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Start and improve your business

ILO extends capacity building support to business development service providers in Ethiopia

A new batch of trainers were trained in ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme to improve self-reliance of host and refugee community entrepreneurs.

Building a Stronger Africa

AU, ILO forge partnership for decent work & social justice

The AU-ILO Joint Planning Meeting reassures strengthened collaboration and coordination between the African Union (AU) and the International Labour Organization to advance social justice in the continent.

ILO and Ethiopian employers unite for gender equality through collective bargaining

The Confederation of Ethiopian Employers Associations (CEEA) promotes awareness among its members on collective bargaining with a special focus on gender equality initiatives in the workplace.

Daycare facilities inaugurated to accommodate the needs of working mothers

The daycare centers will create a conducive working environment with, safe, stimulating, and child-friendly facilities that accommodate the needs of working mothers with infant children and toddlers in the textile and garment factories.

Uganda Labour Migration Information System (LMIS) Capacity Building Workshop Drives Effective Implementation

The workshop aimed to enhance the capacity of government officials and collaborating institutions in effectively implementing the Labour Migration Information System (LMIS).

Strength in Struggle: Muluken Gebrewold’s Resilient Journey to Economic Independence

“If every returnee took the SIYB training delivered by the ILO BRMM Programme before they migrated, we all would’ve reached immense success in life by now.”

Turning Adversity into Opportunity: Seleshi Shegaw's Journey to Entrepreneurial Success

“During my journey to Bosaso, I endured seven days without a meal and two days without water. On the second day, I encountered a stagnant pond and, despite the risk, I drank from it in desperation to survive.”

Turning adversity into opportunity: A migrant returnee’s entrepreneurial success

Seleshi’s aspirations reflect his resilience and determination to transform his circumstances and build a better future for himself and his family through entrepreneurship.

Centenary Declaration: A historic pact to advance social justice in Ethiopia

The Centenary Declaration has forwarded several crucial recommendations that can be translated into game changing programs, projects, and initiatives.

Cultivating new leaders in Ethiopia’s largest industrial park

ILO’s Women Leadership Development Program is helping a handful of factory workers in the Ethiopia’s garment sector thrive professionally and economically.

International Women’s Day celebrated

Using March 8 to call for more investment to build women's technical and leadership skills.

Challenges and opportunities of school to work transition

ILO provides training on school to work for tourism and hospitality graduate students.

Press Release

Second Phase of PROSPECTS Launched in Ethiopia, Empowering Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities

Collaborative Pathways for Labour Migration Governance in East and Horn of Africa

"Strengthening the Common Approach on BLMA and Skills Development Among Labour Migration Advisory Group (LMAG) in East and Horn of Africa."

Meaningful youth engagement

Empowering Ethiopian youth: ILO Youth to Youth Fund winners announced

Following a rigorous selection process, ten Youth-led organizations in Ethiopia won the ILO Youth-to-Youth Fund, a unique grant supporting them to implement youth entrepreneurship activities promoting decent work for refugee and host community.

Meaningful youth engagement

Work Wise Youth: ILO’s guide to create awareness on youth rights at work

The ILO developed and launched a new guide to support young people, including the ones in forced displacement contexts, to understand their labour rights, in turn empowering them to advocate for fair and dignified working conditions.

ILO Social finance

ILO empowers microfinance staff to promote financial literacy among hosts and refugees

The cadre of trainers trained on ILO's renowned financial education curriculum will strengthen the capacity of financial service providers to educate hosts and refugees and improve their access to financial services.

Press release

ILO and Shabelle Bank pilot innovative product for financial inclusion of hosts and forcibly displaced in Ethiopia

Bridging digital divide

ILO drives the inclusion of hosts and refugees in Ethiopia's digital economy

The agreements signed between International Labour Organization and Ethiopian government authorities will promote employment and policy solutions for inclusion of hosts and refugees in country's expanding digital economy.

MRC Implementation Agreement Signing and Motorbike's Handover Ceremony

The ILO, through the BRMM programme, is collaborating with the Government of South Sudan to establish the first MRC in Juba, aiming to provide accurate information and timely support to potential migrants, returnees, and their families, fostering...