All news: displaced persons + refugees
Our impact, Their voices
PROSPECTS Partnership joins efforts to increase employability and job opportunities in northern Lebanon
A programme carried out by the ILO in collaboration with the UNHCR and implemented by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), has helped hundreds of Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees to hone their skills and find jobs amid the country’s multi-level...
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Maternity cash benefit for women in Kenya's informal economy - a call to action
This video is a call to action to provide women in the informal sector in Kenya with maternity cash benefit to ensure that they are cushioned against income losses during pregnancy.
Webinar on reducing informality in forced displacement contexts
ILO supports formalization of enterprises and workers in forced displacement contexts
The ILO organized a knowledge sharing event to discuss ongoing interventions to reduce informality in forced displacement contexts with the goal to promote decent work and sustainable enterprises
Meaningful youth engagement
Refugee and host community youth call for more than a ‘seat at the table’ at UN Youth Forum
The ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF organized a side-event on the margins of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023 where refugee and host community youth advocated for a greater say in issues that affect them.
Agreement paves way for planting new forests across northern Jordan
The ILO signs a new implementation agreement with Jordan’s Ministry of Agriculture for the afforestation of land in four governorates, with funding from the Government of Germany.
Employment-intensive Investment Project phase VI
Signing of Implementation Agreement between the ILO-EIIP-KfW Project and the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan
ILO in Jordan signs a new Implementation agreement with Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan for the afforestation of 1,750 dunums (175 Ha) in 4 Governorates namely Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun an Al Balqa.
Our impact, their voices
Shadia and Sahar: How decent work has changed their lives in Jordan
An almost three-year ILO intervention across six cooperatives in Jordan has brought about tangible changes to the lives of thousands Jordanian and Syrian refugee agricultural workers in Jordan. Listen to the words of Shadia and Sahar on the matter.
Migration Summit 2023: gauging challenges and prospects in hiring refugees for freelance work
Online labour platform representatives, researchers and digital skills training providers convened at the Migration Summit 2023 to exchange views, approaches and lived experiences around the challenges and opportunities in hiring refugees in...
2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum
ILO to advocate for decent jobs for marginalized young people at UN Youth Forum
ILO workshop strengthens nexus coherence and coordination in the Palestinian Social Protection sector
The workshop was underpinned by training elements on how to respond to complex situations through agile and adaptive management approaches and tools.
Meaningful youth engagement
Mentoring host and refugee youth in Ethiopia to become future leaders
The ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF facilitated a Youth Leadership Academy for members of the Youth Network Committee in Ethiopia to assist them in organizing and leading social development and advocacy initiatives in their communities.
Social dialogue promotes decent work in Kenya’s digital economy
In a first-of-its-kind national social dialogue for Kenya on an inclusive digital transformation, ILO, government, social partners and the voices of key sector stakeholders convened to promote a digital transformation that is more productive and...
More disability-responsive employment services in Jordan
The ILO has held a training workshop on the provision of disability-responsive employment services in Jordan
Our impact, their voices
“Having my own business makes me feel like a queen”
Training on entrepreneurship and access to seed funding has helped Al Batool, a Sudanese refugee in Egypt, to start her own business and gain some financial independence.
Skills Development
With upgraded infrastructure and capacity, vocational training centres in Kenya are creating better job prospects for youth
With the support of ILO PROSPECTS, vocational training centres are being equipped with the latest machinery and infrastructure facilities, while staff are being trained to deliver industry-relevant competency-based curricula. These investments will...
National Workshop in Egypt
ILO facilitates discussions on promotion of decent work for refugees in Egypt
At a national level workshop, main findings of the ILO's recent baseline study on the access of refugees and asylum seekers to the labour market were discussed with key influencers.
Inclusive Green Economic Growth for Jordan's Refugee and Host Communities
A new ILO project funded by the Government of Italy aims to build a sustainable and inclusive green labor market for Jordan's refugee and host communities.
Employment-Intensive Employment Programme
ILO promotes labour intensive methods to improve livelihoods of host and refugee communities in Ethiopia
Through an intensive training, the ILO has strengthened the capacity of road construction engineers from Ethiopia’s refugee-hosting districts to apply labour intensive methods to boost socio-economic development through infrastructural development...
Employment Intensive Investment Infrastructure Programme in Jordan
BMZ supports Green Jobs and Women's Participation in Jordan
The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian...
Labour migration
The ILO supports socio-economic integration of refugees and migrants from Venezuela with a decent work approach
The Venezuelan displacement is the largest human displacement in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean and the second largest in the world. At a roundtable in Brussels, the ILO presented the main advances and challenges faced by host...
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