Anoop Satpathy

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[EPIC2030 @epic2030]

📢EPIC side event at #CSW70

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Eliminating Legal and Structural Barriers to Achieve Social and Economic Justice

📅 12 March 2026
🕙 17:30 – 18:45 (ET)

✅ Register now to participate
in-person➡️ https://t.co/SNIwt8amSk
online➡️https://t.co/oSngVUrTUJ

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Strengthening friendship with a valued neighbour!

It was wonderful meeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Delhi. We took stock of the progress in India-Sri Lanka relations in the recent times. We also discussed avenues of cooperation in areas such as energy, connectivity, infrastructure, healthcare, skilling, culture, blue economy and more.

@anuradisanayake

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

In an op-ed in The Hindu for the #AIImpactSummit2026 and Social Justice Day, I join India’s Labour Minister, @mansukhmandviya, to call for good governance & social dialogue so AI advances decent work, inclusion & shared prosperity—goals of the Global Coalition for #SocialJustice.

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

Read the full article online in The Hindu here: https://t.co/4mzQp6pkSp

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

Pleased to launch the Playbook for Equitable AI Transitions at #AIImpactSummit2026. Under India’s leadership, we put human capital, skills and decent work at the heart of #AI policy.

With social dialogue and global cooperation, we can harness AI for people, planet and progress.

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

Warm thanks to Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP), Minister of State for Labour and Employment and team for sharing India’s impressive progress to drive formalization, social protection coverage, and women’s workforce participation.

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

In Delhi today, employers and workers presented their joint Roadmap for Responsible Business Conduct.

This collaboration shows advancing decent work requires dialogue, shared responsibility, and action across enterprises & supply chains.

@ILO is proud to support this milestone.

[Marc-André Franche @MAFrancheUN]

Privileged to attend the National Independence Day Cebration under the theme Rebuilding Sri Lanka. May we continue to work together to preserve sovereignty & build a united, peaceful and prosperous nation. Happy Independence Day 🇱🇰

[ILO Sri Lanka & the Maldives @ILOColombo]

Violence & harassment is unacceptable anywhere in the world of work 🚫
Today Sri Lanka moves towards a world of work free from violence & harassment, taking steps to #RatifyC190 (Convention 190)
Ratification instrument will be deposited with @ilo in Geneva in the upcoming days

[ILO Sri Lanka & the Maldives @ILOColombo]

In the wake of #CycloneDitwah, the @ilo stands in solidarity with Sri Lanka. Our thoughts are with all affected and with those responding. We stand ready to support #lka in the recovery, restore livelihoods, and help build resilience.

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

Following with interest developments of India's new Labour Codes announced today, including on social protection & minimum wages.

Social dialogue among govt, employers & workers will remain essential as reforms are implemented to ensure they're positive for workers and business.

[Dr Mansukh Mandaviya @mansukhmandviya]

Modi Government’s Guarantee: Dignity for Every Worker!

From today, the new labour codes have been made effective in the country. They will ensure:

✅ A guarantee of timely minimum wages for all workers
✅ A guarantee of appointment letters for the youth
✅ A guarantee of equal pay and respect for women
✅ A guarantee of social security for 40 crore workers
✅ A guarantee of gratuity for fixed-term employees after one year of employment
⁠✅ A guarantee of free annual health check-ups for workers above 40 years of age
⁠✅ A guarantee of double wages for overtime
✅ A guarantee of 100% health security for workers in hazardous sectors
✅ A guarantee of social justice for workers as per international standards

These reforms are not just ordinary changes, but a major step taken by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for the welfare of the workforce. These new labour reforms are an important step towards a self-reliant India and will give new momentum to the goal of a developed India by 2047.

#श्रमेव_जयते
#ShramevJayate

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

These Codes will serve as a strong foundation for universal social security, minimum and timely payment of wages, safe workplaces and remunerative opportunities for our people, especially Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti.

[ILO India @ILONewDelhi]

📽️Sudipta Marjit of the Employer Federation of 🇮🇳 shares India’s approach to #LivingWage – empowering workers and their families through data-driven strategies.

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

The gender pay gap remains stubbornly high, with women earning on average 20% less than men globally.

Action to promote #equalpay for work of equal value is needed, alongside measures to address the undervaluation of jobs where women are overrepresented.

#EqualPayDay #EPIC

[ILOAsiaPacific @ILOAsiaPacific]

Millions in Asia-Pacific still earn below a living wage.

At the @ILO’s regional dialogue in Colombo, 16 countries committed to wage systems that deliver dignity, equality & shared prosperity.

Living wages are not aspirational—they’re achievable.

🔗 https://t.co/UDkuzTHod1

[Gilbert F. Houngbo @GilbertFHoungbo]

In my message to the Regional dialogue on shaping the living wage agenda in Asia and the Pacific, I emphasized that in a world marked by deep inequalities and rising costs of living, we need wages that allow workers not just to survive, but to live with dignity — a #LivingWage.

[ILO Sri Lanka & the Maldives @ILOColombo]

With its vast workforce & role as a global economic engine, Asia-Pacific is catalysing conversations on making living wages a reality. Recent high-level regional dialogue in Colombo showed strong commitment and collaboration—now it's time to build on the momentum.
#LivingWagesAP

[Canada in Sri Lanka and Maldives @CanHCSriLanka]

The participation of @CanHCSriLanka in the High-Level Regional Dialogue on Living Wages, organized by the ILO, was an opportunity to highlight the Canadian-funded project that is addressing unpaid care work in Sri Lanka. @DevCanada @ILOColombo

[ILOAsiaPacific @ILOAsiaPacific]

Great honour for ILO Regional Director for Asia-Pacific, Kaori Nakamura-Osaka to meet Sri Lanka Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo.

Excellent discussions on shared labour & development priorities, ratification of ILO conventions, the care economy and living wages.