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Bees - A remedy for business success

Viorica Anghel transformed her life when she signed up for a beekeeper’s course run by the ILO in Moldova. She now runs her own business and uses the honey for medicinal purposes to treat her son. Read her story on our new Voices multimedia platform.

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Homeworkers need to be better protected

The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.

• Report: Working from home. From invisibility to decent work

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A refugee mother determined to provide despite COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, workers' hours were reduced at the farm in Jordan where Syrian refugee Fatima Hussein Al Ahmad lives and works. Resourceful and determined, she found alternative ways to earn money to buy milk for her baby daughter. Read her story on our new Voices multimedia platform.

• COVID-19 and the world of work

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Getting through COVID-19: Stories of resilience from the world of work

Everyone has been affected by COVID-19 and everyone has a story to share. The ILO has been gathering some first-hand experiences from people in the world of work. (Works best in Chrome or Firefox)

• COVID-19 and the world of work

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