livelihoods Archives

March 28, 2022

24 March 2022, Colombo: Sri Lanka as an island nation has a considerable segment of a coastal population whose livelihoods are based on day-boat fishing. The majority of such fishermen have access to little or no technology, with few possessing basic mobile phones, and face a significant issue in that their […]

April 30, 2020

The latest ILO data on the labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the devastating effect on workers in the informal economy and on hundreds of millions of enterprises worldwide. GENEVA (ILO News) – The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy […]

April 28, 2020

GENEVA (ILO News) – Governments, together with social partners and other stakeholders, should use the COVID-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen their social protection systems, says the International Labour Organization. An analysis shows that countries that have effective health and social protection systems in place and that provide universal coverage, are better equipped to protect […]

Safeguarding livelihoods through the tri-lingual Sayuru early warning and alert service

ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods

The COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems