Feature articles

January 2005 

• Ida's Story: the plight of domestic migrant workers
  24 January 2005 -
• Global Campaign for Social Security hits its stride
  24 January 2005 - The recent launch of a national campaign to provide Kenya's population with social security was the latest in a series of events designed to expand the ILO's Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All. ...
• New UN decision makes fair globalization a core issue of the world agenda in 2005
  06 January 2005 - Achieving a fair globalization is now firmly implanted on the world agenda. With the adoption of a resolution at its most recent session, the UN General Assembly gave new impetus to global efforts to implement the recommendations of the report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. ...
• Efforts mount in Japan to counter human trafficking
  05 January 2005 - Human trafficking is a growing problem in Japan and new efforts for stronger measures to combat modern forms of forced labour are gaining momentum. This report examines the phenomenon and what Japan and its ILO partners are doing about it.

November 2004 

• World AIDS Day 2004 HIV/AIDS and the world of work: Women bear the brunt
  30 November 2004 -
• Microfinance paves the way to decent work
  18 November 2004 - Microfinance makes a powerful contribution to decent work: it facilitates small investments in self-employment and job creation; it also helps the poor to manage risks through emergency loans, savings and micro-insurance. The launch of the UN International Year of Microcredit on 18 November is an occasion to look at the pioneering role of microfinance. ...
• Africa: working out of poverty
  17 November 2004 - Today, Africa is working to find a way out of poverty. At the Extraordinary Summit on Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Ouagadougou in September 2004, many African heads of state and government formally adopted a Declaration making the job creation a prime objective for reducing poverty. This month, the ILO Governing Body is discussing the same issue. ...
• A tailor-made future for prosperity: Cambodia
  09 November 2004 -

October 2004 

• Indonesia: The art of collective bargaining
  22 October 2004 - Trade union rights have come a long way in Indonesia in the past six years. ILO online examines how a Labour Union leader in a Jakarta supermarket, with the help of an ILO programme, has set an example for dozens of other companies in Indonesia to create a productive workplace where not only workers but clients benefit.
• India: hope dawns as women beat poverty
  15 October 2004 - On the eve of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), women around the world are organizing against poverty. In India, hundreds of self-help groups provide one example how women, with the support of unions and the ILO, can mobilize to improve their lives.