Info Resources Document Actions Send this Print this Empowering women in Asia The Korea Herald - May 19, 2012. "Everyone’s eyes on are Asia’s rise. China, once dismissed as poor and backward, is now the world’s second-largest economy. India, with its huge population, scientific prowess, and entrepreneurial vitality, is another powerful engine of Asian growth. Add to this Japan and South Korea’s formidable economies, and Southeast Asia’s dynamism, and a picture emerges of rising wealth, confidence, and leadership." Read More… The Social Crisis Behind the Economic Crisis - the Millions of Young People Unemployed contributed by Jenny — May 22, 2012 12:28 PM Author: International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Publishing Date: 2012 Category: Research ITUC - 2012. "The financial crisis that broke out in 2008 has given rise to the worst economic crisis in 30 years and the biggest overall fall in GDP since the Second World War. [...] Young people are the hardest hit by this crisis. As highlighted in the “Global Unions’ Statement to the G20 Summit” on 3 and 4 November 2011: “The rise in unemployment since the crisis began has hit young people particularly hard, and together with rising long-term unemployment, high youth unemployment threatens to weaken long-term growth potential.” According to the figures published in the ILO report “Global Employment Trends for Youth” in 2011, youth unemployment rates have not simply seen a rise but a historical increase, going from 11.8% to 12.7% between 2008 and 2009 - the largest annual rise recorded in the last 20 years. The report adds that overall youth unemployment has overtaken adult unemployment, further confirming the fact that young people are more vulnerable to economic shocks and are the “first out” and "last in" in times of crisis." Read More… Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012 contributed by Jenny — May 22, 2012 09:48 AM Author: International Labour Organization (ILO) Publishing Date: 2012 Category: Research ILO - 2012. The study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends. Read More… Govt to create 1 million skilled manpower in next five years The Times of India - May 13, 2012. "The state government has decided to convert employment exchange offices into career guidance centres in a bid to meet the target of creating one million skilled manpower in the state in the next five years. At these centres, candidates will be counseled and screened for appropriate skill development training, said chief secretary B K Patnaik. He was speaking at a skill summit organized by the State Employment Mission and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Odisha chapter." Read More… Ying Kong: Young, gifted and Asian? Take heart Nzherald - May 13, 2012. "Young, Asian and unemployed? Know thyself. Struggling to find employment or even land an interview and find yourself or your friends blaming racist attitudes of New Zealand employers? Think again. Blaming racism relinquishes self- accountability, and changing the attitudes of the people around you can be an impossible task that could leave you suffering a lifetime of frustrations." Read More… Understanding deficits of productive employment and setting targets: a methodological guide contributed by Jenny — May 12, 2012 08:46 AM Author: International Labour Organization (ILO) Publishing Date: 2012 Category: Research ILO - 2012. "Based on the MDG target to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people, the present guide elaborates on the concepts of productive employment and its antonym, deficits of productive employment. It provides a guide to estimating current and past deficits in productive employment and on how established targets for reducing poverty and unemployment can be used to derive targets for productive employment generation. Such targets, in their turn, may be used to inform economic and social policies as well as to assess policy coherence from the perspective of achieving productive employment for all and reduce poverty." Read More… Everyone's Right to be Included Worldwide, one in six people, or around one billion, live with a disability. A majority of people with disabilities often feel excluded at school, from public services, and in the world of work. In this video, women and men with and without disabilities explain what disability inclusion is, why it's important and how to make it happen. Read More… Marlee Matlin on Disabilities and Decent Work In this public service announcement Academy Award winning actress Marlee Matlin says: 'There is absolutely no limitation to what I can do as a person with a disability. Obviously I can't hear, but if I am good at something, then I'll do it. If I don't know how to do something, then I'll try it. And if I do it well, I'll continue it. And if I can't, well then I'll find something else to do!' Read More… Hilton partners with Room to Read, will donate as much as $150K IndUS Business Journal - May 10, 2012. " Hilton Worldwide has entered a three-year partnership with Room to Read, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy and gender equality in education. The partnership supports Room to Read’s holistic approach to literacy and girls’ education in South and Southeast Asia — aiming to reach more than 2,000 young people in the first phase of the program. Hilton Worldwide will also support Room to Read’s annual spring fundraising campaign promoting the Girls’ Education program by matching donations up to $150,000. " Read More… International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08): Structure, group definitions and correspondence tables contributed by Jenny — May 12, 2012 08:06 AM Author: International Labour Organization (ILO) Publishing Date: 2012 Category: Policy ILO 2012. This volume presents the structure and definitions of all groups in the International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08) and their correspondence with ISCO-88. Read More… 'Not an ordinary May 1st', says ILO chief ILO - May 1, 2012. "Tens of thousands of people around the world are taking to the streets today to mark May 1st. What else is new? Well, plenty. The continuing economic crisis is hitting workers hardest. The macroeconomic policies of the past decades have downgraded the meaning of decent work. The current growth model considers work as a production cost that must be as low as possible in order to raise competitiveness and profits. Workers are seen as being consumers of all sorts of loans rather than as having a legitimate share through wages in the wealth they contribute to create. Lost in translation is the fact that quality work is a source of personal dignity, family stability, peace in the community and, certainly, a source of credibility for democratic governance. However, in too many places we have lost the basic notion that labour is not a commodity." Read More… Governments moved to prevent job loss, boost skills in response to global financial and economic crisis ILO - April 20, 2012. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank (WB) released a joint report and new online data tool with the first comprehensive stocktaking of countries’ jobs-related policy responses to the recent global financial and economic crisis. Read More… Eight blocks for building better working lives ILO - April 27, 2012. May 1st is Labour Day, an opportunity to reflect on the near-universal experience of work, its quality and quantity. One ILO initiative is seeking to achieve 100 per cent ratification of the eight ILO Conventions covering fundamental labour standards by 2015. The ILO’s Specialist on Labour Standard explains why these instruments are important and how they are linked to relieving poverty and improving lives. Read More… Temporary employment boosts early recovery from Fiji floods - UN ILO - April 25, 2012. "The cash-for-work initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from UN Women and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is being implemented with the Government of Fiji to focus initially on market vendors in Rakiraki, one of the country’s worst affected districts, located halfway between the capital Suva and the western town of Nadi." Read More… Asia‐Pacific Labour Market Update, April 2012 contributed by Jenny — Apr 26, 2012 09:52 AM Author: ILO Publishing Date: 2012 Category: Information Material ILO - April, 2012. "This resource provides a snapshot of recent economic and labour market trends for a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, based on official data available as of 17 April 2012." Read More… Next 15 items » [1] 2 3 4 ... 64 Basic search Portlet Share Resource Have knowledge resources to share? Click here to share them with others. 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