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From Architect to Street Vendor: Discrimination at work against Persons Living with HIV in the Arab States

Most Arab States do not have coherent national policies and laws designed to deal with HIV and AIDS in the workplace. They thus lack the means to prevent discrimination at work against nearly half a million of people living with HIV in the region....

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Situation in Arab Countries: “The independence of the trade union movement is necessary …”, explains Walid Hamdan from ILO-ACTRAV

Stories of decent work in Asia and the Pacific

Experts' meeting on the role of labour administration and labour inspection in Arab States

LAB/ADMIN, in collaboration with the Arab Centre for Labour Administration and Employment (ACLAE), the Organisation of Arab States and the Tunisian Ministry of Social Affairs, organized an experts' meeting on the role of labour administration and...

7-8 October 2011 - Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Jordan. First in a series of training courses on the concept and application of equal pay...

In 2010, the Policy Brief on Pay Equity in Jordan, developed by the ILO in partnership with the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), pointed to continued gender-based pay discrimination at work. A subsequent Policy Roundtable on Pay...

Statement by Ministers of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Roads and Transport, Public Works and Labour made during the...

Accra Statement by Participants - 14th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners

Green Jobs Kick-Off Workshop in the Arab States: The Lebanon Case Study

Representatives from international organizations, ministries, business, labour and environmental groups will gather at the UN House, Beirut, on July 28-29 for a two-day workshop organized by the ILO, UNDP and ESCWA. The workshop, which is the first...

Questions and answers on the ILO response to challenges in the Arab World

On 8 July 2011, the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted a meeting on “The Arab World, Towards a New Era of Social Justice”, which brought together representatives of countries from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the...

ILO Director-General's statement on Bahrain

The Director-General of the ILO condemned the public call by the Joint Committee of Major Companies in Bahrain to the 15 members of the Executive Committee of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions to resign immediately or to face criminal...

Youth unemployment in the Arab world is a major cause for rebellion

While images from protests in the Arab region go around the world, it is timely to look at the reasons that brought these mostly young people on to the streets. An extremely high youth unemployment rate of 23.4 per cent in 2010, is one major but not...

Situation in the Arab States: Trade Unions Mobilize

Making microfinance work in Arab states

Microfinance managers from Iraq, Syria and Lebanon will gather in Beirut, Lebanon from 17 to 27 January 2011 for a ten-day workshop to improve their technical knowledge and management skills in using financial instruments to promote decent work.

Hong-Kong: A New Federation of Asian Domestic Workers

News: Asian Union Leaders Meet their Counterparts in the Gulf to Discuss Labour Migration

Tackling the crisis

Arab Employment Forum endorses agenda for action in the region

The Arab Employment Forum closed with agreement between the government, employer and worker representatives of 22 countries on an Agenda for Action to apply the Global Jobs Pact in the region to mitigate the immediate impacts of the economic...

Arab States

Arab Employment Forum opens with strong call for a job-centered recovery

Government, employer and worker representatives opened a three-day Arab Employment Forum amid growing concerns over the impact of the global economic crisis on jobs and enterprises in the region, and an urgent call for action based on the ILO Global...

Beirut, Lebanon 19-21 October 2009

Arab Employment Forum: A Jobs Pact for Recovery and Growth

Under the patronage of H.E. the Prime Minister of Lebanon, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the Arab Labour Organization (ALO) will host the Arab Employment Forum (AEF) in Beirut on 19-21 October 2009. Keynote speakers...

Regional Meeting on "Occupational Safety and Health in the Arab States"

ILO News - Under the patronage of the Syrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H.E. Dr. Diala Al Hajj Aref, the International Labour Organization in collaboration with the Arab Labour Organization Occupational Safety and Health Institute is...

Kampala Statement

Employment-Intensive Approach in Construction: A Catalyst for Prosperity for All

Statement by Ministers of Public Works and Labour made during the Ministerial Roundtable at the 13th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners and Policy Makers, 30 November - 04 December 2009, Kampala, Uganda