News and activities on media engagement on forced labour and fair recruitment

  1. International Migrants Day

    Winners of 2023 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration announced

    14 December 2023

    The winning entries are examples of balanced and ethical reporting on migrant workers and labour migration that also help to address stereotypes and misconceptions.

  2. Training

    Journalists and students in Kuwait benefit from awareness raising and capacity building activities on labour migration reporting

    19 November 2023

    The FAIRWAY Programme organized a week-long engagement with professional journalists and students from different universities to enhance their knowledge and skills related on the topic of labour migration in Kuwait.

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    Labour migration

    ILO opens the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

    25 September 2023

    Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.

  4. Event

    Africa-Arab States fellowship for journalism students in labour migration reporting

    The ILO FAIRWAY programme has conducted back-to-back activities in Uganda and Jordan for journalism students and recent graduates of four universities: Makerere University (Uganda), Uganda Christian University (Uganda), Yarmouk University (Jordan) and Middle East University (Jordan). These activities are the first part of a broader cross-border fellowship aimed at increasing the interest of journalism students in international labour mobility, enhancing their labour migration reporting skills, and fostering cross-border networks to report these stories along a corridor approach.

  5. Labour migration

    ILO launches the 2022 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

    20 September 2022

    Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.

  6. News

    ILO, IGAD urge journalists to enhance reporting on labour migration in the IGAD region

    13 September 2022

  7. News

    With Covid-19, forced labour is more clandestine, but more present than ever before - 50 for Freedom

    09 March 2022

  8. Labour migration

    Prize-giving ceremony of the 2021 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration at the ILO office in Madrid

    24 February 2022

    The ILO office in Spain organized a prize-giving ceremony to congratulate Judit Alonso Gonzalbez, Javier Sulé and Marta Saiz.

  9. International Migrants Day

    Winners of the 2021 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

    17 December 2021

    The competition aims to promote balanced and ethical reporting on migrants and labour migration and encourage the media to address stereotypes and misconceptions.

  10. News

    Women entrepreneurs join hands for better recovery post COVID-19

    07 November 2021

    Supported by the ILO, the women entrepreneurs’ forum in Uganda extends its support services to refugee and host community business women affected by the pandemic.