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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...

Media tour of ILO Projects in Mutoko District - Zimbabwe

On the 5th of March 2014 the ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe hosted a breakfast meeting and field visit for 45 senior journalists from the largest media houses in Zimbabwe as well as the Danish Ambassador Mr. Erik Broegger Rasmussen, the Deputy...

From Jordan

Building livelihood resilience amidst a refugee crisis

The ILO’s efforts to build the employment and livelihoods of Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees have begun to bear fruit.

Rural development

"Money finds us!" - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste

How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Youth entrepreneurship

Agriculture and youth employment: The missing link

The agricultural sector has a huge potential to create jobs but needs to polish its image in order to attract more young people. To do this, governments should provide relevant education and training.

Rural development

The need to invest in Africa’s rural transformation

Boosting rural investment in Africa would create millions of badly needed jobs, as well as food security and resilience.

Gender equality

A quiet revolution: Women in Bangladesh

Women in Bangladesh have made major strides over the past decades, putting the South Asian country at the forefront among the least-developed countries in addressing gender disparity.

The story of Neneng: “Our fields are now more productive”

Neneng lives in Lawang Kajang, a small village along Kapuas River in Central Kalimantan, but is originally from Katujung, a village in the neighbouring district. She is Dayak, the main indigenous group of Borneo and married Junedi from Lawang Kajang...

When Nua did not have to fish in the Kayahan river of Central Kalimantan

Every day at 4 o’clock in the morning, Nua, 53 years old, starts the day, jumps on her boat in front of her house and begins paddling towards the Lake Tundai across the Kayahan River. She remains at the lake until four in the afternoon, trying to...

The story of Henggo: “Now I can sell my fish to the capital city with higher prices”

Henggo is a 24 years old fisherman from Tumbang Nusa who lives with his family nearby the Kayahan River of Central Kalimantan. Every day, except Friday, they get on two boats to catch fishes in the river and a lake nearby. The day’s catch depends...

ILO promotes jobs for refugee-hosting communities in Jordan

ILO works with refugee-hosting communities in Mafraq and Irbid to create jobs in agro-business.

Rural development

Timor-Leste: When a short road makes a huge difference

In a country where 75 per cent of the population live in rural areas and 40 per cent are below the poverty line, improving a short stretch of road can mean more jobs and a better quality of life for rural workers and their families.

ILO to share lessons on alternative green livelihoods in Central Kalimantan

The Island of Kalimantan, particularly Central Kalimantan, is home to unique ecological systems that include tropical peat swamp forest. However, due to land degradation, some local communities in the Ex-Mega-Rive Project (EMRP) area of Central...

ILO to promote food security and sustainable livelihoods in Kupang

Food insecurity is one of the most significant development constraints in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province of Indonesia. Food availability is significantly impacted by severe agro-climatic conditions and seasonality. Although the Government of NTT...

Labour market

Asia-Pacific on the road to middle-class employment

A recent ILO study shows that despite robust economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, millions of people are still living under or just above the poverty line.

Children deserve to play: from sugarcane fields to volleyball and football pitches

Fun in the sun was what 167 former child labourers from ILO Interntational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) areas in Bukidnon had on 11-12 July as part of the province’s celebration of the World Day against Child Labour.

China

Code of Practice on safety and health in agriculture available in Chinese

The Chinese version of the ILO Code of Practice on safety and health in agriculture is now available online. The China Labour and Social Security Publishing House has published the Code on May 1, the International Labour Day. The Publishing House is...

FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture

Governments need to take measures to protect children from harmful work in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, say the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Statement by ILO Director-General on the occasion of World Environment Day 2013

On this year’s World Environment Day with its focus on food waste and food loss we are confronted with a tragic paradox. Globally over 870 million people are undernourished while 1.3 billion tons of food - fully one third of all food produced – are...

COOP Champions

Rodrigo Mogrovejo, senior specialist at the ILO Office for the Andean countries

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...