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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday by the Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), part of the UN’s I

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says outgoing and incoming migrants are increasing within the Nigerian borders. The ILO Senior Technical

If there was ever a time when workers needed to have strong representation, it is now.The challenges  confronting the employed after two years of a pandemic and now in a period of economic flux, rising inflation, and uncertainty spawned by geopolitical events, make for a troubling time for workers.And so, it was regretful to witness the ongoing rift between the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) which spilled out in a mos...

"What we see the workers doing, and what we hear of from other places today, gives the impression that some great churning is taking place which we dare not try to fit unthinkingly into existing moulds bequeathed to us by past experience."

IFJ 30 April 2021 IFJ at World Press Freedom Day in Namibia Information as a public good is the subject of World Press Freedom Day, held in Windhoek, Namibia, 30 years after the Windhoek Declaration (3 May 1991). It remains a seminal event for the development of a free, independent and pluralistic press. World Press Freedom Day has its origins in the UNESCO conference in Windhoek. Below you will find the programme with the participation of the IFJ and its regions. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Regiona...

IFJ 03 March 2021 African journalists underline the importance of a strong journalists’ union role in managing the response to the COVID-19 crisis to protect quality journalism and improve working conditions The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in collaboration with the Norwegian Union of Journalists (NJ) held a Webinar on “The COVID 19 Crisis: The Role of Journalists’ Trade Unions in Protecting Jo...

It was noted in an ILO press release on 1 st February that according to a global survey of more than 1,350 providers of Technical Vocational Educational Training (TVET), many countries and training providers were insufficiently prepared to respond to the constraints that resulted from the crisis, although some rapidly shifted to distance learning. It was also noted that a majority of survey respondents had reported disruptions to training, in particular to work-based learning due to enterprise ...

news Govt trying to revive trade through stimulus packages: Tipu The New Nation Business Desk : Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said that the government is trying to revive the countrys trade and commerce, which was affected due to COVID-19 pandemic, through various stimulus packages announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In the medium-term, he suggested that Bangladesh should look for new markets through product diversification. The commerce minister said this while...

said that the government is trying to revive the country’s trade and commerce, which was affected due to COVID-19 pandemic, through various stimulus packages announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In the medium-term, he suggested that Bangladesh should look for new markets through product diversification. The commerce minister said this while addressing a virtual dialogue on “Recovery of the Apparels Sectors from the COVID-19 Crisis: Is a Value Chain based Solution Possible?”. The dia...