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Children's shelter

ILO in Lebanon donates clothes and goods to children’s shelter

Donation made to NGO that helps and protects children including former street-based child labourers, as part of activities marking World Day against Child Labour.

Child labour

Denmark-led programme funds ILO project to combat child labour in Jordan and Lebanon among Syrian refugees and host communities in need

The Denmark-led Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) has funded an International Labour Organization (ILO) project to combat rising child labour among Syrian refugees and host communities through labour policy reform and technical...

ILO-funded hotline for women migrant domestic workers launched by Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour

A new 24-hour hotline for women migrant domestic workers will allow them to report cases of mistreatment or abuse, and receive help and counselling

World Day Against Child Labour

Working refugee children call for an end to child labour in Lebanon

Refugee children from across Lebanon staged a theatrical performance calling upon decision makers to implement reforms to stamp out child labour in Lebanon.

Child labour

Working children mark World Day Against Child Labour with theatrical performance

Over 60 Lebanese and Syrian refugee children will mark the World Day Against Child Labour with a theatrical production in order to raise awareness of their plight as child labourers.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Lebanese farmers pay heavy price for Syrian crisis

The tranquillity of Lebanon's fertile north belies a brewing crisis. Just two miles from Syria and its civil war, local farmers say the conflict has been disastrous for business

Syrian refugee crisis in neighbouring countries

Launch of ILO interventions in the agricultural sector in North Lebanon

The ILO is launching its interventions in Akkar in North Lebanon to support the local farmers who have been most affected by the Syrian crisis.

Apprenticeship systems

Technical seminar plans ahead for improvement of apprenticeship systems in some Arab States

The ILO and representatives from across the Arab region agree on new plans to bolster apprenticeship systems and address youth unemployment.

A blog

Why framing the discourse on human trafficking is important - some thoughts

Syrian Refugee Crisis/Employment and Livelihoods

Italian government first to donate to vital ILO project in Lebanon supporting vulnerable communities affected by the Syrian refugee crisis

Funding will benefit the vulnerable in host and refugee communities alike, focusing on unemployed youth, farmers and agricultural workers including children as part of the ILO’s contribution to the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2015-16.

New study sheds light on plight of working street-based children in Lebanon

Study is the first of its kind to comprehensively profile the size and magnitude of street-based child labour in Lebanon

Media Advisory

Launch of the study: "Children Living and Working on the Streets in Lebanon"

This study is the first of its kind to comprehensively shed light on the size and characteristics of the increasingly visible phenomenon of working street-based children in Lebanon.

Domestic Workers

Lebanon: What challenges for Domestic Workers?

The first Domestic Workers‘ Union in Lebanon was launched in January. More than 220,000 domestic workers face many challenges in Lebanon. Anna Biondi, Deputy Director of the ILO Bureau for Workers ‘Activities (ACTRAV), gives her views about the...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO gathers regional and international stakeholders to explore establishing migrant domestic worker cooperatives in the Middle East

Domestic worker cooperatives have been set up in many places around the world, but they do not exist in any of the Arab States. A recent study launched by the ILO looks into the cases of Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait, to see if the region is ready for...

Migrant Workers

Playing for equality

A cricket tournament highlights issues affecting migrant workers in Lebanon - and hits out at discrimination to bring communities together.

LED workshop

ILO and government and non-governmental agencies choose the vegetable sector for development in Akkar, North Lebanon

To support rural host communities in Akkar affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, the ILO held a Local Economic Development Dialogue workshop to select in a participatory way an agricultural sub-sector to develop as part of the ILO’s wider local...

Domestic Workers

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO calls for continued action to protect migrant domestic workers in Lebanon as its EU-Swiss development agency funded project comes to a close.

Training workshop

ILO aims to boost job opportunities in northern Lebanon through labour law training

An ILO training workshop in Tripoli aims to increase knowledge of Lebanese labour laws amongst employment service providers catering to locals and foreigners, as part of an initiative to tackle the effect of the Syrian refugee crisis on employment...

Labour migration

Edging closer to justice: The journey of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

One migrant domestic worker in Lebanon decided to fight the “kafala” system and escape her employers. She took her case to a Lebanese court, and, seven years on, has been rewarded by achieving a measure of justice, a feat that would have seemed...

ILO study

Migrant domestic workers lack adequate access to justice in Lebanon

The ILO and Caritas find wide-ranging legal, procedural and institutional barriers to justice for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.