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Europe

XIV Global Labour University Conference

Date: 
27 March, 2019 to 29 March, 2019

PSI General Secretary, Rosa Pavanelli will be attending the XIV Global Labour University Conference, held in Berlin, and participating in the closing panel on 29 March on "Emerging Visions for labour's Rules".

Fórsa executive meeting

Date: 
27 March, 2019

Council of Global Unions meeting

Date: 
21 March, 2019 to 22 March, 2019

A Quantum Leap for Gender Equality: For a Better Future of Work for All

11 Mar 2019

This new ILO report highlights key gender gaps and obstacles to decent work for women.

#CSW63: Concrete strategies and policies needed to eliminate gender inequalities

08 March 2019

As the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women opens, Global Unions welcome the positive aspects of the report of the UN Secretary-general but recommend translating these into concrete strategies and policies to eliminate gender inequalities.

8 March - Women’s struggles need to be more bold and radical than ever

7 Mar 2019

Women’s Day is not a moment to celebrate the feminine. It is a day for political upheaval. Only by placing women’s struggles at the heart of labour action can we achieve the meaningful progress which generations of women have fought for. Read the PSI statement here.

This International Women’s Day, let’s call time on gender-based violence

07 March 2019

Gender-based violence blights the lives of millions of women. It excludes women from the world of work and often stigmatises them within their communities. Read the ITUC statement here.

EDF unions and management have training on implementing human and labour rights

27 February 2019

Eight months on from the signature of the renewal of the Global Framework Agreement (GFA) of EDF Group, over 25 trade union and management representatives came together on 19-20 February at the ILO International Training Centre in Turin to hone their skills to enable its implementation.

100 Years of Social Protection with the ILO (New York)

Date: 
12 February, 2019

This ILO side event to the UN Commission on Social protection, “100 years of social protection with the ILO: the road to universal social protection” will look at 100 years of social protection development since 1919, the date of the creation of the ILO.

UN Commission for Social Development (New York)

Date: 
11 February, 2019

The Commission for Social Development will hold its fifty-seventh session from 11 to 21 February 2019 under the priority theme of “Addressing Inequalities and Challenges to Social Inclusion Through Fiscal, Wage and Social Protection Policies”.