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- Poor face the heat of global economic crisis
- No jobs, no fresh loans being sanctioned by banks, trains running empty, clearly the global economic meltdown is beginning to be felt in India. It’s the poor ...
- Stepping out of poverty through skill development
- From a poor rural woman behind veil to a successful photographer, Shantabai’s dream turned into reality through a vocational training programme run by ILO in ...
- India's migrant workers feel the pinch of meltdown
- In the prosperous state of Punjab, the flow of cash from abroad is declining sharply owing to global economic crisis. Migrant workers working overseas are able ...
- ILO predicts global unemployment growth by 20 million
- The ongoing global economic crisis is going to increase unemployment worldwide. Director-General of ILO says it is about time that all governments of the world ...
- 'World is too big to be saved by China'
- When China announced its US$ 586 billion stimulus package earlier this month, it was dubbed as the biggest ever recovery plan of peacetime to rescue the world ...
- Carpet earnings bring women hope
- Amidst the turbulence caused by the Gorkhaland agitation in eastern India, carpet weaving has helped Darjeeling's women sustain their livelihoods. Trained by ...
- Global meltdown to affect Bangladeshi workers abroad
- For Bangladesh, remittances from overseas are a major source of foreign income. With the global financial crunch showing signs of sliding demand for its ...
- Arbind Singh gets Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in India
- The founder-director of Nidan was announced the winner at the WEF’s India Economic Summit for his work with the urban poor in the state of Bihar. The ...
- New law for unorganised workers
- The Indian Parliament has approved the ambitious labour rights bill that aims to extend social security cover and other benefits to the country’s ...
- Ensuring decent wages
- Owing to economic slowdown, people at the bottom of the wage ladder will be squeezed hardest by decreasing rates of pay, says ILO’s Global Wage Report ...
- Hard times ahead for Indian economy
- The global economic crisis may not have affected India as much as it has impacted many others, but not everything is hunky-dory either, says senior analyst ...
- Roping in media to generate awareness on NREGA
- At a conference in New Delhi, India’s minister for rural development urges the media to generate awareness on the country’s flagship rural employment guarantee ...
- Hi-tech solutions for India's job guarantee scheme
- The impoverished state of Bihar in India will soon introduce e-muster rolls, biometric smart cards and an online system for effective and transparent ...
- Global recession hits Kashmir's cottage industry
- Cottage industry in India’s Jammu and Kashmir is under severe pressure due to ongoing global economic crisis. The state government has assured that all ...
- 'Training and awareness at work can help combat HIV'
- Sensitising senior management and educating men and women about health and safety is key to preventing the spread of HIV at workplace, says Behrouz ...
- The making of a model village in India
- From a village where everyone lived in poverty, Hiware Bazaar in western India today has emerged as a model of rural sustainability through people’s ...
- BPO for rural women in India
- In a deeply conservative western Indian state of Rajasthan, rural girls with modest education do not have to go to cities like Bangalore in search of BPO jobs. ...
- Migrants from Afghanistan multiplying in the west
- Facing insecurity and lack of economic opportunities at home, young Afghans are increasingly resorting to costly and perilous illegal migration to European and ...
- Women become taxi drivers in Indian capital
- For majority of women in Indian cities from poorer backgrounds, working as domestic help remains a chief source of regular but often underpaid employment. A ...
- No scheme for Pakistan's informal workers
- Workers in Pakistan have not received their dues despite the government enacting new laws to improve their lot. A study documenting the state of labour in the ...
- Fighting HIV at workplace in India
- ILO launched a three-day workshop in the Indian capital earlier this week to share the experiences from its project on tackling HIV/AIDS at workplace. It has ...
- Crisis fix for women
- In its new publication: Global Employment Trends for Women, ILO warns the economic crisis could generate up to 22 million more unemployed women ...
- G20 can save up to 11 million jobs in 2009: ILO
- If G20 takes adequate measures, it can save up to 11 million jobs in 2009, according to the ILO head. Ahead of the summit in Pittsburgh next week, the UN body ...
- Tinkering with India's rural employment will hit poor
- Fourteen NGOs have opposed the manner in which the United Progressive Alliance government in India has been rushing through the restructuring of the National ...
- Empowered women of Rajasthan
- Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan has been spearheading a social movement in India for close to two decades now. Ita Mehrotra traverses the villages of ...
- Sri Lanka: Migration dream remains, despite dangers
- Both Sinhala and Tamil Sri Lankans want to leave the country for reasons of security and to seek better economic opportunities abroad. While some go through ...
- Economic meltdown could cost 50 million jobs, says ILO
- The ongoing financial crisis could add another 50 million to the globally unemployed. This grim scenario is predicted by ILO’s latest report which says that ...
- India's economic woes to continue in 2009
- The real problem facing the Indian economy today is the ongoing demand recession, industrial slowdown and job losses, says analyst S.D. Naik. The ...
- 'Domestic workers in India no better than slaves'
- Domestic workers in India are routinely harassed and exploited by their employers, despite several steps taken by the government to improve their lot. ...
- Bringing growth to India's villages
- India Economic Summit is underway in the national capital to ponder over the country’s next generation of growth. There is a huge challenge before policymakers ...
