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Publication
Summer field research for the employment of people with disability
01 December 2010
Three groups of undergraduate students in the Law School of Peking University China went to Beijing Municipality, Sichuan province and Heilongjiang provinces and carried out a survey on issues related to discrimination of people with disabilities in employment during their summer holidays in 2010. Cases were collected, interviews were organized with employers, human resource persons and law firms etc. to investigate the background of these areas where employment of people with disability has been effectively facilitated, aiming at exploring the possibility of further improvement through academic research or legal measures.
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Bachelet says economic growth alone is not enough to eliminate poverty
17 October 2010
Michelle Bachelet, the head of UN Women and the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, told a United Nations “Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum” held here to coincide with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, that increased social inclusion can promote growth and poverty elimination.
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Project
Strengthen Gender Responsiveness of National HIV Strategy
01 October 2010
This project will identify vulnerabilities of female migrants in Guangdong Province and develop an evidenced informed strategy to improve gender equity, access to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reproductive health (RH) and legal aid services on employment rights and sexual harassment among female migrant workers in Guangdong by partnership with local family planning association and the Global Fund Project China office.
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Statement
Opening address at 2010 International Forum on Chinese Trade Unions & Labour Relations
15 September 2010
By Ms Guan Jinghe, Deputy Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia
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Article
Contributor Data File
09 September 2010
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Publication
Emergency-Start and Improve Your Business training includes people with disabilities
08 September 2010
Stories of two disabled persons who were included in a vocational / livelihoods training provided by the Emergency-Start and Improve Your Business (E-SIYB), a training initiative started to help economic recovery following the deadly May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake that killed more than 80,000 people.
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Event
5th China International Forum on Work Safety
The 5th China International Occupational Safety & Health Exhibition and China International Forum on Work Safety, jointly sponsored by the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), a cabinet-level department of the Chinese government overseeing workplace safety, and the International Labor Organization (ILO), took place in September 2010.
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Press release
ILO Forum on Green Jobs for a Better Life, Shanghai World EXPO
26 August 2010
The International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and China Enterprises Confederation (CEC), organized a Forum on Green Jobs for a Better Life at the UN Pavilion of the Shanghai EXPO on 26 August 2010.
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Event
Forum on Green Jobs for a Better Life
The Forum is to introduce the concepts and development trend of the Green Jobs Initiatives, to exchange good practices and to discuss the roles of the Government, employers' and workers’ organizations in promoting the green jobs for the green economy.
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Press release
Youth unemployment at highest recorded level - ILO report; 36 million Asia Pacific young people unemployed – A possible “Lost generation”
12 August 2010
The global unemployment rate for young people has risen to its highest recorded level, and is expected to continue increasing until the end of 2010, a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.