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  1. The First Salary

    14 February 2018

    Did you know that in 2010, the Statistics bureau of Jordan found that the gender pay gap in the teaching sector is 24.5 per cent? In this video, Sahar shares the story of what it was like for her to receive her first salary as a teacher in a private school in Jordan.

  2. ILO, the Arab League and FAO discuss the implications of child labour for Arab States

    05 February 2018

    Following a consultation meeting to discuss the draft findings of a regional study, ILO and Arab League officials met to discuss a possible long-term partnership between the two organizations to jointly address child labour issues across the region.

  3. Lebanon launches its first labour force survey to meet mounting economic and labour market challenges

    31 January 2018

    Under the Patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the Central Administration of Statistics launches the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which will be carried out with technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

  4. Lebanon launches its first labour force survey to meet mounting economic and labour market challenges

    31 January 2018

    Under the Patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the Central Administration of Statistics launches the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which will be carried out with technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

  5. Workshop on performance assessment of competency-based training in practice

    ILO and UNICEF are organizing a practical workshop on the modular approach to competency-based training, in collaboration with GIZ ProVET.

  6. Kuwait pledges $0.5 million in continued annual support for ILO activities in the Palestinian Territory

    22 January 2018

    A new grant from Kuwait to the ILO will promote decent work and social justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, bringing the total of Kuwait’s contributions to ILO efforts in the Arab States region to US$ 5 million since 2009.

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    ILO: Unemployment and decent work deficits to remain high in 2018

    22 January 2018

    The ILO’s flagship report shows that while the global unemployment rate is stabilizing, unemployment and decent work deficits will stay at persistently high levels in many parts of the world.

  8. Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Labour: the new social security law will help support the private sector and strengthen workers’ rights

    21 December 2017

    On the sidelines of a workshop for high-level Iraqi officials organized by the ILO to support the Government of Iraq in drafting its new social security law, we speak to Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Abdel Karim Al-Janabi on the importance of the new law which, once adopted, will be the first to cover all public and private sector workers in Iraq.

  9. ILO supports Iraq in developing new social security law

    21 December 2017

    A tripartite workshop for high-level Iraqi officials was the last in a series of events organized by the ILO to support the Government of Iraq in drafting its new social security law, which, once adopted, will be the first to cover all public and private sector workers in Iraq.

  10. ILO announces the four winners of the 2017 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

    18 December 2017

    To mark this year’s International Migrants Day on 18th December, the ILO has announced the four winners of its 2017 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration.