During the #BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers meeting, I urged participants to place #SocialJustice at the core of their discussions in three key ways: ➡️Ensure that digital work is decent work. ➡️Invest in skills development. ➡️Prioritize safe and healthy working environments.

September’s Summit of the Future will bring together leaders to create a path for a better world for us all. Here's what you can expect from this once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape #OurCommonFuture. bit.ly/SotF2024 United Nations

#SeminarioInternacional | El destacado director del Departamento en Políticas de Empleo de la OIT International Labour Organization, Sangheon Lee, inició su ponencia sobre las “Oportunidades de creación de empleo y políticas industriales en el contexto de los desafíos de cambio tecnológico y sostenibilidad

Pleased to have joined the @WorldSkills2024 Opening Ceremony together with Yoshiki Takeuchi, Deputy Secretary General OECD Development. 1400 competitors from nearly 70 countries. When there is skills there is a way.

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Ready for Day 2 of the #WorldSkills 2024 conference? Don't miss the closing panel at 16:00 CET today where Srinivas B Reddy, Chief of Skills and Employability branch, International Labour Organization will join other international thought leaders to conclude discussions on TVET, skilled youth & #worldofwork.

WorldSkills Lyon 2024 WorldSkills ILO Employment Policies Skills and Lifelong Learning Countries around 🌍 navigate the digital, green, & demographic transitions and disconnects bw jobs, skills & aspiration. Inclusive skills development & TVET is a tool to increase employability of workers, competitiveness of enterprises and countries’ capacity to promote growth.

2.3bn people will need care by 2030. Paid & unpaid care work is crucial for resilient labour markets as societies age. Promoting decent work for care workers will create jobs & advance gender equality. @ILO welcomes the #G7 Action Plan to improve care economy working conditions.

Employment services leave no one behind. Recently, the International Labour Organization, under the ProSSCE-ASEAN project, brought together government officials from the South-East Asian region to share good practices in implementing disability-inclusive employment services. More 👉 bit.ly/4glbn0X

The #STRENGTHEN2 project is a joint initiative of the European Union and the International Labour Organization. Launched in August 2020, the project aims to leverage employment impact assessments to promote the creation of more and better jobs in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more👉 bit.ly/3BgWBIj

Join International Labour Organization's employment expert Dorothea Schmidt-Klau in this upcoming event on ageing workers. The discussion would focus on demographic shifts, labour markets, and leisure activities in the framework of social and economic security for older persons. Register 👉 rb.gy/n5eidz

📣Equal pay for equal work. #InternationalEqualPayDay International Labour Organization UN Women Watch

🚨 Happening tomorrow! Register👉 rb.gy/n5eidz

Women are paid about 20% less than men on average. In some regions, as well as for women of colour, immigrant women & women with children, the difference is even greater. On Wednesday's #EqualPayDay, join UN Women in demanding equal pay for all. unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/…

Join us for this #SummitOfTheFuture side event co-hosted by UN Environment Programme, Government of Cyprus, Portugal, and in collaboration with the UNICEF. Follow live 📺: bit.ly/4ensX37

We were delighted to show Mito Tsukamoto the impact of our Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes (EIIP) in #Iraq: 🌳Dohuk - 4K+ trees planted, 👩‍🌾75K+ workdays created (40% women, 50% refugees) with UNHCR Iraq ; 🏢Mosul - new youth center built with UNICEF Iraq - يونيسف العراق

The September/October edition of ILO Employment Policies newsletter would be out soon. It includes the latest publications, events, news, multimedia and more from the #worldofwork. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox 👉bit.ly/3RKqVAs

Create jobs, extend social protection & accelerate progress to achieve the SDGs, as government & UN agencies discuss the Global Accelerator roadmap development with the 🇵🇭 as pathfinder country. ➡️ unglobalaccelerator.org

With an ageing workforce on the rise, we need to ask: What role can trade unions play in supporting older workers? From wages to pensions to age-inclusive policies, there's a lot to consider. 🎧 Our upcoming podcast explores this & more. Out on 27 September. Here's a preview 👇