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Ukraine crisis

The Ukrainian Federation of employers is helping businesses to keep afloat

Mobilising local producers in the humanitarian effort has saved hundreds of jobs.

Second meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan

Cultural traditions’ indelible mark

Keone Nunes, Traditional Tattoo Artist and Cultural Practitioner, Waianae, Hawaii

Our impact, their voices

Growing skills, mindsets and business: Peer support programme for COVID-19 recovery and long-term resilience

Umpanuch Bubpachai shares her story of taking over a business during the COVID-19 pandemic, confronting discrimination and changing her own mindset to overcome challenges through the WE-Can Be Resilient Programme.

Forced labour

New employers guide will support Malaysian rubber industry in fight against forced labour

The guide is produced by the Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and through the support of the European Union. It provides practical guidance to employers in the rubber industry in...

Forced labour

Launch of guide “Addressing, preventing and eliminating forced labour in the rubber industry in Malaysia: A practical guide for Malaysian...

By Panudda Boonpala, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific at the Launching Ceremony: A Practical Guide on Forced Labour for Malaysian Rubber Industry on 8 August 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Graduation ceremony for participants of ILOs ‘Decent Work in Jordan’s Floriculture Sector’ project

Under the patronage of the Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Khaled Al-Hanaifat, the International Labour Organization, held a graduation ceremony for a group of trainees of ‘Decent Work in Jordan’s Floriculture Sector’ project, who were linked...

Job losses

New ILO estimates show Myanmar remains deeply affected by job losses in first half of 2022

Employment remains well below 2020 levels while productivity levels contract further and job quality deteriorates.

ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific meets Labour Minister and key constituents in India

The RD visited India on her first mission and met the Labour Minister, constituents and the UN India team to strengthen the ILO’s Decent Work for All mandate in the country.

Ukraine crisis

How does the war against Ukraine impact employment and migration?

In the interview series "3 essential questions" with leading researchers and policy makers from Central and Eastern Europe, the ILO interviewed Nataliia Slaviuk, Economist and Assistant Professor of National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Nataliia...

Child labour

To fight child labour in Burkina Faso, education stakeholders built their capacities in Koudougou

The Permanent Secretariat of the Accelerated Schooling Strategy (Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée/Passerelle - SSA/P) of the Ministry of Education, Literacy and promotion of National Languages of Burkina Faso strengthen its action against child...

How to integrate employment into trade and investment policies?

Launch of the METI Programme in Egypt and first meeting of the Policy Working Group (PWG)

Message at the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) Strategic Planning

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) Strategic Planning, 19 July 2022, Cotabato City, Philippines

Message at the Economic Sectoral Refinement Workshop on the Formulation of the Second Bangsamoro Development Plan, 2023-2028

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Economic Sectoral Refinement Workshop on the Formulation of the Second Bangsamoro Development Plan, 2023-2028, 18 July 2022, Cotabato City, Philippines

BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting

ILO Director-General welcomes BRICS commitment to green jobs, skills development, workers’ protection

Guy Ryder warned the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers, from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, of a growing risk of further labour market deterioration in 2022.

Improving the production and productivity of the poultry sector towards creating more and decent jobs in Ethiopia

The ILO receives an award during Free State Provincial EPWP Summit Awards Ceremony

Extended Public Works Programme

ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch “Productivity Ecosystems For Decent Work” Programme

The Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme identifies root causes of low productivity and decent work deficits and develops capacity and ownership of local and national actors to address them.

Social protection

The ILO supports China to promote common prosperity in partnership with Zhejiang University

On Thursday, 7 July 2022, the ILO and Zhejiang University (ZJU) launched a joint research on labour and social protection policy innovation for common prosperity in Zhejiang province.

Rapid Assessment of the Situation of Informal Workers in Tajikistan

Rapid Assessment of the Situation of Informal Workers was presented to the National Tripartite Commission in Dushanbe on 7 July 2022. The documents underlines the the need for a set of comprehensive legal, policy, awareness raising and enforcement...