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Harnessing the potential of Zimbabwe's rural economy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) held a ground-breaking discussion on strategic interventions to establish a sustainable rural economy for Zimbabwe’s growth.

Stories from the field

Keeping them home: How improving public employment services helps people find jobs and stay with their families

In Nepal, the Labour Market Information and Employment Services (LIfE) project, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), helps to improve access to basic information and services that can help job seekers, in particular youth,...

ILO and FAO jointly promote decent work for rural youth through the YAPASA programme

YAPASA (ILO-led UN Joint Programme with FAO) and FTESA (FoodTrade East and Southern Africa) jointly hosted a policy dialogue on the soybean value chain in Zambia that promotes decent work for the rural youth.

Closing Ceremony of One UN Project: ‘Livelihood restoration, protection and sustainable empowerment of vulnerable peasant communities in...

A One UN project implemented by ILO, FAO and UN WOMEN in 120 villages of rural Sindh showcased its achievements through a closeout event in Islamabad on July 1, 2016. Project supported 11800 insecure, unprotected and the most vulnerable families who...

ILO Director-General congratulates Colombia for "historic step" towards peace

Guy Ryder says that the Havana bilateral and definitive ceasefire agreement to end hostilities and lay down arms will bring opportunities and challenges, including employment, and that the ILO stands ready to assist.

Jobs in Latin America

Latin American and Caribbean unemployment to rise in 2016

The evolution of labour markets in the region will be analyzed at ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, to be held in Mexico this month.

Post-conflict recovery

Sri Lanka: From dream to work

A new ILO project helps people find decent jobs in areas of Sri Lanka that were affected by civil war.

ILO’s rural road programme in Timor-Leste is featured by European Union

The works of ILO’s rural roads development programme in Timor-Leste called Enhancing Rural Access (ERA), funded by the European Union, has been featured in the new inspiring video on European Union – Timor-Leste Cooperation.

ILO and UN agencies launch project to bolster the resilience and self-reliance of Yemeni communities

The project entitled “Enhancing resilience and self-reliance in crisis affected Yemeni communities,” will serve to allow Yemenis to manage economic shocks, increase social cohesion and strengthen local institutions.

Women's livelihoods

Women weave a better future

The ILO has set up weaving centres in one of Pakistan’s poorest provinces to boost the quality of the products, and improve skills and income of the weavers.

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy visits India

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, Ms Sandra Polaski visits India to meet with the constituents and other stakeholders.

2030 Development Agenda

Zambia: How to tackle four development goals in a single project

A new ILO-FAO agricultural employment project underway in Zambia aims to create 3000 additional decent jobs for rural youth, increase their incomes and tackle nutritional deficiencies. In so doing, it works towards four of the new sustainable...

Practical solutions

Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture (second edition) now also available in Chinese

Approximately 100 of the illustrations accompanying the checkpoints were improved and revised in this second edition of the manual. The first edition was published in 2012 and it was well received by the ergonomic and occupational safety and health...

Employment promotion

The Changemaker

Asma Ahmad Sheikh has helped people in rural Pakistan get training and set up their own businesses. Her work as a Changemaker led to her winning in a global skills competition.

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...

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...

Labour migration

Seasonal work brings year-round benefits

A new harvest is ready, and Celestine Aisa Maino, a seasonal worker from Papua New Guinea, has just embarked on her latest overseas journey. Working on a large Australian fruit farm gives her more income, and an ILO project helps her to use it to...

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...

Youth employment

ILO promotes South-South cooperation on youth employment in the Arab region

The first ever-regional South-South Development Expo for the Arab States in Doha, Qatar (18-20 February) provides a platform to exchange successful experiences in the fight against youth unemployment in the Global South.