All news: Pakistan

Training of trainers towards flexible training approaches

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)...

Launch of skill development initiative for domestic workers

The ILO 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...

Gender equality

Underrated, underreported: Working women in Pakistan

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...

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

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.

Promoting Effective Governance of Labour Migration from South Asia Project launching

The new Project with the European Union (EU) will contribute to ensure effective protection of the rights of vulnerable migrant workers, enhance the development impact of labour migration and reduce unregulated migration.

Sindh Parliamentarians visited ‘Home-Based Workers’ in Punjab: ILO organized exposure visit to a successful model in Sialkot

Parliamentarians from Sindh expressed solidarity for the rights of ‘Home-Based Workers’ and have affirmed their commitment to come up with necessary Policies and Laws to recognize ‘Home-Based Workers’ as part of the national work force.

ILO supported vulnerable groups thru education, employment & training in Pakistan

ILO organized a national event to showcase its project "Empowering vulnerable groups through Employment, Education and Training" on 10 December 2013.

Highlights of the Regional Director Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto’s first trip to ILO Country Office Islamabad

The ILO Regional Director for Asia and Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, made his first visit to Pakistan from 12-13 November 2013. During his visit he met the constituents, ILO Office staff and other development partners to understand more about the...

From Pakistan

A dream comes true in a motorbike repair shop

Changing perceptions is sometimes the biggest challenge when it comes to fighting child labour. But dialogue and cooperation is always a good start.

Workplace safety

Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health launched in Karachi

In response to the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, validated and officially launched a...

Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health being launched in Sindh

In response to the the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, will validate and officially...

Skills training

Getting skills and jobs to Bangladesh's poorest

People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between Far East Knitting &...

Informal apprenticeships

Pakistan learning lessons from Bangladesh in structuring informal apprenticeships

A five-day visit of fourteen high-level officials from Pakistan’s public and private sector concluded today. The officials were here to learn about how the government and industry are working together to structure apprenticeships in Bangladesh’s...

Inception workshop to launch the project “Livelihood restoration and protection and sustainable empowerment of vulnerable Hari communities...

Officials of the Government of Sindh and UN and members of civil society participated in the inception workshop to mark the formal launching of this project. The project is funded by United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security with support from the...

Launch of Research-based Visual Products on Combating Child Labour

Everyday around 115 million children are exposed to hazardous work around the globe, including 15.5 million children who are engaged in domestic work outside their own homes according to the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO).

World Day Against Child Labour 2013

From classroom to college – A champion for child workers

When Farzana Hassan began teaching a handful of child labourers at an ILO project in Pakistan, she never imagined that, years later, she would have turned her classroom into a fully-fledged college for girls.

Ten million children suffer in domestic work around the world: ILO global study

On the World day against Child Labour promoting “No Child Labour in Domestic Work” new global data on child domestic works have been announced.

Provinces finalize Action Plans against Child Labour & Bonded Labour and agree to improve reporting on ILO Conventions

All provincial labour departments agreed on action plans to revise labour legislations regarding child and bonded labour and subsequent actions. Moreover, the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Provincial Labour Departments have also agreed...

The Gender Unit, Department of Labour Punjab, wins prestigious UN Public Service Award

The Gender Unit, Department of Labour, Punjab, established under the ILO, CIDA funded project, Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE), has, from amongst 2000 applicants, won a United Nations Public Service Award in recognition of...

Secretary-General's statement on the upcoming national elections in Pakistan

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the upcoming national elections in Pakistan