• 2022: Advancing social justice in a world in crisis

    As 2022 comes to a close, the ILO looks back on its efforts to promote a human-centred recovery and advance social justice during a year of many firsts.

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  • © Muse Zerihun / ILO

    We won’t need to beg for water anymore

    Voices

    Yasin Muhumad Faarah, an Ethiopian farmer, lost all his cattle in a recent drought. Without a regular supply of water, his future livelihood and that of other members of the community was in jeopardy. Together they built a water collection basin that promises a viable future for them all.

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  • The mica dust made me sick, I’m glad to be back at school

    Voices

    When Suman Kumari was 13 her father became ill and the family fell into debt. When COVID-19 hit and with creditors at the door, she joined her mother at her workplace processing mica, a mineral dust used in cosmetics, paints and electronics. An ILO project has helped her return to school.

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  • © Mike Hood / IMO

    Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment

    New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.

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