Despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion people around the world remain entirely unprotected, said a report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday. The report found that the pandemic response was uneven and insufficient, deepening the gap between countries with high and …
During the meeting on Saturday, El-Said covered proposals to amend Egypt’s labour law, and strengthen the work of the relevant ministerial coordination committees.
The ILO called Egypt to join the coalition steering committee, which currently only has a few countries. At the moment, it only has two representatives from each continent, due to Egyptian efforts in conducting studies, programmes and legislation that are meant to bridge the gap between men and women in payment, treatment, and many other social interactions, Hassan explained
Many projects on ground support women to break through glass ceiling, bridge gender gap, says Karen Curtis
About 30 textile companies already benefited from the programme, says Al-Mashat
A workshop on pathways to employment organised on Monday
The Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 and Violence and Harassment Recommendation 2019, were adopted by delegates on the final day of the Centenary International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
For past 30 years, economy has not grown fast enough, says report
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to launch training programmes for Egyptian youth on modern methods to run their small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The agreement, signed by the MSMEDA Executive Director, Nevine Gamea, and the ILO’s Acting Director …
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) signed a protocol worth $3.7m with Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation for a new project aimed at creating job opportunities and developing the private sector in Egypt, according to a Monday press release from the ministry. Peter Van Rooij, director of the ILO’s country office in Egypt, and Minister of …
2017’s financing cost $15m, upcoming support difficult to predict
Decision will contribute to removing Egypt from list of countries banned from manufacturing, exporting readymade clothes, furniture to international companies, says KabilÂ
Egypt is 100% committed to labour laws and conventions, says Rooij
World football body FIFA’s creation of a watchdog to monitor the living and working conditions of migrant labour employed in World Cup 2022-related construction sites is the second time in a month that Qatar has been warned that it needs to demonstrate sincerity in its reform of the Gulf state’s controversial labour system. The announcement …
The International Labour Organization has put Qatar on notice, by giving it 12 months to implement labour reforms, that it no longer can delay acting on promises made in the wake of its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup. The ILO warning rings stark as the UAE, Qatar’s main competitor, steps up efforts …
By James M. Dorsey The International Labour Organization (ILO) has dealt a blow to Qatari assertions that the Gulf state complies with global standards for workers, in a report that condemned the government for allowing state-owned Qatar Airways, in the words of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), to “violate international and national agreements and …
Campaign is set to meet with the Minster of Manpower Nahed Al-Ashry within the next week, says campaign member
By James M. Dorsey A resolution by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to postpone until November a decision to investigate Qatar on charges of violating the Forced Labour and Labour Inspection Conventions is likely to boost the Gulf state’s ability to defeat any attempt to strip it of the right to host the 2022 World …
A global labour market recovery is being held back by a shortfall in demand, the ILO said, noting that in many developed economies, cuts in public spending and increases in income and consumption taxes were weighing heavily on businesses and households.
According to Ethiopian officials, three of their nationals were killed this month in clashes with Saudi police as the clampdown — set in motion after a seven-month amnesty period expired — got under way.
Around 10% of Egypt’s population in 2010 were labelled poor
By AFP GENEVA: Nine candidates are vying to succeed Juan Somavia as director-general of the International Labor Organization, the UN body said Monday after nominations closed. It named them as Charles Dan from Benin, Britain’s Guy Ryder, Angelino Garzon of Colombia, Gilles de Robien from France, Ad Melkert from the Netherlands, Jomo Kwame Sundaram of …
CAIRO: The Egyptian Independent Trade Unions Federation (EITUF) described on Wednesday the annual conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO) as one of the “most successful” for Egypt. This is particularly due to the lifting of Egypt’s name from the ILO’s blacklist of 25 countries with the worst labor conditions, which includes countries that prevent …
