50 Million People Worldwide In Modern Slavery
Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery . Of...
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Afghan Women Losing Jobs Fast As Economy Shrinks, Rights Gone
In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of...
Job Losses From Virus Four Times As Bad As 2009 Financial Crisis
Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of...
Back To The Fields: Covid-19 Smashes Middle-Class Dreams
Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons...
No Return To Pre-Pandemic Job Levels In 2020: ILO
The outlook for the global labour market in the second half of 2020 is “highly uncertain” and the forecast recovery...
Migrant Workers Need Support, Jobs At Home: ILO
The U.N. labour agency appealed to governments on Wednesday to support tens of millions of migrant workers forced to return...
ILO Warns Indian States On Scrapping Workers’ Rights
The U.N. labour agency urged Indian states thinking of relaxing workers’ rights to help industry survive the coronavirus to consult...
