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November 2009
- Actress Marlee Matlin Headlines Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis -
  13 November 2009 - Marlee Matlin, the youngest winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress and an advocate for persons with disabilities, was the special guest headlining a panel discussion on the impact of the global economic crisis on women and men with disabilities. ...
  - Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis
- Learning About Decent Work Through a Bar of Chocolate -
  05 November 2009 - More than 2 million children from some 60 countries took part in the 2009 international letter writing competition for young people organized by the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The theme chosen for this year was “Decent Work”, a theme at the heart of the work of the International Labour Organization (ILO). First prize was awarded to 14-year-old Dominika Koflerová from the Czech Republic. ...
October 2009
- Stand-Up and Take Action Against Poverty 2009, Geneva -
  19 October 2009 - Hundreds of people gathered on 16 October at the ILO headquarters in Geneva to Stand Up Against Poverty in a joint action with UNDP and UN agencies. ...
- ILO and WTO Launch Joint Study on Globalization and Informal jobs in Developing Countries -
  12 October 2009 - A joint study from the International Labour Organization and the WTO has found that high incidence of informal employment in the developing world curbs countries ability to benefit from trade openings. ILO Director General, Juan Somavia, and WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy, opened a meeting in Geneva to launch the study.
- Bringing Better Work to Haiti's Garment Industry -
  07 October 2009 - Better Work, the unique partnership programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), organized the first-ever international buyers forum in Haiti recently as part of a new project that is expected to create jobs and promote sustainable development and responsible labour practices in the countrys garment industry. ...
July 2009
- Director-General Juan Somavia presents the Global Jobs Pact to the High-level Segment of ECOSOC 2009 -
  06 July 2009 - At an ECOSOC High-level Policy Dialogue on current developments in the world economy, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia spoke about the ILO's Global Jobs Pact which aims at shortening the lag time between growth recovery and employment recovery. The Pact proposes a range of crisis-response measures that countries can adapt to their specific needs and situation.
June 2009

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