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Equipping domestic workers for decent work through training

After winning the 2020 ILO Skills Innovation Challenge Call, Mendy Lerato Lusaba’s Domestic Workers Association Centre has not only enhanced capacities of domestic workers to be more fit for purpose, but she has also expanded their skills to enable...

ILO Türkiye Team continues its consultation meetings in the Aegean Region

ILO Voices | Social protection

Rights migrate too

In search of a better future, Ditraiza Ramírez migrated with her family from Venezuela to Colombia. Having made a new life in a new country, she wanted to help others like her and now spends her spare time raising awareness about migrants’ rights to...

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ILO PROSPECTS skills programme trainee shines at WorldSkills Kenya

Zeitun Said Omar, the only female candidate enrolled at the ILO PROSPECTS supported welding training course at Garissa Vocational Training Centre participated at the WorldSkills Kenya competition and stood second making her community and trainers...

ILO teams up with University of Diponegoro in a bid to combat forced labour in the fishing industry

The ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme has embarked on a joint venture with the University of Diponegoro to bolster the battle against forced labour in the fishing sector.

Case study on the ratification of Convention 181: Panama

Panama’s private employment agencies: an indispensable partner for creating decent employment for national and migrant workers

Meaningful youth engagement

Young refugee leaders demand more decent work opportunities

ILO PROSPECTS and the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth collaborated with the Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN) to organise a virtual experience-sharing event to disseminate innovative solutions promoting decent jobs for forcibly...

Online workers organizing

ILO pilot workshops to equip workers to navigate platform work effectively in Uganda

Online platforms, trade unions and young people took part in a series of pilot workshops raising awareness on the opportunities and challenges workers, including refugees, face when embarking in gig work

Labour migration

ILO report reveals the challenges and precarity experienced by many Lao migrant workers

New research sheds light on the key issues faced by Lao migrant workers and outlines measures to help ensure they can migrate more safely and obtain decent work.

ILO Caribbean provides key insights on inclusive labour migration at Curaçao symposium

Discussions explored socio-economic benefits of integrating migrants into job markets.

ILO-UNICEF Learning Lab explores effective approaches to develop digital skills to empower refugees and host communities

Supporting young people to acquire skills to use technology at work is crucial to address systemic drivers of exclusion and narrow the digital divide.

Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs kicks-off with a discussion on digital entrepreneurial activity in Kenya

On the heels of a rapidly growing digital economy, the ILO, Government of Kenya and social partners came together to discuss coordinated responses to drive forward innovation and decent work.

Labour Market in Türkiye

Acute labour shortages in earthquake-stricken regions of Türkiye

ILO assessment reveals urgent labour market needs in the region badly hit by the earthquakes in eastern Türkiye earlier this year.

Ship to Shore Rights

ILO Indonesia strengthens its tripartite coordination to ensure decent work in fishing and seafood processing sectors

The meeting bolsters collaboration between the government, employers’ and workers' organizations and civil society organizations to ensure decent work for Indonesian migrant fishers and seafood processing workers in Indonesia.

ILO and Statistics Indonesia strengthen the capacity of inter-ministerial for One Data Indonesia on International Migration

The capacity building programme of Statistics Indonesia and the ILO aims to strengthen the capacity of inter-ministerial and agencies in managing Indonesia’s gender responsive one data on international migration statistics, including labour...

Ship to Shore Rights

Indonesian and Thai employers cooperate to boost labour standards in the seafood industry

Workshop fosters a cross-border exchange of knowledge and cooperation aimed at championing good labour practices across the seafood processing sector.

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ILO and meaningful engagement with young people

This video launched on the occasion of International Youth Day 2023, explains the need to engage with youth in a right based approach by ensuring their participation in matters that affect them and their future and advocates for their inclusion in...

Improving Labour Migration Statistics in Tanzania

Training in Labour Market Indicators and Labour Migration Statistics for Tanzania

First steps are taken towards the creation of a Mesoamerican corridor of Migrant Workers' Resource Centers (MWRC).

ILO and SUCOMM open a second Migrant Workers' Resource Center in Mexico

The centres are based on the International Labour Organization´s (ILO) MWRC model that has been successfully implemented in other countries, especially in the Asian region.

Encouraging entrepreneurs

ILO launches business plan competition to boost entrepreneurship in Ethiopia’s Somali region

The competition offers financial support and specialized training to promising business ideas, aiming to stimulate entrepreneurship and sustainable economic growth among refugees and their hosts in the Somali region.