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Supporting Sri Lankan Youth seize the potential of entrepreneurship, International Labour Organization and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce...

The collaboration is among the many key initiatives of ILO’s South Asia Leadership in Entrepreneurship Programme implemented in Sri Lanka and Nepal, and funded by the U.S. Department of State

Occupational safety and health

Decent work for sanitation workers in South Asia under the spotlight

A recent workshop highlighted existing challenges and opportunities, as well as actions taken by the ILO, governments and social partners to address decent work deficits facing sanitation workers in South Asia.

विचार (Op-ed)

सामाजिक बिमाको अपरिहार्यता

श्रमिकहरूलाई सामाजिक सुरक्षा योजनाले ठूलो हित गर्छ । उनीहरू बिरामी, घाइते, अशक्त, गर्भवती वा वृद्ध हुँदा पनि आय सुरक्षित रहन्छ ।

Our impact, Their voices

Decent work along the supply chains: Nurturing women’s entrepreneurship in Nepal

A step towards formalization of women-led, small and micro home-based enterprises in Nepal’s supply chains helps business and workers alike.

Interview

10 years on from the ILO Domestic Workers Convention: What has changed?

Over half of the world’s domestic workers are in Asia and the Pacific. 10 years on from the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), Anna Olsen, Technical Specialist at the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN...

Joint press release of ILO and UNICEF

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn that the pandemic context may threaten Nepal’s progress in eradicating child labour.

Our impact, their voices

Fair recruitment benefits Nepali workers in Jordan garment industry

An ILO led initiative that promotes fair recruitment in Nepal, is proving fair recruitment is attainable, achievable and accessible to all.

Op-ed

COVID-19 pandemic amplifies the need for resilient Occupational Safety and Health systems

To mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021, Richard Howard, Director of the ILO Country Office for Nepal, stresses how the pandemic has reinforced the need for resilient national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) systems to be in...

Joint press release of the CBS and ILO

Need for a rigorous effort to eliminate child labour in Nepal

ILO Nepal and Central Bureau of Statistics in Nepal have jointly released the Nepal Child Labour Report 2021. The report highlights key data and analysis crucial to end child labour in the country, and reveals how the progress in human development...

Our impact, their voices

Taking the harassment out of ridesharing in Nepal

Ridesharing motorbike taxi services provide employment to thousands in Nepal, especially young people. A new partnership pilot between ILO and Fight Back Pvt. Ltd is helping raise awareness on occupational health and safety as well as sexual...

ILO Voices | Forced labour

A future with hope, free from bonded labour

Padma Kumari Tamata was born into a bonded labour family, in which debts are passed from one generation to the other. Her life has turned around following ILO-supported skills training in Nepal that aims to rehabilitate former victims of forced...

The Himalayan Times

Our right to move

Restrictive policies have only served to delegitimise women’s free movement.

Joint press release of the CBS, ILO and the UNICEF

Ending forced and child labour in Nepal’s brick industry - Need for a holistic approach

Joint press release on a new survey on employment relationship in the brick industry in Nepal.

Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day

The programme will work closely with the 12 member states of the Colombo Process to facilitate international co-operation on labour migration issues across South, South East and East Asia.

ILO Nepal receives an Award of Honor

ILO Country Director honoured for ILO’s contribution to private sector development in Nepal.

New labour standards crucial to fight violence and harassment at workplace

An awareness-raising workshop highlighted the significance of the newly adopted ILO Convention and Recommendation to curb workplace violence and harassment, especially gender-based violence and harassment in Nepal marking the start of 16 Days of...

Social health protection

ILO partnership: Mahidol University and the ILO launch specialised Master’s Program developed to advance Social Health Protection in Asia

To strengthen the capacity of Social Health Protection (SHP) professionals in Asia, a Master’s Program in Primary Health Care Management and Social Health Protection has been launched at Mahidol University, Thailand.

Executive Summary

Rapid impact assessment report - COVID-19 and Nepali labour migrants, impacts and responses

Executive Summary of the the assessment on the findings, challenges and recommendations on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nepali migrant workers.

COPAC organizes an International Day of Cooperatives event on cooperatives and climate action

ILO’s Enterprises Department Director and Chair of the Committee on Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), Mr van Vuuren, participated as a speaker in a virtual event organized on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

HomeNet South Asia, a network of home-based worker organisations across all South Asian countries

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....