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First-of-Its-kind youth and women’s centre opens in Mosul, empowering communities and promoting inclusion
The centre is a collaboration between the ILO, Iraq’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, UNICEF, and the World Bank, offering skills training, sports, and inclusive opportunities for youth and women in Mosul.
Second phase of the PROSPECTS partnership launches in Iraq
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ILO transforms lives of women in Iraq through financial skills and business training
This video captures the success of the ILO in empowering Iraqi women entrepreneurs with essential skills and financial support, transforming lives and creating a ripple effect of opportunity and resilience across communities.
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ILO and FAO host the launch of the MENA Policy Incubator to boost social insurance for agricultural workers
International policymakers and experts gathered in Amman to tackle informality and enhance social insurance for the agricultural workforce across the region.
Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities
Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth...
Full and timely implementation of Iraq’s Pensions and Social Security Law critically needed
A two-day seminar in Karbala by the Al-Nabaa Dialogue Forum and the ILO, funded by the EU, highlighted the importance of implementing Iraq’s newly enacted Retirement and Social Security Law for Workers.
The ILO, the Central Bank of Iraq and partners celebrate success of the financial Inclusion Initiative for MSMEs under the PROSPECTS...
Hundreds of loans have been disbursed to aspiring entrepreneurs and existing MSMEs through the project, contributing to the creation and retention of more than 1,200 job opportunities for Iraqi host communities and forcibly displaced people.
ILO's groundbreaking afforestation project in Kurdistan Region of Iraq boosts sustainable development and decent work
The initiative, funded by the Government of the Netherlands under the PROSPECTS Partnership, aims to address climate challenges and create over 700 short-term jobs for local Iraqis, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and Syrian refugees.
ILO explores transformative private sector solutions in forced displacement contexts
Through a three-day knowledge-sharing event bringing together a wide range of partners, the ILO placed the spotlight on the importance of working closely with private sector actors in forced displacement with a collective vision for sustainable and...
World Youth Skills Day
Creating new opportunities for youth with skills training
This video collage highlights the voices of youth from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq and Syrian refugees living in these countries explaining why skills development are key to employment.
ILO builds capacity of thirty vocational training instructors on competency-based training programmes in Iraq
The instructors are now better equipped to develop or upgrade vocational training curricula and assessments, helping improve the skills and employability of men and women from displaced and host communities in Iraq.
Meaningful youth engagement
Refugee and host community youth call for more than a ‘seat at the table’ at UN Youth Forum
The ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF organized a side-event on the margins of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023 where refugee and host community youth advocated for a greater say in issues that affect them.
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The journey of Samar, female entrepreneur in Iraq
Following years of displacement and uncertainty, Samar from Mosul has set up a business making and selling sweets and pastries. She talks about her journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur, with the support of an ILO financial inclusion...
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ILO-UNHCR policy dialogue examines access of host communities and forcibly displaced persons to Iraq’s labour market
The event focused on ILO’s newly developed report which examines global and country level policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, practices and gaps shaping access to the labour market and proposes recommendations that support efforts to...
Iraqi entrepreneurs access loans to support growing businesses
When Sandra was forcibly displaced, she set up a small business selling party decorations to support her young family. Now, with the support of the ILO, under an initiative with the Central Bank of Iraq and partner banks, Sandra and many others like...
A new partnership boosts workers’ voices and labour rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The ILO has embarked on the new partnership with the Kurdistan United Workers Unions to improve working conditions and address the needs of workers at Employment Intensive Investment Programme sites in Dohuk.
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 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.
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...
Young female entrepreneur strives to transform the medical sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Nasreen Hassan - Iraq