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Empowering youth

From smartphones to social change: ILO launches a photo exhibition of refugee and host community youths

In Uganda, a photo exhibition launched on World Refugee Day showcased an initiative empowering 60 young refugees and host community members to use mobile photography to share their experiences, struggles and aspirations.

NSPS, ILO and FAO lead initiative to extend social protection to informal and rural workers in Kenya

The workshop on implementing the National Strategy for Social Protection for informal and rural worker gathered key stakeholders to develop a comprehensive roadmap for extending social protection coverage across the country.

Video illustrates current interventions and future directions of the ILO-UNHCR “Enhancing Livelihoods for Refugee and Host Communities in...

Their voices, our impact

Why do women migrate?

Thousands of women migrate from India as domestic workers, to build better lives back in India. Some of these women share their stories.

Migrant workers

Government of Bangladesh and ILO discuss with the private sector on reintegration of return migrant workers

ILO Bangladesh in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), organized a workshop on the sustainable economic reintegration of return migrant workers in the Chattogram region on 12 June 2024.

Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia

Better protection needed for Cambodian migrant workers in the fishing and seafood industries

A ground-breaking report by the International Labour Organization provides recommendations for enhancing the legal protections of Cambodian migrant fishers and seafood processing workers in line with international standards.

Social protection

Gulf social security reforms create opportunities for protection for Bangladeshi migrant workers

Promoting cross-boundary collaboration to make social protection a reality for all migrant workers

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Empowering women and embracing sustainability: Mavia Bakery is transforming Beirut's Culinary Scene

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

AU/ILO/IOM Joint Labour Migration Programme

Urgent need to enhance labour migration governance in Tigray, Ethiopia

Press release

Pacific Islands forge path to ethical recruitment for migrant workers

Government officials from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu learn new skills to help support decent work for Pacific Islands workers.

Pilot survey

Recruitment costs of migrant workers from the Philippines

From October 2016 to September 2019 overseas Filipino migrant workers paid in total some Php100 billion (or US$1.9 billion) in recruitment costs to get a job abroad, while receiving a salary of Php45,000 on average in their first month of work.

Empowering Refugees and Host Communities: ILO Türkiye’s "I am Trained for My Job" Program

ILO Türkiye's "I am Trained for My Job" Program offers skill development training and financial support to refugees and host communities to promote access to decent work and sustainable livelihood opportunities.

Unlocking digital work opportunities for refugees

Closing session of ITC-ILO course on “Promoting decent work access for forcibly displaced persons”, discusses how the digital economy can offer new pathways into the labour market for these groups. 

Enhancing Social Protection for Migrant Workers: Challenges and Strategies in the East and Horn of Africa

Knowledge exchange study tour in Egypt for Job Search Club stakeholders from Arab countries

The visit enabled participants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to exchange knowledge and best practices on their experience with the Job Search Club training programme by the PROSPECTS programme with funding from the Netherlands.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Sustainable and Inclusive: With ILO, Vengo redefines logistics in North Lebanon

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Africa

Stakeholders discussed on skills partnerships for demand-driven labour migration

This webinar hosted by the ILO in collaboration with the African Union Commission and African Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, discussed skills partnerships for labour migration.

Better Regional Migration Management

ILO virtual workshop evaluates skills mapping for equitable labour migration

ILO welcomes the Doha Dialogue on mobility of migrant workers between Africa and Arab countries

Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat discussed how to effectively govern the mobility of migrant workers between African and Arab countries, at the Africa-Gulf Cooperation Council, Jordan, and Lebanon Dialogue on Labour Mobility.

With ILO’s support refugee brothers build their dream business in Egypt

By providing access to business development training and financial support, the ILO PROSPECTS programme in Egypt supported Mustafa and Muqueem, Syrian brothers and refugees in Egypt to start their own business and even generate employment.