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Talent beyond borders: Why businesses should hire young refugees

Discover how businesses can unlock innovation and resilience by hiring young refugees. In this episode, Ingka Group’s Roman Bojko shares lessons from integrating refugee talent across 26 countries.

Nigeria Strengthens Labour Migration Systems Through Stakeholder Collaboration

With support from the ILO and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Cooperation), GIZ, Nigeria’s Technical Working Committee on Labour Migration Governance met in Abuja to refine tools that...

News

Cambodian women’s networks champion safe migration and protection from exploitation

With support from the EU-funded PROTECT Project and the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre, women-led community networks are taking action to prevent violence, trafficking and exploitation.

Employers Step Up to Shape Safer, Fairer Labour Migration in Nigeria

Supported by the ILO and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) is rallying employers through the Labour Migration Advisory Committee for Employers (LMACE) to strengthen...

Private Employment Agencies Step Up for Fair Recruitment in Nigeria

With support from the ILO and and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria (EAPEAN) hosted a hands-on workshop in Lagos to empower private employment agencies...

Labour Migration

Pan-African Parliament reviews new model law to strengthen labour migration governance in Africa

The Pan-African Parliament reviewed a draft Model Law aimed at strengthening harmonized, rights-based labour migration governance across Africa.

Refugee inclusion

From policy to practice: Employers explore role in Kenya’s Shirika Plan

Kenya’s private sector is engaging with the Shirika Plan to advance refugee inclusion in the formal economy. Through ILO-supported dialogue and training, employers are strengthening their capacity to promote inclusive workplaces and social cohesion.

International Year of Cooperatives

Global research conference deep-dives into the role of the social and solidarity economy in socio-ecological transitions

The ILO highlighted how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) can play a critical role in advancing decent work and inclusive development, and shared progress on SSE statistics and country-level innovations at the 10th CIRIEC International...

Occupational Safety and Health

One step closer to safer and healthier workplaces through simple acts of care

In Viet Nam’s coffee heartland, farmers are stepping up not just to grow beans, but to grow a culture of care.

Labour Migration Governance in Focus: Youth and Media Engagement in Uganda

On the same day in Kampala, university students and journalists were pulled into the same conversation about labour migration from opposite ends, one through a public lecture at Makerere, the other through a media breakfast, each leaving better...

Empowering migrant workers in Indonesia and Thailand with digital, cybersecurity and financial skills

Through digital micro-courses, 52 trainers and 140 migrant workers across Indonesia and Thailand enhanced their financial skills and digital awareness against online scams and fraud.

Regional Workshop Validates MRC Operations Manual

The Regional Operations Manual for Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) brings together representatives from across the region to harmonise operational standards, strengthen service delivery, and enhance coordination among MRCs. The meeting provided a...

Institutionalising Labour Migration Governance Gains in Uganda

With the BRMM programme nearing its end, Uganda's tripartite partners and key stakeholders turned their attention to what comes next, working through an exit strategy designed to embed labour migration governance gains into national systems long...

Multi-Stakeholder Workshops Translate Labour Migration Governance into Advocacy and Storytelling across Three Countries

Across three cities in ten days, policymakers, migrant workers, trade unions and civil society came together to turn BRMM's technical achievements into advocacy and storytelling, capturing the human realities of labour migration before the programme...

ILO supports stakeholders in Lebanon’s agri-food sector to adopt responsible business conduct

ILO-supported training, with funding from Sweden, equips agri-food enterprises and institutions with tools to advance responsible business conduct and boost export readiness

Thailand faces shortfall of 250,000 care workers by 2037, ILO report finds

A new ILO study launched to mark International Day for Care and Support projects that Thailand’s demand for home-based care will surge as its population ages. The report calls for greater investment in community care and decent work for national and...

Q&A on the updated Guide to Private Employment Agencies

This article highlights how the updated Guide serves as a resource for regulating and monitoring private employment agencies, helping them operate fairly, transparently, and in line with international labour standards amid today’s rapidly changing...

Improving Labour Migration and Mobility

Ministerial Communiqué for the 3rd IGAD Ministerial Conference on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration

A tool for cooperation, mobility, and prosperity

Ministers of East and Horn of Africa unite for better labour migration governance and decent work

Ministers from across the IGAD region have adopted a landmark communiqué in Nairobi, committing to stronger labour migration governance, fair recruitment, and expanded social protection. The decision marks a renewed regional push toward safe and...

South Asia–GCC migration corridor

Bangladesh and ILO join forces to strengthen social protection for migrant workers

Bangladeshi tripartite stakeholders and the ILO STREAM Programme pinpoint areas for collaboration to make social protection a reality for migrant workers at home and abroad.