Just Transition and Gender – A Review

“The UN’s Just Transition Guidelines, negotiated in the International Labor Organization, emphasize the importance of gender and “the strong gender dimension of many environmental challenges.”1 Gender is also a critical …

Promoting and respecting international labour standards in Asian Development Bank operations: A binding safeguard and beyond

“In 2001, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) demonstrated leadership and foresight by committing to uphold the core labour standards. In doing so, the ADB aligned itself with the 1998 International …

ILO Report World Social Protection Report 2020–22: Social protection at the crossroads – in pursuit of a better future

“Despite progress in recent years in extending social protection in many parts of the world, when the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit many countries were still facing significant challenges in …

La Corte Interamericana: Opinión consultiva sobre la libertad de asociación (Inter-American Court: Advisory opinion on freedom of association)

OPINIÓN CONSULTIVA SOBRE LOS DERECHOS A LA LIBERTAD SINDICAL, NEGOCIACIÓN COLECTIVA Y HUELGA, Y SU RELACIÓN CON OTROS DERECHOS, CON PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO “El 5 de mayo de 2021 la …

ILO Policy Brief: Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the core of the COVID-19 recovery

“Over a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, gender equality in the world of work has worsened. Women have suffered disproportionate job and income losses, including because of …

Guidance on due diligence for EU businesses to address the risk of forced labour in their operations and supply chains

Here is the recently released guidance by the EU: https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2021/july/tradoc_159709.pdf

ILO: Resolution concerning the second recurrent discussion on social protection (social security)

Here is the Report of the Recurrent Discussion Committee: Social Protection (social security): https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_804457.pdf Here is the ILO Resolution: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_806099.pdf

ILO Report – Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

“Since the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), domestic workers have gained legal protection in many countries. For too many domestic workers, however, decent work has not …

Enforceable social clauses in trade agreements with ‘bite’?

“Implications of the EU–South Korea Panel of Experts Report of 20 January 2021 Policy Implications The EU–South Korea Panel of Experts Report (‘the Report’) confounded expectations by asserting that it …

Heatwaves as an occupational hazard: The impact of heat and heatwaves on workers’ health, safety and wellbeing and on social inequalities

“Weather-related heat exposure has become a sanitary concern given the wide repercussions it has for health. Both physiological and epidemiological research show that the impact of heat on human health …

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