ILO Country Office for Pakistan (CO-Islamabad)

What's new

1. 

   Displaced Persons

   ILO initiates short-term job creation opportunities for North Waziristan IDPs

   25 July 2014

   The International Labour Organization has advised the Government of Pakistan to provide short-term jobs to North Waziristan IDPs on priority basis to avoid their long term protracted unemployment. This follows ILO’s reconnaissance mission to Bannu in July 2014 which revealed that a large number of IDPs were idle most of the day either-on the sidelines of the distribution hubs, or in the city areas due to non-availability of productive work opportunities.

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   Gender

   Women in the world of work: ILO trains journalists on reporting gender and labor rights

   07 July 2014

   On Monday 7th July 2014, thirty (30) journalists from print and electronic media convened for a three day meeting to equip them with advanced reporting skills on covering gender and labour rights in Pakistan. The training has been organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Civic Action Resources, an Islamabad based organization that works to promote civic action on democratic and progressive issues for social progress.

3. 

   Gender

   Showcasing GE4DE beneficiaries talents - improving livelihoods

   20 June 2014

   The International Labour Organisation (ILO) hosted a talent show, under its project for Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment GE4DE titled ‘GE4DE- A Celebration of Talent’ in Karachi. The event featured works from artisans from eight different areas of Pakistan, including four indigenously created fashion collections.

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   Labour migration

   National conference on skills needs in Gulf countries: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan

   26 June 2014

   Realizing the opportunities in emerging markets in GCC countries, the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), under the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (MoOP&HRD) and the International Labour Organisation, jointly agreed to hold this conference to create awareness about current and future skills in demand in GCC countries so that manpower export from Pakistan can be enhanced.

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   Pakistan state television

   World Day Against Child Labour 2014 - Interview with "World This Morning"

   12 June 2014

   World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2014 observed with an interview of Francesco d'Ovidio, Country Director during the programme "World This Morning" hosted by Shahzad Khan & Maha Makhdum, Pakistan Televison.

6. 

   More and better jobs

   Netherlands would work with ILO in Pakistan to ensure ILS compliant textile exports to Europe

   27 May 2014

   H.E. Lilliane Ploumen, Minister for Trade and Development, Kingdom of Netherlands, has identified a number of avenues where the Textile Industries in Pakistan in collaboration with ILO, can bring improvements in the work practices thus enabling more exports to Europe, while talking at a roundtable organized jointly by ILO and the Netherlands Embassy.

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   Pakistan state television

   International Labour Day 2014 - Interview with "World This Morning"

   01 May 2014

   International Labour Day, 01 May 2014 observed with an interview of Francesco d'Ovidio, Country Director and Frida Khan, National Project Co-ordinator during the programme "World This Morning" hosted by Shahzad Khan & Maha Makhdum, Pakistan Televison.

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   Pakistan state television

   The ILO in Pakistan

   30 April 2014

   Francesco d'Ovidio, Country Director of the ILO's office in Pakistan discusses the catalyst role that the ILO plays to assist the government of Pakistan and its social partners as they reform their labour law, generate employment, expand social protection and promote social dialogue, in an interview with the state television programme "Diplomatic Enclave".

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   Conference

   South Asia Labour Conference 2014: Fostering regional cooperation for Decent Work

   24 - 26 April 2014

   ILO Islamabad provided technical support to the Government of Punjab, Labour & Human Resource Department in organizing a 3-day ‘South Asia Labour Conference’. Purpose of the conference is to strengthen regional cooperation for promoting Decent Work in South Asia. The conference discussed seven thematic areas of common interest for South Asian countries. More than 300 delegates from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan participated in the conference.

   Message by Mr Francesco d'Ovidio, Country Director, ILO Pakistan
10. 

    Labour migration

    Migrant workers get the short end of the stick

    30 April 2014

    Pakistani migrant workers, have very little information about the law in their own country or the destination country. They are given no pre-departure briefings or any information about how their embassy can support them once they leave. As a result, they are left to rely on recruitment agencies, who being largely unregulated, can be quite unscrupulous.

11. Labour migration

    The South Asia labour migration governance project

    18 April 2014

    The project aims to promote the management of labour migration from South Asia, to ensure effective protection of the rights of vulnerable migrant workers, enhance the development impact of labour migration and reduce irregular flows.

12. 

    Tackling child labour in Pakistan

    A teacher like Baji

    28 April 2014

    Rubina’s story was told by representatives of the Punjab Literacy Department, attending the South Asia Labour Conference recently held in Lahore. They were there to emphasise the close links between literacy, education, skills, employment and income.

13. 

    Social protection

    Fingerprints solve the social security problem for Pakistan’s Brick Kiln Workers

    24 April 2014

    The Department of Labour Punjab and the ILO are working to extend labour laws and social protection to brick kiln workers. For some it starts with finding their fingerprints again.

14. 

    Training of trainers towards flexible training approaches

    10 April 2014

    The ILO project “Livelihood Restoration, Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province” (LRP) in collaboration with International Training Center (ITC-ILO) organized the first Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on Training of Trainers towards Flexible Training Approaches at Indus Hotel Hyderabad. The training was attended by UN and government officials, trainers of government and private vocational training institutions.

15. Launch of skill development initiative for domestic workers

    19 February 2014

    The ILO Country Office for Pakistan and the Women Development Department Government of the Punjab have joined hands to start a pilot training programme to skill and re-skill domestic workers. The programme aims to improve the standard of domestic work as well as to enhance the employability and living and working conditions of domestic workers.

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    Underrated, underreported: Changing the image of working women in Pakistan's media

    03 February 2014

    Gender stereotypes are common in Pakistani media and continue to make it difficult for women to play an equal role in the country’s workforce. A recent ILO project focuses on Pakistani journalists themselves, using media to re-shape public opinions about working women.

17. Media persons awarded to highlight real issues of women’s economic empowerment

    08 January 2014

    Seven journalists from print and electronic media from across Pakistan have won awards from ILO for excellence in reporting on issues relating to labour and gender.