More women choosing to work, but gender equality remains a long way off 08 March 2010 | ILO
Despite signs of progress in gender equality over the past 15 years, there is still a significant gap between women and men in terms of job opportunities and quality of employment, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO). The report, entitled Women in labour markets: Measuring progress and identifying challenges, says that more than a decade after the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted an ambitious global platform for action on gender equality and women’s empowerment, gender biases remain deeply embedded in society and the labour market.
Message of the Secretary-General on the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 27 January 2010
The theme of this year’s commemoration at UN offices around the world is the legacy of survival. Countless men, women and children suffered the horrors of the ghettos and Nazi death camps, yet somehow survived. All of them carry a crucial message for all of us. A message about the triumph of the human spirit. A living testament that tyranny, though it may rise, will surely not prevail. Survivors also play a vital role in keeping the lessons of the Holocaust alive for future generations.
ILO Global Employment Trends 2010 27 January 2010 | ILO
GENEVA(ILO News) – The number of jobless worldwide reached nearly 212 million in 2009 following an unprecedented increase of 34 million compared to 2007, on the eve of the global crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends report. Based on IMF economic forecasts, the ILO estimates that global unemployment is likely to remain high through 2010. In the Developed Economies and European Union unemployment is projected to increase by an additional 3 million people in 2010, while it will stabilize at present levels, or decline only slightly, in other regions.
Ban Ki-moon: Haiti is not Alone 19 January 2010
The disaster in Haiti shows once again something that we, as human beings, have always known: that even amid the worst devastation, there is always hope. I saw that for myself this week in Port au Prince. The UN suffered its single greatest loss in history. Our headquarters in the Haitian capital was a mass of crushed concrete and tangled steel. How could anyone survive, I thought? Yet moments after I departed, with a heavy heart, rescue teams pulled out a survivor – alive, after five days, buried, without food or water. I think of it as a small miracle, a sign of hope.Disasters such as that in Haiti remind us of the fragility of life, but they also reaffirm our strength. We have seen horrific images on television: collapsed buildings, bodies in the streets, people in dire need of food, water and shelter.
In Haiti, Secretary-General vows support for quake victims 17 January 2010
The UN “will continue to stand behind the Haitian people,” Mr. Ban said in Port–au–Prince, the city hardest hit by the 12 January tremors, which are believed to have impacted one third of Haiti's 9 million people. Addressing reporters in the capital, the Secretary–General outlined three top priorities.Touching down in the capital of Haiti, which was devastated by this week's catastrophic earthquake, today, Secretary–General Ban Ki–moon today pledged the United Nations' support for the victims of the disaster.
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