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The Rotterdam Convention side event on vulnerable groups and pesticides exposure
2011
On the occasion of the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention a side event on “Vulnerable groups and pesticides exposure: Joining forces to reduce hazardous child labour in agriculture"is being organized by FAO and the ILO (Wednesday 22 June 2011, 13:00-15:00, Centre International de Conferences, Genève).
The Rotterdam Convention promotes shared...
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World Day Against Child Labour, 10 June 2011: "Warning! Children in hazardous work"
2011
The ILO estimates that of the world’s 215 million child labourers, 115 million are involved in hazardous work, including 41 million girls and 74 million boys.
Hazardous work is among the worst forms of child labour. It is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. The highest concentration...
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Master program in Applied Labour Economics for Development (MALED). Teaching session on “Rural Employment”
2011
On May 4th a FAO-ILO joint teaching session on "Rural Employment" for the Masters program in Applied Labour Economics for Development (MALED) was held at the International Training Centre(ITC-ILO) School of Development in Turin, Italy.
The course featured contemporary global labour market challenges, through the perspective of rural employment and decent work.
More specifically, rural employment for food security...
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FAO policy seminar in North Africa to address high food prices
2011
Policy decision-makers from countries throughout North Africa gathered in Tunis, Tunisia,from 2 to 4 May 2011, for a policy seminar on the current rise in food prices.
The event, organized by FAO in collaboration with the Union du Maghreb Arab (UMA), was aimed at convening decision-makers from government ministries (agriculture, trade and finance) in order to exchange experiences...
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