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ILO supports rural women in Basra to develop their skills in the date sector

An ILO capacity building training programme for rural women in Basra seeks to foster skills, entrepreneurship and decent employment in the field of agriculture, funded by the European Union.

With support from the European Union, ILO, UNICEF, and WFP partner with the Kurdistan Regional Government to reform social protection

The joint programme contributes to social protection reform by adapting, expanding, and innovating social protection responses to address the immediate needs of women, children, their families, and workers in the informal sector in the wake of the...

ILO and partners hold training on Child Labour Monitoring System in Iraq

The system, developed with the support of the ILO, identifies vulnerable children at risk of or already in child labour and refers them to the relevant actors to receive the needed support.

ILO builds capacities of financial service providers to expand the scope and market of their services to forcibly displaced and host...

With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative seeks to contribute to devising durable solutions for forcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq through improving their financial inclusion and opportunities for more and...

ILO and tripartite partners hold consultation on draft social security law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

During the event, participants examined recommendations based on ILO’s legal assessment of the draft law.

Roundtable discussion on social policy and economic perspective in Iraq

The roundtable discussion is part of efforts to enhance social dialogue among policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, allowing them to exchange ideas, knowledge, and experience on social policy in Iraq.

ILO holds consultative and capacity building workshops to support employment services in Iraq

The events support on-going activities with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Government and of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to enhance career guidance and job-matching services.

Media workshop to promote reporting on social policy and economic perspective in Iraq

The workshop is part of efforts to equip journalists with the knowledge to analyse, monitor and evaluate public policies that contribute to the actualization of the right to social protection.

Children, journalists and local organizations say “No to Child Labour” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region

A nation-wide campaign is reaching communities most affected by the rise of child labour in Iraq.

Iraq launches activities to combat child labour as part of nation-wide campaign

Iraq’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO have unveiled new awareness-raising activities as part of a campaign to tackle the worst forms of child labour in the country.

ILO, IOM collaborate to improve business development services for small enterprises in Iraq

Under the new collaboration, the ILO has introduced its advanced entrepreneurship and business management training programme, Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB), to selected staff of IOM, to enable them to deliver the programme to IOM-supported...

New report identifies drivers of informality in Iraq’s labour market

The report was developed in partnership between the Government, ILO, UNDP, IOM, UN Women, the European Union, the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and the Cash and Livelihoods Consortium for Iraq.

Young female entrepreneur strives to transform the medical sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Youth Engagement: EIIP and Green Works

ILO and UNICEF joint initiative supports young engineers to play a key role in promoting Green Works in Iraq

With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the ILO and UNICEF are working together to build the capacities of selected youth to engage in Employment Intensive Investment Programme interventions aimed at improving the local environment...

Workshop: National Employment Policy to facilitate job creation and decent work in Iraq

Government officials, social partners and other relevant stakeholders discuss development of a national employment policy for Iraq, with ILO support.

Validation workshop: Labour inspection and Occupational Health and Safety in Iraq

The ILO and tripartite partners review policies and profiles on labour inspection and Occupational Safety and Health in Iraq, with support from the European Union.

ILO workshop with tripartite partners sheds light on maternity protection in Iraq

The workshop is part of efforts to support progress towards Iraq’s ratification of ILO Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183).

ILO strengthens capacity of Iraqi inspectors on effective labour inspection procedures

A training workshop for labour and OSH inspectors of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Baghdad aimed to strengthen the capacity of inspections in promoting labour regulations and procedures in Iraq.

Ministerial-level constituent meeting discusses ILO activities to promote decent work in Iraq with EU support

The meeting brought together ministers of labour and social affairs, employer and worker representatives, and ILO officials to discuss ILO-led efforts to improve working conditions in Iraq through activities and policy development in the areas of...

ILO holds training workshop on Occupational Safety and Health for social partners in Iraq

The workshop aimed to strengthen the role of employers' and workers' organizations in the field of OSH, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.