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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)....

Launch of first SCORE Alumni Network

ILO Pakistan launches its first SCORE Alumni Network event in Karachi through its European Union Funded ILES Project, recognises the completion of the SCORE short course by eight enterprises and certifies six national trainers in its SCORE project.

Workshop on the development of an Employment Injury Scheme in Pakistan.

Second batch of awareness raising seminars conducted on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work for cotton growing communities in...

Under the ILO-INDITEX PPP, a second batch of two community level awareness raising seminars seminars were conducted in district Sanghar benefiting 183 participants (cotton growing communities and local key stakeholders) to strengthen their...

Cotton picking women and adolescent girls of Southern Punjab sensitized on child labour, forced labour and OSH

ILO organised series of five farm level awareness raising seminars cum workshops on child labour, forced labour and OSH for the cotton picking women and adolescent girls workers of Southern Punjab under its project “Elimination of Child Labour and...

Capacity building session for the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on the framework of fundamental principles and rights at work

ILO Country Office for Pakistan, through its European Union (EU) funded project ‘Sustaining Strengthened National Capacities to Improve International Labour Standards (ILS) Compliance and Reporting in Relevant EU Trading Partners’ engages the field...

Capacity building on the normative framework and practice of the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining

ILO Country Office for Pakistan, through its European Union (EU) funded project ‘Sustaining Strengthened National Capacities to Improve International Labour Standards (ILS) Compliance and Reporting in Relevant EU Trading Partners’ facilitates the...

ILO supported a consultation convened by workers organizations to highlight the precarious employment and working conditions in the...

The ILO Pakistan through its EU funded project ‘Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in relevant EU trading partners’ supported the workers organizations to high light the precarious employment and...

Awareness raising seminars on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) for cotton growing communities in Mirpur Khas

Under the ILO-INDITEX PPP, two community level awareness raising seminars benefited 153 participants (cotton growing communities and local key stakeholders) to strengthen their understanding onFundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) and...

ILO launches Occupational Safety and Health trainings for Small and Medium Enterprises in Pakistan

ILO using Work Improvements in Small Enterprises (WISE) methodology, arranged customized trainings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) for workers and managers of textile and marble enterprises in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

National stakeholders’ workshop on achieving SDGs and ending poverty through Social Protection

A national stakeholders’ workshop was organised by the ILO as part of the project ‘Achieving SDGs and Ending Poverty through Social Protection’, funded by the UN Peace and Development Trust Funds pledged by the Government of China. The project is...

Awareness raising seminars conducted on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work for cotton growing communities in district Sanghar

Under the ILO-INDITEX PPP, two community level awareness raising seminars were conducted in district Sanghar benefiting 159 participants (cotton growing communities and local key stakeholders) to strengthen their understanding on the Fundamental...

National workshop on fundamental principles and rights at work and occupational safety & health in the cotton supply chain

The ILO convened a two days National Consultative Workshop on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Occupational Safety & Health in the Cotton Supply Chain.

ILO pilots Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) training programme in Pakistan

The International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s SMEs (ILES), a project of ILO, funded by the European Union, piloted SCORE training programme in Pakistan. Ten large textile enterprises and 13 consultants were trained...

Working session with labour force survey team on the framework of fundamental principles and rights at work, their measurement and the...

ILO Country Office for Pakistan, through its European Union (EU) funded project ‘Sustaining Strengthened National Capacities to Improve International Labour Standards (ILS) Compliance and Reporting in Relevant EU Trading Partners’ engages the Labour...

Enhancing occupational safety and health at enterprise level

A series of training on Occupational Safety and Health for enterprises in the textile and leather sectors were conducted in Lahore, Punjab

Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work among cotton growing communities in Pakistan

Two awareness raising seminars were organized for the cotton growing communities of Multan district in cooperation with FAO.

Unified national qualification frameworks: A way forward for greater mobility of Pakistani migrant workers

The ILO Country Office for Pakistan organized stakeholders’ workshop to present the state of national qualification framework for higher education and vocational skills in Pakistan, highlighting the strengths; weakness; implementation challenges and...

Art for social change

Documentary films tell gripping human stories of what work means today

ILO marked its Centenary by screening documentaries about labour issues from 7 countries all over the world in collaboration with Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival. The films are captivating imprints of the world of work...

Garment sector stakeholders’ firm on ensuring compliance with labour standards

GSSF members concurred that policy and advocacy on formulating a wage policy framework is a key step towards minimum wage reforms.