and attracting new sources of investment. Prior to joining CID, Daniel was a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank, working with governments to improve the investment climate for local businesses and FDI. Daniel has also worked as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab's Macro Connections group, and a Research Intern at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Santiago, Chile. Daniel earned a B.S. in Quantitative Economics and International Relations from Tufts University. Tim O’Brien joined the Center for International Development in 2015, working on both Growth Lab and Building State Capability projects.He has led growth diagnostic research in Albania and Sri Lanka. Tim holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University. Tim served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi from 2008-2010 and has experience working with the World Bank and in environmental engineering. Tim’s research interests center on the challenges of economic transformation and adapting to climate change in developing countries and vulnerable communities. Sehar Noor is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Development's Growth Lab. Sehar graduated from Rollins College in May 2016 with honors in Economics and International Affairs. While at Rollins, she served as captain of the debate team, and studied abroad in Cuba and China. Her previous experience includes conducting fieldwork in disaster relief camps as an intern for the Aga Khan Rural Support Program in Gilgit, Pakistan, and interning with the Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Disabled Worker in mainstream job, New Zealand, photo courtesy of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Flicker The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 created the right to a minimum wage, with one huge exception — people with disabilities. We interview producer-director Jordan Melograna and play clips from “Bottom Dollars,” his documentary on sheltered workshops and the sub-minimum wage.  How is it that nearly 250,000 people are currently and legally paid, on average, less than $2 an hour? The documentary exposes the exploitation of people with disabilities through personal stories and expert interviews. It also presents clear job alternatives, showing how people with disabilities can earn a competitive wage and work within the community. With a commentary on the 12,000 wounded Palestinian protestors by Shelley Berman. Josh Elwood, Mark Romoser and Adrienne Lauby host this extended fund drive program. The post “Bottom Dollars.” How 250K Disabled People Work for $2. an Hour appeared first on KPFA.

CID Student Ambassador Emily Ausubel interviews Tim O’Brien and Dan Stock, research fellows here at Harvard’s Center for International Development. Tim and Dan talk about the Center’s project in Sri Lanka and how they are applying the Growth Diagnostics Methodology to identify the country’s binding constraints for diversification and economic growth. https://srilanka.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/ >>> Interview recorded on March 2, 2018. About the interviewees: > Tim O’Brien joined the Center for International Development in 2015, working on both Growth Lab and Building State Capability projects. He has led growth diagnostic research in Albania and Sri Lanka. Tim holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University. Tim served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi from 2008-2010 and has experience working with the World Bank and in environmental engineering. Tim’s research interests center on the challenges of economic transformation and adapting to climate change in developing countries and vulnerable communities. > Dan Stock rejoined the Center for International Development's Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2015. He also held this position from 2011-2013. He studies how countries apply proactive strategies to promote structural transformation. His research focuses on using network models to uncover new opportunities for diversifying exports and attracting new sources of investment. Prior to joining CID, Daniel was a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank, working with governments to improve the investment climate for local businesses and FDI. Daniel has also worked as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab's Macro Connections group, and a Research Intern at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Santiago, Chile. Daniel earned a B.S. in Quantitative Economics and International Relations from Tufts University.

What is Human Trafficking? According to Wikipedia: Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues,including for surrogacy and ova removal. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. How Prevelant is this? According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), forced labor alone (one component of human trafficking) generates an estimated $150 billion in profits per annum as of 2014.[9] In 2012, the ILO estimated that 21 million victims are trapped in modern-day slavery. Of these, 14.2 million (68%) were exploited for labor, 4.5 million (22%) were sexually exploited, and 2.2 million (10%) were exploited in state-imposed forced labor.[10] Human trafficking is thought to be one of the fastest-growing activities of trans-national criminal org

Recent demographic and societal changes in both developing and developed countries have affected the employment of migrant workers in economies worldwide, and few sectors illustrate the international impact of these changes more than domestic work and home-based care. An increase in women's employment, rapid population aging, increasing life expectancy, and lower fertility rates have strained traditional care arrangements in the developed and developing world. But tight fiscal policies have weakened already inadequate public services and protection for these migrant workers, who leave their families and homes for decades at a time to work overseas in hope of earning more money to send back home. Read the transcript http://bit.ly/2EkbKHA Read the working book https://www.adb.org/publications/safeguarding-rights-asian-migrant-workers-home-workplace About the authors Maria Gallotti is a migration specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva. Benjamin Harkins is a technical officer at ILO, Bangkok. Marie-Jose Tayah is the regional coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Domestic Workers Federation. Max Tunon is a migration specialist at ILO, New Delhi. Know more about ADBI's work on labor http://bit.ly/2DLwDxy

Steven Tobin is a Senior Economist and the Team Leader at the Research Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and currently heads up the Policy Assessment Unit. His team is currently focused on undertaking policy assessments across a range of labor market and social issues. Before joining the ILO, Steven held several management positions at both the Federal and Provincial level of the Canadian government. The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers representatives of 187 member States , to set labor standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work for all women and men. One trend that Tobin is looking at now is unemployment. There has been a downturn in Latin America which is pushing the global unemployment lower. The US and Canada have been doing well in this area but the lower numbers in emerging countries are negatively affecting overall rates. This downward trend impacts us all as the world is becoming more connected – if there is less demand for a product in places, such as Latin America, it will ultimately affect workers and consumers in the US. The US economy is one of the strongest labor markets in the world. However, there is still a perception among some people that something is wrong.  They feel they are working hard but can’t get ahead. This leads to feelings of injustice and may have played a role in last year’s elections. It also may be fueling the ‘America First’ emphasis. There are jobs available in the US – and other countries – but are there enough? Many are short term, casual jobs and may lead to a mismatch of expectations.  They do not provide the same benefits that ‘standard’ jobs do, such as sick time, paid vacation and retirement benefits.  The ‘gig’/freelance economy is a trend that the ILO recognizes and sees growing. Their concerns are whether people are choosing these types of jobs for their benefits or rather because there are no standard employment opportunities that meet their skill sets or needs.  This gig economy leads to challenges for entire societies. Who should ‘take care’ of these employees when they cannot work? In Canada they have created voluntary accounts in which self-employed people can contribute to a 401 K and so on. Finland and Canada are piloting the use of universal basic income on a small scale. Basically, it is when everyone is guaranteed an income whether they work or not. The question remains as to what extent this would replace programs such as unemployment insurance. This notion of providing a minimum of a safety net is growing in the policy sphere. What You Will Learn In This Episode: What the next 3 – 5 years will bring in terms of employees/employers Some main trends in the world of work ILO’s perspective on the role of AI and technology in the future of work What is ‘Zero Hours’ employment? Universal employment pilots Why it is important for us to pay attention to economies outside of our own country Steven Tobin’s perspective on the US economy The difference between job creation and quality job creation Steven’s perspective on Universal Basic Income

Stefan Tromel, Senior Disability Specialist of the International Labour Organization (ILO) joins the program to discuss how the ILO promotes equality of opportunity and treatment for persons with disabilities in the world of work. Stefan also shares about the upcoming event "Promoting Disability Inclusion Globally" on June 20th in Washington DC.   

Marek Harsdorff walks us through the implications and opportunities of the energy transition in the field of work. Marek, an economist in the Green Jobs Programme at the International Labour Organization (ILO), shares some guiding principles for a just transition to sustainable economies.

Guy Standing was invited to the dance festival Oktoberdans 2016 in Bergen to speak about his Politics of Paradise on the discursive programme at the festival, the changeability connected to the term ‘utopia’. We asked him to speak from on top of two pallets, symbolizing universal standards and the simplest means of raising a speaker above the audience, and to speak without a script. Guy Standing is Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London. He has worked for the International Labour Organization (ILO) for more than a decade, is a founding member of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), which work internationally to promote discussion about a universal and unconditional basic income, and he is especially known for his analysis of new class structures in the globalized world, most importantly the precariat. teatergarasjen.no / oktoberdans.no http://facebook.com/bitteatergarasjen

RWI's senior researcher Radu Mares recently interviewed Kari Tapiola, Special Adviser to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Welcome to the first edition of the GIFT podcast! Knowledge Management will be a key area of work for the second phase of UN.GIFT. Over the last year, as the UN.GIFT Steering Committee worked developing the strategic plan that will pave the way for the next phase of UN.GIFT, the UN.GIFT Secretariat has been looking at more effective ways to expand knowledge creation and accessibility.  Finally, with the help of our wonderful intern, Sophia Papadimos, we have released the pilot of the GIFT podcast. This first podcast is just a first step that we hope will bring us closer to all of those working to end modern-day slavery. The GIFT podcast aims to bring the global dialogue on human trafficking to the iTunes audience, the social media fans and all those interested on knowing the latest developments in the fight against human trafficking. Tune in for our podcast debut! Best, UN.GIFT.team The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) works to increase knowledge and awareness of human trafficking, build capacity of State and non-state actors; and foster partnerships for joint action against human trafficking. Launched in 2007, UN.GIFT is a global inter-agency initiative made up of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). UN.GIFT supports all stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking through effective knowledge management and joint programme development support. The initiative's award winning virtual knowledge hub, the UN.GIFT.HUB, provides a platform for global dialogue at www.ungift.org

Enrique Dussel Peters, Director, Institute for China-Mexico Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Enrique received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science at the Free University of Berlin (1989) and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Notre Dame (1996). Since 1993 he works as a full time professor at the Graduate School of Economics at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He has taught more than 90 courses at the B.A, M.A. and Ph.D. level in Mexico and internationally, and participated in more than 260 national and international seminars and conferences. His research has concentrated on theory of industrial organization, economic development, political economy, as well as on the manufacturing sector, trade and regional specialization patterns in Latin America and Mexico. He has collaborated and coordinated projects with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean (ECLAC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), Ford Foundation and the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB), among other institutions. He has received several research distinctions in 2000 and 2004.

Enrique Dussel Peters, Director, Institute for China-Mexico Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Enrique received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science at the Free University of Berlin (1989) and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Notre Dame (1996). Since 1993 he works as a full time professor at the Graduate School of Economics at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He has taught more than 90 courses at the B.A, M.A. and Ph.D. level in Mexico and internationally, and participated in more than 260 national and international seminars and conferences. His research has concentrated on theory of industrial organization, economic development, political economy, as well as on the manufacturing sector, trade and regional specialization patterns in Latin America and Mexico. He has collaborated and coordinated projects with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean (ECLAC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), Ford Foundation and the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB), among other institutions. He has received several research distinctions in 2000 and 2004.