The ILO will also lead a side event on the 16th of March “Addressing the gender pay gap in the digital economy: an EPIC side event”. Hosted by the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC), this event will be an opportunity to amplify interest in innovative and practical solutions and in promising global initiatives to reduce the gender pay gap with attention to the digital economy. Special guests will engage in an interactive discussion to advance equal pay for work of equal value globally and take tailored action at the country level.

New York City

EPIC Side Event: Addressing the Gender pay gap in the Digital Economy

This virtual launch event will feature discussions on the ILO approach to employment policies in a changing world of work and a presentation of the ILO’s Employment Policy Action Facility (EPAF) and its service offer on comprehensive employment strategies that promote decent jobs for all to intended users

Launch of the Employment Policy Action Facility (EPAF)

The ILO World of Work Show brings you a mix of live interviews and videos on the major challenges and opportunities facing the world of work.

World of Work Show

In January 2023, Canada became the 25th country to ratify International Labour Organization Convention 190 to eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work including gender-based violence and harassment. In this webinar, U.S. and Canadian government leaders will discuss the process of ratification and its implications for ending gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work, including U.S. commitments to the principles of ILO C190.

Washington

Galvanizing Commitment for Action: Ending Violence and Harassment at Work

The ILO, with the support of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, has developed the Care Policy Investment Simulator, the largest online care policy modelling tool that once launched will be available for the general public. Containing data from more than 80 countries and built on over 180 statistical indicators, the Simulator automatically calculates both the investment requirements for a package of care leave policies and services and the related benefits in terms of job generation, reduction in gender employment and wage gaps and return on investment.&nbsp; 
The Simulator shows that technologies can be a powerful engine to support gender-transformative policy making and improve the lives of care providers, care workers and of those cared for.&nbsp;

Launch of the New ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator

This high level opening panel kicks-off the Ibero-American Symposium on Domestic Work and Care. Ministers of Latin America will share their experiences in making domestic and care work decent work.

Cartagena

Ibero-American Symposium: Making domestic work a decent work

On World Day of Social Justice the ILO brings together leading figures from academia, politics and the world of work with the ILO Director-General to discuss how to advance social justice in the world. The event aims to increase understanding of multiple global challenges and related social justice deficits and will propose concrete actions to achieve international development goals, including through a new global social contract.

Geneva

How to deliver a sustained dose of social justice

Conference Room 8

UN headquarters

Room 5

Conference Room 6

Online violence and harassment have been receiving increased attention in recent legislative reforms either as a separate or standalone notion or as a means through which violence and harassment can be perpetrated, including in the world of work. Led by the ILO, this event aims to facilitate knowledge exchange through the sharing of good practices, including legislation and measures at the workplace level. It will open the discussion for the use of technology to prevent violence and harassment in the world of work, including mitigating the effects of domestic violence.&nbsp;

Online and ICT-facilitated violence and harassment at work: Resetting the system 

This episode of the ILO World of Work show is focused on the World Day of Social Justice and explores the various ways in which the ILO is striving to ensure global momentum for a new social contract, one that puts people at the centre of national and global policymaking. This show highlights some of the pressing global challenges we face and how a Global Coalition for Social Justice could help address the issues that are leaving too many behind.

A Future with Social Justice

The ILO World of Work Show brings you a mix of live interviews and videos on the major challenges and opportunities facing the world of work. This episode focuses on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which takes place on 28 April, and will discuss concrete steps that workers, employers, and governments can take to prevent occupational accidents and diseases. This episode launches ILO LIVE, our innovative online platform on the world of work.

How to build a positive safety and health culture

The ILO World of Work Show brings you a mix of live interviews and videos on the major challenges and opportunities facing the world of work. This episode focuses on the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, hosted by the Government of South Africa from 15 to 20 May. It comes at a critical time as 160 million children are still in child labour and the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse years of progress. In this context, the conference represents an opportunity to assess progress made and identify the urgent measures needed to accelerate the elimination of child labour.



Raise your hand for kids

This episode of the ILO World of Work Show focuses on the start of the 110th International Labour Conference, bringing together over 4000 Governments’, Workers’ and Employers’ representatives from 187 ILO Member States. With the world of work reeling from the triple crisis of food, fuel, and finance, our guests will discuss what needs to be done to ensure a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable, and resilient. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

How to tackle the triple crisis of food, fuel, and finance?

This episode focuses on the scourge of child labour and what more needs to be done to protect the 160 million children around the world who work, many in dangerous conditions.  Join us as we look back at the outcomes of the recent 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, and discuss the progress made and urgent measures needed to eliminate child labour.

Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow

How can child labour be eliminated?

This episode focuses on the social and solidarity economy – an ethical approach to economic development that prioritizes the welfare of people and planet over profits. We will explore its various elements and how it can contribute to decent work and sustainable development. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

The social and solidarity economy explained

This episode focuses on the critical importance of safety and health at work, which has been underlined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us live as we explore what more needs to be done to realize the right of all workers to be protected against sickness, disease and injury arising out of employment. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

A safe and healthy world of work for everyone

This episode focuses on the outcomes of the 110th International Labour Conference and will discuss what has been achieved and what more needs to be done. At a time when international cooperation is becoming increasingly difficult, it is all the more important that governments, workers and employers come together to ensure a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

A look back at the 110th International Labour Conference

New season of the World of Work Show starts today at 16:00 CEST. This episode of the ILO's monthly live show will discuss latest estimates on modern slavery, the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, to be presented at the UN General Assembly and the implications of the climate emergency for the world of work.

How to fight the rise of modern slavery

This episode of the ILO World of Work show will focus how to put social justice at the centre of global economic and development policies. The new ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, has prioritized social justice in his mandate as a tool to rebuild the social and economic fabric which has been frayed by rising inequality, conflicts, and a lack of trust in the international system. Join our guests who will discuss how to increase social justice in practice, including through universal social protection, social dialogue and collective bargaining.

How to achieve social justice in the world of work

This episode of the ILO World of Work show will focus on the social dimension of climate change and how the ILO is keeping it at the forefront of discussions at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference. Join our guests who will discuss how to achieve a just transition towards a greener economy that works for all women and men around the world.

The social dimension of climate change

This episode of the ILO World of Work show will focus on the role that social protection can take in supporting fundamental human rights. A role made all the more critical as the world of work enters a period of multiple and interconnected crises. In addition, we will take viewers to the 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, currently taking place in Singapore, and explore the findings of the first ever global survey on experiences of violence and harassment at work.

The right to social protection

This episode of the ILO World of Work show looks at the new World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 Report. From employment growth to job quality, what can we expect from the year ahead? We will also explore the latest trends in working time around the world, including the effects on productivity, mental and physical health, and work-life balance.

Working Life, Working Time and the Work-Life Balance

As the historic UN Water Conference opens in New York, we find out why poor water and sanitation is holding back economies and societies. And, as it's now been three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ILO World of Work Show explores why women were and continue to be disproportionately affected by the crisis.

The high stakes of water and work

ILO experts in green jobs and economics answer questions on the green transition submitted during the COP27 meeting.

ILO Question Time: The Green Transition

Education empowered me to fight for women’s rights in Kenya

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17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting ends with commitment to social justice

We can eliminate gender inequality in Asia's garment sector

Social protection at the crossroads in pursuit of a better future

How domestic workers got organized in Kuwait

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We won’t need to beg for water anymore

Entrepreneur turns problems into profit

ILO set to implement emergency employment scheme in earthquake-damaged neighbourhoods in Aleppo (Syria)

Green jobs and Decent work in Mongolia

An apprenticeship changed my life

How can social protection support human rights and advance social justice?

The high-level opening of the development partners meeting of the global flagship programme on building social protection floors for all takes stock of the progress and results achieved by the ILO's Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All, and remaining challenges for the multi-donor programme.

Development partners meeting of the global flagship programme on building social protection floors for all 

Social protection floors for all: Progress and challenges

The first panel of the development partners meeting of the global flagship programme on building social protection floors for all highlights the key thematic areas, including social health protection and extending social protection to workers in the informal economy, tackled within the countries that are part of the initial multi-donor Programme.

Joining forces to address thematic challenges within social protection 

Ecological, technological, and demographic transformations present challenges and opportunities for countries at all levels of development. This panel highlights how integrated policy approaches can facilitate structural transformations, close financing gaps and expand social protection coverage, including through the Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.

Integrated policy and financing approaches on decent jobs and social protection for just transitions

The ILO has elaborated a strategy for the implementation of the Global Ratification Campaign with a view to support constituents to achieve the effective realization of the right to social security.&nbsp; This panel presents the importance of building national social protection systems in line with ILO social security standards, and how development partners can support the Global Ratification Campaign of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102).

Mobilizing the potential of ratifying ILO standards to accelerate progress towards Universal Social Protection 

As climate change disproportionately affects marginalized, poor and vulnerable communities, aggravating inequalities within and between countries, this event will discuss how Public Development Banks can help build a comprehensive social agenda, to support a strong and just transition, while ensuring no one is left behind in moving towards a low-carbon economy.&nbsp;

Organized by the Finance in Common Coalition for Social Investment (FiCS) with the participation of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), this event will: 
•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Advocate for the critical and urgent need to advance social justice – including job creation, skilling, decent work and social protection – as a central pillar to achieve a strong sustainability and climate transition agenda and strong societies; 
•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Share the perspectives from clients/beneficiary countries;&nbsp; 
•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Promote concrete, inspiring projects by FiCS members that deliver impactful results toward the social agenda; 
•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Underline the need to continue developing research and new data to better measure the social impacts of PDBs’ supported operations, and align more systematically with the Sustainable Development Goals &amp; Paris Agreement.

Paris

Leveraging Public Development Banks for resilient communities: Towards social justice and just climate transitions

The Development Partners meeting of the ILO's Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All (SPF Flagship Programme) brings together key partners from politics and the world of work to share progress and lessons learnt in supporting and achieving the SDGs on social protection, and how to collaborate further to meet current and future challenges in a post-COVID context.