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ILO Voices | Women's entrepreneurship
Between Spain and Morocco, I built my independence
After years of working in seasonal agriculture in Spain, Fatima Laanieg took part in the ILO’s WAFIRA project, learning how to manage a business. Now, she runs her own grocery store in Morocco while continuing to work abroad for part of the year.
ILO and Canada launch project to strengthen Thailand’s rubber sector
Three-year initiative will demonstrate how fundamental rights can benefit workers and businesses alike.
PROSPECTS Impact
Empowering enterprise: Refugees and hosts thrive with business support services in Kenya
A stronger Chambers of Commerce and targeted business training supported by the ILO are boosting small enterprises for refugees and host communities in Kenya’s Turkana and Garissa counties. With added mentorship and a digital marketplace,...
Sectoral labour data and statistics
ILO integrates sectoral labour statistics to strengthen access to world of work data
Updated sectoral webpages now combine data from ILOSTAT with key resources on labour standards, policies, and research across major industries — helping constituents, researchers, and policymakers make evidence-based decisions to promote decent work.
ILO/China Partnership Programme on skills
Lao teachers gain e-commerce and social marketing skills to empower youth entrepreneurs
The ILO-China Partnership Project on Skills Development enhances educators’ expertise and fosters the delivery of quality employment opportunities.
Digitalization in the retail sector
Ensure an enabling environment for decent work and economic recovery in the digitalized retail sector
Governments, employers’ and workers’ representatives discussed the opportunities and challenges of digitalization in the retail sector, at an ILO technical meeting.
InfoStories
The value of essential work: World Employment and Social Outlook 2023
Key workers are essential for societies to function. This report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.
Enterprise development
New skills help Cambodian tourism sector build back from dark days of COVID
The ILO has supported the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism to strengthen business resilience and sustainability for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) within the tourism sector, which were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
News
“Strengthening Cooperatives as a Response to the Pandemic” Project supports 146 women entrepreneurs in 6 women’s cooperatives
Turkey’s Hepsiburada prepares to take a further step in providing support to women, under the “Technology Empowerment for Women Entrepreneurs Program”, through the project “Strengthening Cooperatives as a Response to the Pandemic” in cooperation...
ILO: COVID-19 recovery in the Caribbean will be gradual but working hour losses expected to remain high
New report assesses regional policy responses and makes recommendations for more sustainable labour solutions
Decent Work and Competitiveness
ILO meeting to discuss employment relations in retail commerce
The ILO Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Retail Commerce will meet on 22-23 April to examine the impact of changing employment relations on decent work and competitiveness in the sector.
Feature story
Greying of the workforce in retail commerce: Questions and answers
According to a recent ILO study, 2 billion people will be aged 60 or over by 2050. While most discussions about population ageing turn around the sustainability of pension systems, a forthcoming ILO meeting to be held in Geneva on 21-22 September,...
To cope with labour shortages, retailers will have to hire greater numbers of older workers, says ILO report
The ILO Global Dialogue Forum on the Needs of Older Workers in relation to Changing Work Processes and the Working Environment in Retail Commerce will meet on 21-22 September to examine ways in which work processes and the working environment in the...