ILO in the Arab States

Skills

Seminar on Apprenticeship Systems in the Arab States

The ILO hosts a regional tripartite meeting on apprenticeship system reform in the Arab States

Gender Pay Discrimination in Jordan: A Call for Change

The ILO is working with the Jordanian government & its social partners to help narrow the pay gap between men and women.

Pay Equity

Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Jordan

Research on wages in the private education sector unveiled by the ILO and the National Steering Committee on Pay Equity.

Tricked and Trapped

Tricked & Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East

This study sheds light on the situation of trafficked adult workers in the Middle East.

Skills
Equal Pay
Gender Pay Gap
Tricked and Trapped Report

The ILO Regional Office for Arab States strives to promote decent work in the Levant and the Gulf. The Regional Office in Beirut covers 11 countries: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain. ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory are also part of the Regional Office portfolio.

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Gender Pay Discrimination in Jordan: A Call for Change

22 May 2013

The International Labour Organization is working with the Jordanian government and its social partners to help narrow the pay gap between men and women.
Jordan: Legal reforms can close gender pay gap in private education sector

19 May 2013

Stark pay gap in the education sector must be addressed through legal reforms, according to National Steering Committee on Pay Equity (NSCPE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)

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Key resources

Crisis response

Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact

The Pact was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its Ninety-eighth Session in Geneva in June 2009.
The Declaration

ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization

The Declaration was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its Ninety-seventh Session in Geneva in June 2008.