Tag:International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Human Welfare

Report says 138m children engaged in child labour globally

A new report released on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, by UNICEF and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says 138 million minors were engaged in...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2025

Climate Change

Number of people exposed to dangerous heat levels at work is rising

Climate change is making work more difficult and dangerous for billions of people, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Thursday, July 25, 2024. In...

Michael Simire - July 27, 2024

Cover

NCCC, ILO, UNIDO, UNDP sign MoU to prepare Just Transition Roadmap for Nigeria

The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) on Friday, April 12, 2024, at the UN House in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Michael Simire - April 14, 2024

Human Welfare

Global unemployment to increase in 2024, ILO warns

Global unemployment is expected to rise in 2024, with glowing inequality and stagnant productivity also a cause for concern on the economic horizon, the...

Michael Simire - January 10, 2024

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy jobs hit 12.7m globally

Worldwide employment in renewable energy reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in one year, despite the lingering effects of COVID-19...

Michael Simire - September 22, 2022

Health

115,500 health workers died of COVID-19 in 18 months – UN

No fewer than 115,500 health workers died from COVID-19 in 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, linked to a “systemic lack of safeguards”, according...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2022

Human Welfare