Despite the significant progress achieved since 2000, which has led to an almost halving of child labour, the challenge remains immense. According to the ILO and UNICEF [Global Estimates of Child Labour 2024](https://www.ilo.org/publications/major-publications/child-labour-global-estimates-2024-trends-and-road-forward "Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward"), 138 million children are still in child labour worldwide, of whom nearly
According to the data compiled for the latest [Employment and Social Trends 2026](https://www.ilo.org/publications/flagship-reports/employment-and-social-trends-2026 "(opens in a new window)") report, the global unemployment rate is projected to stay stable at around 4.9 per cent this year, equivalent to some 186 million people out of work. The biggest area of growth is in poorer countries – a
New ILO brief highlights global five-month gender gap in paid parental leaves ILO study, marking 25 years of the ILO Maternity Protection Convention, shows that more equitable, inclusive and sustainable parental leaves would require, on average, an additional annual investment of 0.13% of GDP. GENEVA (ILO News) – A new brief from the International Labour
The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its 108th (Centenary) Session on 10 June 2019, and Having adopted the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning violence and
Technological innovation has been shaping the world of work since before the invention of the wheel. But the issue has taken on a new urgency with the rise of AI or Artificial Intelligence. In particular with the launch of ChatGPT, a form of generative AI that, through machine learning, is able to generate a wide
In this episode of the ILO Voices podcast, the discussion centres on how artificial intelligence is transforming jobs and business practices. It addresses whether AI can help tackle inequality, low productivity, and weak fundamental rights, and asks what workers and companies can do to prepare. Artificial intelligence isn’t a tool for the future—it’s already here,
