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Inequalities

Mothers and children need more – not less – social protection

As several countries around the world prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, two new ILO studies provide new global and country data that point to the urgent need to increase social protection for mothers and children.

Social Protection

More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care

ILO report shows huge differences in health care access between rural and urban areas worldwide.

Poor farmers and landless peasants claim their rights through collective bargaining

Representatives of the harris, peasants and the landless farmers from the Dadu and Mirpurkhas districts of Sindh learned their right to form trade unions and collectively bargain with their employers/ landlords during an awareness raising seminar on...

New ILO Study on Child Labour in South Asia

The ILO’s first South Asia report estimates almost 17 million children between five and 17 years are engaged in child labour in South Asia, with one in five of these being aged 11 or under.

First Agriculture and Fishing Workers’ Trade Union in Pakistan registered in Karachi

The first ever trade union for Agriculture and Fishing Workers’ in Pakistan has been registered in Karachi. The Sindh Agriculture and Fishing Workers Union (SAFWU) was registered with the office of the Registrar Trade Unions, Karachi under the...

Cooperative development initiative on "Socio-economic justice for Bedouin women" in Egypt

Farmers win $12,000 in competition to start businesses

The International Labour Organization announced the three winners of the “Business Plan Competition” for their innovative business plans on 5 December.

Official launch of the R4D movie

H. E. The Minister of Public Works, Sr. Gastão Francisco de Sousa, hosted a high-level event to officially launch a movie about the Roads for Development Program (R4D). Senior dignitaries from the Government of Timor-Leste, Donors and Development...

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...

Promoting rural entrepreneurship through improved rural road access in Timor-Leste

Income-generating opportunities are available to very few people in rural areas of Timor-Leste where the local economy relies mostly on subsistence agriculture. Severe infrastructure constraints, in particular poor rural roads access, limit...

LED workshop

ILO and government and non-governmental agencies choose the vegetable sector for development in Akkar, North Lebanon

To support rural host communities in Akkar affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, the ILO held a Local Economic Development Dialogue workshop to select in a participatory way an agricultural sub-sector to develop as part of the ILO’s wider local...

Training workshop

ILO aims to boost job opportunities in northern Lebanon through labour law training

An ILO training workshop in Tripoli aims to increase knowledge of Lebanese labour laws amongst employment service providers catering to locals and foreigners, as part of an initiative to tackle the effect of the Syrian refugee crisis on employment...

Business Plan Competition

Three farmers to be awarded US$9,900 for best business plans

A competition to choose the most aspiring entrepreneurs among farmers is being organized by the ILO as part of its support to the One Million Farmers Initiative.

Strategic focus on enhancing employment

On August 27, our colleagues – Senior Employment Specialist Olga Koulaeva and Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS” Mikhail Pouchkin – arrived in Azerbaijan for a three-day visit to discuss with...

Public-Private Partnerships

CAOBISCO and ILO extend cooperation in combating child labour in seasonal hazelnut harvesting in Turkey

Project addresses seasonal work by children in hazelnut farming in Turkey.

ILO Study

ILO child labour studies in Jordan identify causes and solutions in two key sectors

The ILO in Jordan launches twin studies on child labour covering the urban informal and agricultural sector to propose interventions required to address child labour.

Partnerships

Netherlands extends agreement with ILO to combat child labour in agriculture

Project addresses seasonal work by children in hazelnut farming in Turkey.

Kick-off Workshop on Rural Roads Master Plan for Timor-Leste

H. E. The Minister of Public Works Sr. Gastão Francisco de Sousa and H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Mr. Peter Doyle, will officially open the Kick-off Workshop for the development of a Rural Roads Master Plan for Timor-Leste on 4th June 2014 at...

Inauguration of the Mahata-Kusi road

H. E. the President Taun Matan Ruak and H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Mr. Peter Doyle, will officially inaugurate on 22nd May 2014 at 2 pm the Mahata-Kusi road in Mahata Sub-District, Oecusse. The road has been rehabilitated by the Ministry of...

Signing of Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme

On 28 March 2014, the ILO and the Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR), Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development signed an agreement for the implementation of the routine maintenance component...