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January 2013

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   Survey

   More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen

   15 January 2013

   A survey shows that 17 per cent of Yemen’s 7.7 million children aged 5-17 are child labourers, most of them performing unpaid work.

January 2012

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   Feature

   How the ILO supports change in the Arab world

   17 January 2012

   The world has been transfixed in admiration at the courage of the women and men who have taken to the streets across the Arab States over the past year. Farah Dakhlallah, ILO Regional Outreach and Advocacy Officer in Beirut, reports from Yemen and Lebanon where the ILO assists in preparing a better future for workers in the region.

June 2010

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   Video

   Delegate Dialogues: Fadhle Al-Akel, Member of the Executive Bureau, Sec. Intl. Relations, The General Federation of Workers’ Trade Unions, Yemen (in English and Arabic)

   12 June 2010

November 2009

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   Video

   ILO Technical Cooperation: Building the Capacity to Achieve Decent Work

   16 November 2009

   ILO TV reports from Liberia, Yemen, China and Argentina where technical cooperation programs are helping build the capacity to achieve Decent Work.

March 2009

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   Social Dialogue

   Social Dialogue: Creating Employment Opportunities for Yemeni Women

   06 March 2009

   Successful social dialogue among government, trade unions, employers, is key when it comes to improving gender equality and changing perceptions about women workers. This can be quite a challenge where gender discrimination runs deep. But things can change, even in very traditional societies, like Yemen.