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ILO and UNDP sign agreement to impart employable skills to North-Waziristan families

UNDP and ILO will impart employable skills training and employment facilitation to 200 women and men from North-Waziristan Agency who are temporarily residing in District Bannu due to ongoing ‘Operation Zarb-e-Azab’.

Sindh Government prepares first ever Policy on Occupational Safety & Health

The first ever draft provincial Policy on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) was unveiled in Karachi today by the Sindh Labour Department in a tripartite consultation with Employers, Workers, Civil society organizations and media.

Child labour 1996-97

A part of the IPEC Pakistan information kit.

ILO's global training module on entrepreneurship launched in Pakistan

The ILO and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan launched a new programme today to strengthen women's entrepreneurship in Pakistan.

Two days orientation session on “Provincial Survey on Child and Bonded Labour” and “Child and Bonded Labour Monitoring and Reporting System”

Department of Labour and Human Resource, Government of the Punjab organized the two day orientation session on "Provincial Survey on Child and Bonded Labour" and "Child and Bonded Labour Monitoring and Reporting System" with the technical support of...

International Labour Standards

ILO and Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) agree to jointly promote ‘International Labour Standards in Textile Industries in...

The Pakistan Textiles Exporters Association has partnered with ILO for technical assistance in helping the association and its members in designing, developing and enforcing a self-inspection system.

Making businesses better: ILO training for entrepreneurship

Thirty trainers from all over Pakistan are being trained on ILO's global module, Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to strengthen business incubation centres.

Technical workshop on Green Jobs and Green Entrepreneurship

The Livelihood Restoration, Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province (LRP) in collaboration with the ILO regional office Bangkok organized the first three day technical workshop on “Green Jobs and...

Government of Punjab and ILO Expand Partnership to Combat Child and Bonded Labour

According to the Government of Pakistan, 8,000 child and bonded labourers have been rehabilitated.

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

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 ...

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

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...

National Conference on Skills Needs in Gulf Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Pakistan

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 (ILO), jointly...

Showcasing GE4DE beneficiaries talents - improving livelihoods

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...

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

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...

Labour migration

Migrant workers get the short end of the stick

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...

Tackling child labour in Pakistan

A teacher like Baji

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 emphasize the close links between literacy, education, skills, employment and income.

Statement by Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia at the Concluding Session

South Asia Labour Conference 26th April 2014, Lahore, Pakistan

Declaration to forge regional cooperation for promoting Decent Work in South Asia

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

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.

Keynote address by Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia at the Inaugural Session

South Asia Labour Conference 24th April 2014, Lahore, Pakistan