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Japan to support employment-intensive recovery in the earthquake-hit areas in Aleppo, Syria

Rehabilitating Dreams: The Human Voices behind Aleppo's School Rehabilitation Project

In the heart of Aleppo, amidst the rubble left by earthquakes, a beacon of hope emerged through the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s project to rehabilitate and revive three schools in Aleppo.

ILO in action

Providing therapy to all, including traumatized refugees and earthquake survivors

Jin Dawod survived the horrors of the Syrian war and today lives in Türkiye where she founded Peace Therapist, an online platform that puts its users in contact with therapists who can support them in their native language, including by providing...

ILO progresses in second phase of Aleppo employment-intensive community restoration project after earthquake

The ILO continues restoring local community health and safety by providing job opportunities in clearing rubble and debris from the neighbourhoods most affected by the February 2023 earthquake.

ILO strengthens work-related protection by enhancing social security rights for Jordanian and Syrian informal workers

The ILO and Jordan’s Social Security Corporation (SSC) opened the registration for the second phase of Estidama++ aiming at extending social security coverage.

ILO Workshop aimed to boost agricultural cooperatives in Lebanon and Iraq and foster knowledge exchange

The PROSPECTS Programme held a Training of Trainers workshop to address the needs of agricultural cooperatives in the region, raise awareness about their work, and enhance local capacities by establishing a network of qualified trainers.

ILO conducts a training of trainers for tripartite partners on Occupational Safety and Health in Syria

The training equipped participants with expertise in the field of occupational safety and health in various sectors of economic activity, especially in the construction sector.

Our impact, their voices

Entrepreneurship has no boundaries

New ILO project to rehabilitate schools damaged by earthquakes in Aleppo, Syria

The project aims to address immediate livelihood needs of the affected communities through the creation of decent job opportunities, training local contractors in the application of labour-based technologies, and restoring safe access to education.

Access to formal work

How knowledge became power for Syrian women in Türkiye

Gülsüm and Emel are two young Syrian women whose lives changed after visiting one of the ILO’s Information Centres (BILMER) in Istanbul, where they gained knowledge on social protection and safety.

Needs of households and workers in Syria

Earthquake adds further financial burden to already struggling households and workers in Aleppo

Many families are facing difficulties finding work and a stable source of income following the earthquake which hit the Syrian city of Aleppo in February 2023.

Jobs that help neighbourhoods recover from the earthquakes

Following the earthquakes that hit Syria and Türkiye earlier this year, ILO infrastructure recovery works engaged communities in clearing debris and rubble in Aleppo, making many streets accessible and creating hundreds of short-term jobs

ILO Voices | Labour migration

A job changed my life as a refugee

War in Syria forced Syrian Abdel Halim al Qasir and his family to flee to the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Becoming a facilitator for the ILO’s Job Search Club project and helping other refugees inside the camp find new careers and job...

Decent work key to resilience of Syrians and host communities

Syrian displaced persons and refugees, and the communities that host them, need concrete decent work opportunities, and to move from receiving assistance to generating income, the ILO says at the Brussels Conference on supporting Syria and the...

From Displacement to Decent Work: An ILO approach to building resilience

Statement delivered by ILO Deputy Regional Director for Arab States Peter Rademaker at the Brussels VII Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, on the ILO’s support to vulnerable and displaced people in Syria and neighbouring...

ILO promotes early recovery through community resilience in earthquake-damaged Aleppo

The ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat visits the Syrian city of Aleppo to inaugurate the project “Early Recovery through Community Resilience in Aleppo’s Earthquake-hit Neighbourhoods” and hand over earthquake structural damage...

People with disabilities and women inclusion

The ILO embarks on providing more opportunities for persons with disabilities and women to have equal access into the labour market

The ILO organized a workshop on “Supported Transition to Employment for Persons with Disabilities and Women in the Labour Market” with ILO’s implementing partners in Gaziantep; Bursa; Istanbul and Ankara and discussed how to lift the barriers for...

ILO creates infrastructure jobs in earthquake-hit Syrian city

An employment-intensive project creates decent jobs for community members affected by the earthquakes in the Syrian city of Aleppo, while rehabilitating infrastructure in damaged neighbourhoods.

Maritime Labour Convention

Syrian Arab Republic ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Syria is the 103rd Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Over 725,000 people affected by loss of livelihoods after Syria earthquakes

A new ILO assessment evaluates the effect of the natural disaster on workers and their families and on businesses in Syria’s affected areas.