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Labour standards compliance is key to build a sustainable supply chain in the fishing sector
The ILO’s two-day capacity building programme aims to improve labour laws compliance, gender equality and working conditions in the fishing industry.
Training of trainers in Cameroon on ILO tools relating to the development of cooperatives
A training of trainers on the ILO tools, Think.COOP, Start.COOP and My.COOP, was held in Bertoua, in the Eastern Region of Cameroon from 14 to 24 November 2022.
Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions
Nature-based Solutions can generate 20 million new jobs, but ‘just transition’ policies are needed
Rural employment would increase significantly if investments are made in policies that harness nature, while ensuring human well-being.
Workers’ and employers’ organizations joint the fight against gender harassment, violence and discrimination in palm oil and fisheries...
The ILO joins forces with workers’ and employers’ organizations to free Indonesian palm oil and fisheries sectors from gender harassment, violence and discrimination.
Twenty-one trainers complete My. Coop training of trainer’s programme on managing Palestinian agricultural cooperatives
In the framework of the project on “Cooperative Support Programme CSP-OPT” the ILO organized a Training of Trainers on the My.Coop training package on management of agricultural cooperatives.
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Improving Workers' Rights in Rural Sectors of Indonesia with a Focus on Women
This video introduces the ILO-USDOL project that aims to improve the rights of workers in the rural sector in Indonesia and the Philippines especially for women workers.
ILO Voices | Rural economy
Entrepreneur turns problems into profit
When COVID-19 hit, Merima Kukić Gego’s future looked bleak. Her traineeship had ended and her options in rural Bosnia and Herzegovina looked like unemployment or migration. But instead she found the drive to start a food and tourism business,...
Local Employment Partnerships
Breaking the glass ceiling in the construction industry: The story of Natalia Pruteanu, a victim of domestic violence, who launched her own...
Natalia is a kind-hearted woman. She had never admitted to herself that she might be in danger from the person whom she’d chosen to share her life with. She learned the hard way, but through talent, hard work, having a dream, and ILO support, she...
Presse Release
The ILO Director-General Guy Ryder celebrated the successes of his colleagues in Africa
The Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) ended this Wednesday, September 7, 2022, a 48-hour visit to Côte d'Ivoire that allowed him to bid farewell to Africa after ten years at the head of the institution.
Enhancing social dialogues for decent working conditions in Indonesia’s fishing industry
Work in fishing is a hazardous occupation. Labour rights challenges in the fisheries sector such as weak labour inspection, poor occupational safety and health (OSH) and other problems related to working conditions can be improved through social...
Rural economy
Workers in rural areas face severe decent work deficits
About 80 per cent of the world’s poor live in rural areas where they face governance gaps, informality, underdeveloped production systems, limited access to public services and inadequate social protection coverage.
Labour intensive employment
ILO is set to rehabilitate roads in the Greater Sepik Region in Papua New Guinea under the EU-Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme
ILO through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme creates employment opportunities for rural populations in the Sepik region by applying employment-intensive work methods in road maintenance works to improve the access of farming communities to markets.
Labour intensive approaches promote social cohesion among host communities and refugees in Sudan
A series of training on the Employment Intensive Investment Programmes (EIIP) approach carried out by the ILO with construction work contractors in Sudan is showing promising results with host and refugee community members finding new employment...
Labour intensive employment
Creating decent income-earning opportunities for rural communities in Papua New Guinea under road maintenance programme
ILO through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme creates employment opportunities for rural populations in the Sepik region by applying employment-intensive work methods in road maintenance works to improve the access of farming communities to markets.
Rural women need gender equality, workplace safety
A strong and positive occupational safety and health culture is vital built on inclusion. However, women especially in rural sectors are often left out. Developmental approaches to promoting occupational safety and health, enhancing access to...
The ILO focuses on coordinated efforts in realizing decent work in Indonesia’s fishing industry
The ILO initiates a coordinated consultation meeting for its fishery sector to strengthen its supports to realize decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.
International Women's Day
ILO urges the government to heed the rights of female workers in oil palm plantations and fisheries
The ILO Worker’s Rights in Rural Sector with Focus on Women Project and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta held a media webinar regarding women workers in rural areas, in conjunction with the International Women's Day.
Paving the road to financial inclusion for rural workers in Nepal
In remote areas of Nepal, rural communities, and especially the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups, do not have access to formal financial services. However, the Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme took up the challenge of...
ILO Voices | COVID-19 Response
New skills helped my business recover from pandemic
Juanda Badaru, who lives with a disability, saw his small business income halved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then his business expanded after he took entrepreneurship and small boat engine maintenance training.
Our impact, their stories
Sowing seeds of change
It takes thick skin and hard work to succeed as a woman farmer in Sri Lanka. From cultivating her backyard to breaking norms, Raasarathinam Arulrahini shares her journey.
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