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We are the ILO, the UN agency for the world of work. Advancing social justice, promoting decent work, since 1919. Follow our Director-General @GilbertFHoungbo
ilo.orgIngressou em março de 2026
How can young people gain experience if they need experience to get their first job?
Too often, even “entry-level” opportunities ask for prior experience.
A new @ilo brief explores how skills-based hiring can help break the youth experience trap: www.ilo.org/publications/breaking-youth-ex...
How is heat stress affecting jobs and productivity?
Join us on 29 October for findings from six country studies on its current and future impacts on the world of work.
➡️live.ilo.org/event/heat-stress-jobs-and-pr... #ClimateChange
How is AI reshaping entry-level jobs for young people?
From gaps between education and labour market needs to technological change, the ILO Future of Work podcast explores the challenges facing young people in accessing decent work.
🎧Listen: podcast.ilo.org/episode/is-it-harder-for-y...
Global cooperation matters more than ever.
The @ilo works in the UN system to advance #SocialJustice, promote #DecentWork and uphold values the @UN has championed for 81 years. #UNDay
How is digital platform work being regulated around the world? 🌎
Explore the ILO's Digital Labour Platform Tracker to discover legislation, collective agreements and other initiatives across countries.
digitallabour.ilo.org
Long hours & blurred boundaries hurt workers’ well-being and productivity.
#DecentWork means healthier lives and better workplaces for all.
💬 What’s your biggest challenge in finding balance?
Investing in care could create 299 million jobs.
But investment must go hand in hand with decent work, rights and quality care.
This #CareAndSupportDay, join @ilo @UNHumanRights and @UN_Women .
🔗 live.ilo.org/event/building-sustainable-ca...
One in five young people worldwide is not in employment, education or training.
Why is the path to decent work so difficult?
Explore the findings of the @ilo's Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026 report in our Future of Work podcast.
🎧Listen: podcast.ilo.org/episode/is-it-harder-for-y...
Decent work empowers people, strengthens communities, and supports more inclusive and prosperous societies.
Investing in decent work is investing in social justice.
#DecentWork #SocialJustice
GenAI is changing work fast — and its impacts are not gender-neutral.
ILO research shows women’s jobs are more exposed, largely due to occupational segregation and unequal access to AI-related roles.
🎧 This new podcast breaks down the findings: podcast.ilo.org/episode/how-is-generative-...
How is heat stress affecting jobs and productivity?
Join us on 29 October for findings from six country studies on its current and future impacts on the world of work.
➡️live.ilo.org/event/heat-stress-jobs-and-pr... #ClimateChange
At the heart of the ILO’s work is tripartism:
Governments, employers & workers working together to advance #SocialJustice. 🗝️🗝️🗝️
How can #DecentWork keep pace with the platform economy?
The new ILO Convention marks a landmark step towards ensuring innovation goes hand in hand with workers’ rights, fair competition and sustainable growth.
📲Learn more: www.ilo.org/resource/article/new-ilo-conve...
Celebrate #WorldStatisticsDay with ILOSTAT — your portal to comparable labour statistics including SDG 8 indicators.
📈Compare.
🔍Visualize.
📥Download.
Visit: ilostat.ilo.org #DecentWork
A new @ilo brief highlights promising practices to strengthen prevention, protection and access to remedies for workers in the informal economy.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/news/protection-viole... #RatifyC190
Investing in care & support advances gender equality & social justice.
On International Day of Care & Support, @ilo @UNHumanRights and @UN_Women are bringing together governments, employers, workers & partners to turn recognition into action.
Learn more: live.ilo.org/event/building-sustainable-ca...
No #JustTransition without social protection for all.
ILO brief on extending protection to migrant workers, refugees and other displaced persons in the context of #ClimateChange: www.ilo.org/resource/news/ilo-calls-strong...
Global youth unemployment is on the rise again.
For many young people, the transition to decent work is becoming more difficult and more uncertain.
Read more: ilo.org/getyouth2026
At the #IMFMeetings, ILO Director-General @GilbertFHoungbo calls for policies that ensure productivity gains, including from #AI, are more widely shared - strengthening workers' incomes, job quality and social protection.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/statement/making-prod...
Rural women are strengthening their communities, one cooperative at a time.
Discover how Putuli Kheyang is helping women in rural Bangladesh gain skills, confidence and a stronger voice in the market.
Read more: www.ilo.org/about/newsroom/together-cashew...
💡 Local solutions are helping transform livelihoods.
In Mali, the ILO's An Ka Baara project is supporting producers to improve their incomes through better agricultural practices and practical support.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/other/ka-baara-soluti...…
How to escape the low-pay, low-productivity jobs trap?
@ILO Chief Economist, Sangheon Lee, explains how better jobs drive economic growth.
Listen to the ILO Future of Work Podcast, recorded in Bangkok during the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings:
podcast.ilo.org/episode/why-is-life-becomi...
Many young people complete training but still struggle to find #DecentWork.
What can bridge the gap between learning and jobs?
Hear the discussion in the @ilo Future of Work podcast.
Listen: podcast.ilo.org/episode/how-africa-can-bri...
Since 1926, the @ilo supervisory system has helped transform international labour standards into concrete progress for workers, employers and societies worldwide.
Learn more: lab.ilo.org/infostories/100-years-supervis... #ILOsupervision100
Labour rights need to work in practice, not just on paper.
A new @ilo brief explores how access to effective remedy helps workers seek justice, resolve disputes and strengthen decent work.
Have a look: www.ilo.org/publications/access-remedy-and...
On the International Day of #RuralWomen, Putuli Kheyang's story shows how working together can strengthen women's voices.
Today she leads a cooperative helping women gain skills, confidence and better access to markets in rural Bangladesh.
Read more: www.ilo.org/about/newsroom/together-cashew...
On International Day of Care & Support, join @ilo @UNHumanRights and @UN_Women to discuss how decent work can improve working conditions for care workers while expanding access to quality care for all.
🔗 live.ilo.org/event/building-sustainable-ca...
At the #IMFMeetings, ILO Director-General @GilbertFHoungbo calls for policies that ensure productivity gains, including from #AI, are more widely shared - strengthening workers' incomes, job quality and social protection.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/statement/making-prod...
Better evidence starts with better standards.
On #WorldStandardsDay, discover how new international labour statistics standards are helping answer questions about the changing world of work that could not be answered before.
➡️ ilostat.ilo.org/blog/new-standards-for-bet...
Social security and health are fundamental human rights.
Yet even where laws guarantee equal access to healthcare, labour market inequalities mean women don’t benefit equally in practice.
📖 @ilo brief explains: www.ilo.org/resource/news/gender-equality-...
Resilience is also about protecting livelihoods.
On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, discover how floating agriculture is helping farmers in Bangladesh invest in sustainable crops and strengthen their future.
Read the story: www.ilo.org/resource/article/floating-agri...…
Building resilience to disasters means protecting livelihoods, too.
On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, explore this @ilo guide on reducing vulnerabilities through employment and decent work.
Read more: www.ilo.org/publications/disaster-risk-red...…
Inequality leaves many more vulnerable to disasters.
Strong social protection and #DecentWork opportunities build resilience and empower people worldwide.
#ResilienceStartsAtHome #DRRday
💡 Local solutions are helping transform livelihoods.
In Mali, the ILO's An Ka Baara project is supporting producers to improve their incomes through better agricultural practices and practical support.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/other/ka-baara-soluti...…
Decent work and quality care and support are inseparable.
On International Day of Care & Support, @ilo @UNHumanRights and @UN_Women bring partners together to discuss how we can build rights-based and sustainable care and support systems.
Join us 👇
live.ilo.org/event/building-sustainable-ca...
Many young people complete training but still struggle to find #DecentWork.
What can bridge the gap between learning and jobs?
Hear the discussion in the @ilo Future of Work podcast.
Listen: podcast.ilo.org/episode/how-africa-can-bri...
A new @ilo brief highlights promising practices to strengthen prevention, protection and access to remedies for workers in the informal economy.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/news/protection-viole... #RatifyC190
Work can bring purpose, stability and connection. It can also put health and well-being at risk.
The difference often lies in how work is designed, organized and managed. What makes a workplace feel healthy to you?
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/news/840000-deaths-ye...…
Care work makes all other work possible.
On International Day of Care & Support, join @ilo @UNHumanRights and @UN_Women to explore how #DecentWork can help build stronger, more inclusive and sustainable care and support systems.
🔗 live.ilo.org/event/building-sustainable-ca...
840,000 deaths a year are linked to work-related psychosocial risks.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, hear why improving the way work is designed, organized and managed is essential for safer and healthier workplaces.
🎧 podcast.ilo.org/episode/psychosocial-risks...
Congratulations to Navi Pillay on receiving the 2026 #NobelPrize.
Her unwavering commitment to human rights and social justice continues to inspire.
As she said at the @ilo in 2010, social justice is rooted in human rights, equality, and freedom from fear and want.
Psychosocial risks do not stop at the workplace door.
Their impact is equal to 1.37% of global GDP lost each year. The human cost comes first, but the economic cost is impossible to ignore.
@ilo report explains: www.ilo.org/publications/psychosocial-work...…
Care work makes all other work possible.
On #Care&SupportDay, join @ilo @UNHumanRights and @UN_Women to explore how #DecentWork can help build stronger, more inclusive and sustainable care and support systems.
🔗 live.ilo.org/event/building-sustainable-ca...
A new @ilo brief highlights promising practices to strengthen prevention, protection and access to remedies for workers in the informal economy.
Read more: www.ilo.org/resource/news/protection-viole... #RatifyC190
Since 1919, international labour standards have been at the heart of the @ilo
They ensure that economic progress goes hand in hand with social justice and decent work for all.
Learn more: lab.ilo.org/infostories/100-years-supervis... #DecentWork
#DecentWork is essential for a thriving society. 🤝
It provides dignity, fair wages, and safe conditions for workers.
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