All news: Arab States

Cooperatives and refugees

How workers' cooperatives can help tackle the refugee crisis

On 8-10 November, an international conference in Turkey discussed, among other issues, ways in which cooperatives can help the growing number of refugees and migrants in today’s world. ILO News spoke with Simel Esim, head of the ILO’s Cooperatives...

Cooperatives

Cooperatives moving into the care economy

An interview with Lenore Matthew from the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED), who presented new research showing how cooperatives are increasingly providing care for the elderly, people with...

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015

MENA region retains highest youth unemployment rate in the world

The global youth employment crisis is easing, with a mild recovery in the 2012-2014 period. But it is far from over, as the youth unemployment rate remains well above its pre-crisis level – and persists at its highest in the Middle East and North...

Cooperatives

When work is more than “just a job”

As the world celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives, ILO News looks at how one cooperative in Brooklyn, New York, is offering migrants a dignified and sustainable way to make a decent living.

ILO: Unemployment among Palestinians up by over 25 per cent

Occupation, settlement expansion, violence and tensions further depress Palestinian economy.

Realizing a fair migration between Asia and the Arab States

The largest migrant flows from South Asia and part of South-East Asia are to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, who currently rely on foreign labour to fill in almost 90 per cent of private sector jobs, often in construction, service...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2015

ILO Director-General: Building a culture of prevention on occupational safety and health

Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General: Creating jobs key to stability in the Arab region

In his address to the Arab Labour Organization’s 42nd Conference, International Labour Organization Director-General Guy Ryder urged the region’s leaders to tackle unemployment, respond to globalization challenges, strengthen the private sector and...

ILO and UAE Agreement

ILO and UAE agree on capacity building programme for the MoL to govern its labour market and monitor working conditions

The two-year project will improve the UAE’s capacity to govern its labour market and monitor working conditions, including those of migrant workers.

Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General to open Arab Labour Conference in Kuwait

Guy Ryder to address the opening of the 42nd session of the Arab Labour Conference.

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.

International Women’s Day 2015

ILO to issue an update on progress made on gender equality in the world of work and a working paper on the motherhood pay gap

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...

Gender equality

Global momentum means more women move into management

New study shows positive link between female leadership and business performance and urges boost from current 5 per cent of women in top positions.

Workers of SAARC, unite

Op Ed published in The Kathmandu Post

SAARC commits to helping migrant workers

By Yoshiteru Uramoto, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Anna Engblom, Chief Technical Advisor, South Asia Labour Migration Governance Project (funded by the...

Local economic development

Olive festival supports Jordan host communities in face of refugee crisis

As part of the ILO’s efforts to support communities in Jordan most affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, the 2014 Irbid Olive and Rural Produce Festival brought together local farmers and businesses to showcase products and explore avenues to...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO showcases challenges and opportunities in making decent work a reality for migrant domestic workers in Arab states

The ILO’s flagship projects on labour migration and decent work for domestic workers in the Arab States gathered regional and international stakeholders at a technical workshop to showcase the challenges, opportunities and outcomes stemming from...

Employment policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Arab Labour Conference attendees meet to discuss policy solutions as youth unemployment soars

Talks aimed at adopting policies which foster entrepreneurship and skills development in North Africa and the Middle East

ILO to attend the 2014 Arab Labour Conference

The ILO Regional Directors for Africa and the Arab States will take part in the one-week conference and meet representatives from the world of work.