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Assessing market opportunities in East Darfur and West Kordofan

In March 2020, the ILO visited West Kordofan and East Darfur to assess opportunities for local economic development.

ILO and Fafo launch rapid impact assessment of COVID-19 on workers in Jordan

The assessment highlights the vulnerabilities of informally employed workers, including Syrian refugees, during lockdown.

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More than Jobs for Refugees

COVID-19 and Jordan's Agriculture Sector: Staying Safe

Despite a lockdown that has hampered most economic activity, Jordan’s vital agricultural sector remains busy ensuring the country’s food supply is not disrupted. Farm workers have told the ILO about the safety measures they are taking to protect...

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ILO opens its first coordination office in Baghdad

The office will allow the ILO to expand its work to promote employment opportunities and decent work principles, as part of post-conflict reconstruction.

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Roads to Employment Opportunities and Harmonious Communities

Forcibly displaced persons including refugees and IDPs in Ethiopia could find employment opportunities and maintain harmonious communities through the bridge of labour-based technology approaches between forcibly displaced persons and host...

Inclusion of refugees and displaced persons in the labour market with a humanitarian development focus

ILO and constituents share experiences and good practices in the inclusion of refugees and displaced persons in the labour market, during an event aimed at encouraging a more coherent approach to the promotion of decent work in crisis settings.

Video: Advancing decent work in Jordan’s agriculture sector: A compliance model

Together with partners, the ILO is implementing a project which seeks to improve the living and working conditions of agriculture workers – Jordanian, refugee and migrant workers - through a compliance model that strengthens productivity, national...

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Refugee access to labour markets and decent work sensitization workshop

According to latest estimates, 6.8 million refugees (UNHCR, 31 August 2019) are living in Ethiopia, and 2.8 million internally displaced populations have been forced to flee their homes due to recent unrest in the country.

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ILO to facilitate better access to labour market opportunities for refugees and IDPs

Following the recent adoption of the refugee proclamation on 17 January 2019, ILO and social partners, with representatives of ARRA and TVET agencies convened to deliberate on ways to facilitate the integration of Refugees and IDPs into their host...