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“Work in Freedom” Programme

DFID, ILO to launch new initiative to tackle trafficking of women and girls

Migrant workers

Fighting forced labour with education

Nepalese women migrating as domestic workers often risk falling prey to human trafficking. A little knowledge can go a long way towards reducing their vulnerability.

Way Out of Informality - Project launching

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) and ILO, jointly hosted a national tripartite workshop to launch the project and facilitate policy dialogue amongst the stakeholders to prioritize policies and interventions during its implementation...

Project "Way out of Informality" signed

On 29 November 2012, the Ministry of Finance and the ILO Nepal signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the Project “Way Out of Informality”. The five years Project, funded by the Government of Japan, will cover Nepal, India and Bangladesh, and...

World Tourism Day 2012

Trekking boosts rural income in Nepal

Following the end of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, the ILO launched a project to promote employment and accelerate peace-building in 2007. Opening new routes for tourism that benefit local people is part of the project.

"Momentous" new agreement to promote child rights and child protection in South Asia

The Regional Secretariat of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC), a South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Apex Body and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a new Memorandum of...

World Day against Child Labour - Those who work the hardest are the poorest

Media release jointly organised by UNICEF and ILO on the occasion on the World Day against Child Labour, 12 June 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Towards a greener and fairer society

Climate change means that resource scarcity and environmental degradation have become major, and urgent, challenges. In response, the ILO is promoting the concept of green jobs as a driving force towards a greener and fairer development path that...

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Nepal: ILO Delegation met the Prime Minister of Nepal and the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly

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Nepal: Campaign for the Ratification and Application of ILO Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 in the Asia-Pacific Region

How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector

Employment Creation for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Lessons Learned from Nepal

Regional experts discuss impact of financial crisis on jobs and global production networks

New research into the effects of the economic crisis on jobs in global production networks has been highlighted at an international meeting at Thammasat University. The meeting brought together experts and researchers from 14 countries in Asia and...

Media Advisory - World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2009; Give girls a chance: end Child Labour

Media information on the annual World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June and new report being released and events of local and global.

Statement of the participants of the Asia Regional Seminar "Experiences and lessons learned concerning the implementation of indigenous...

More than 90 representatives of indigenous peoples, government and national human rights institutions from 13 Asian countries, along with representatives of UN agencies and bilateral and multilateral development agencies convened in Kathmandu,...

Extra earnings to repay loan and educate children; I am free; & Promotion on entrepreneurship in the hill district

Three short stories on three persons in Nepal who benefited from earning extra income under the project of Kamala Irrigation Management Division and ILO Employment Creation and Peace Building based on Local Economic Development (EmPLED)

Moving from poverty to prosperity – women show the smart way

ILO global gender campaign. The Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW), run by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the Government of Japan has been operating in Cambodia and Viet Nam since 2002 and...

Innovative Ways to Target the Invisible: HIV/AIDS Education for Transport Workers

Meeting the challenges of HIV and AIDS workplace policies & programmes in companies with educated workforce

Workplace Policies on HIV and AIDS and the Right to Non-discrimination: Pilot Initiatives in Nepal