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Sustainable Development Goals

Leave No One Behind

� The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

Sustainable Development Goals

BackgroundDecent work is a term originally coined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a report published in June 1999, when Organisation (ILO) in a report published in June 1999, when it described the goal of decent work as ‘not just the creation of jobs, but also the creation of jobs of acceptable quality’.

Decent WorkInvolves opportunities for work that are productive and deliver a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) 1919, Geneva

Concept� Aspirations of people in their working lives,

� Opportunities for work,

� Productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families,workplace and social protection for families,

� Better prospects for personal development and social integration,

� Freedom for people to express their concerns,

� Organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives, and

� Equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.

Four pillars for the Decent Work

� Productive and freely chosen work,

� Social protection,

� Rights at work,

� Social dialogue

Four pillars for the Decent Work

� Productive and freely chosen work,

The dimension of employment include

Formal employment,

Informal employment ,Informal employment ,

The working poor ,

The employment challenge.

Four pillars for the Decent Work

� Social protection,

Protection at work ,

Social expenditure ,

Illiteracy ,Illiteracy ,

Life expectancy ,

security experience,

security challenge.

Four pillars for the Decent Work

� Rights at work,

Gender equality

Child labour .Child labour .

Four pillars for the Decent Work

� Social dialogue

Freedom of association,

Civil and political rights, Civil and political rights,

civil and political rights experience,

Institutions and information.

Measurement� Decent work can be measured through statistical

indicators which an authority recommends.

� It may include intrinsic job quality, skills and lifelonglearning, gender equality, health and safety atlearning, gender equality, health and safety atwork, flexibility and security, inclusion and access tothe labour market, work organisation and work-lifebalance, social dialogue and worker participation,diversity and non-discrimination, and overall workperformance.

Conclusion� focussed on the improvement in the actual lives lived

by people,

� both freedom and capability enhancement play an important role,important role,

� workplace and the society ,

Decent Work

M. A. Economics, Sem-IV, EC-2 (Group-E), Module 3M. A. Economics, Sem-IV, EC-2 (Group-E), Module 3

Prem VijoyAssistant Professor,Dep't. of Economics, G. D. College, Begusarai

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