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Other farmers need the knowledge I learned on Occupational Safety and Health

After completing an ILO training programme on Occupational Safety and Health, Ziad Sa’ad, a beekeeper from Iraq’s southern city of Basra, is raising awareness among his community on the importance of safety at work.

ILO Voices | Occupational Safety and Health

As a sewer worker, I want respect and safer working conditions

Cleaning sewers is dangerous, hazardous work that can be lethal. Shafique Massih is a sewer worker in Lahore, Pakistan, calling for safer working conditions and greater respect for sanitation workers.

ETUC and ITUC visit ILO Office for Türkiye to discuss technical assistance for constituents affected by recent earthquakes

10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy

Occupational safety and health key to achieve social justice, says ILO

The ILO held a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, in which more than 1,130 workers lost their lives and thousands were injured when a garment factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 24 April 2013.

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ILO and Sweden sign project extension to advance digitalisation of the Labour Inspection in Kosovo

On 6 April 2023, the ILO signed an agreement with Sweden for extending the project on improving occupational safety and health (OSH) in Kosovo* through the digitalization of the Labour Inspectorate. The project will run until March 2025.

ILO Voices | Occupational Safety and Health

After Rana Plaza, I help prevent other tragedies from happening

Ten years ago, Mohamed Abdur Rob was part of a team of firefighters who rescued garment workers trapped in the rubble of Rana Plaza after the building collapsed. Over 1100 people died. His experience motivated him to become a fire safety officer in...

Better Work Jordan joins in effort to enhance disability inclusion in garment sector

To promote equal opportunities for all workers, trainings sessions focused on enhancing the knowledge of targeted stakeholders on the rights and responsibilities of persons with disabilities and their employers in the workplace.

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The Rana Plaza disaster ten years on: What has changed?

Today, the garment industry is safer and the capacity of the Bangladeshi Government to oversee compliance is much stronger. But what challenges remain?

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Indonesia to develop a five-year national OSH programme to better protect workers’ fundamental right

Indonesia with support from the ILO is now in the process of developing and formulating its OSH national programmes for better, resilient implementation of OSH culture in the country and to better implement OSH as the fundamental right at work.

ILO and Indonesia’s Diponegoro University raise awareness of forced labour in the fishing sector

The ILO's 8.7 Accelerator Lab in Indonesia collaborates with the Faculty of Economics and Business, Dipenogoro University (FEB Undip) to promote the inclusion of labour rights in business school education.

2023 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Campaign

Safety and health at work: Nationwide campaign launched in Mongolia

With the support of ILO-EU projects, tripartite partners in Mongolia organize a month-long OSH campaign in April 2023, aiming to foster a culture of safety and health across all sectors in the country.

2023 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Campaign

Changhee LEE's message for Occupational Safety and Health Month in Mongolia 2023

In his opening remarks for Occupational Safety and Health Month, Mr. Changhee Lee, the ILO Country Director for China and Mongolia, emphasizes the ILO's commitment to promoting occupational safety and health in Mongolia and highlights the...

Occupational Safety and Health as a fundamental right of Health Workers – a workshop in Armenia

From 31 March to 2 April 2023, in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, the Republican Health Workers’ Union of Armenia and the ILO jointly organized a workshop entitled “Occupational Safety and Health as a fundamental right of health workers”.

Workers and employers to campaign labour rights and gender equality in palm oil and fish processing sectors

The ILO’s Workers Rights Project equips workers’ and employers’ organizations with communications skills to promote wider campaigns on labour rights and gender equality in the palm oil and fish processing sectors.

Gender-based collective bargaining agreements better protect rights of woman workers

The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia Programme promotes a gender-based collective bargaining negotiation and agreement to better protect the rights of woman workers in the seafood processing industry.

Addressing violence and harassment in the world of work with an OSH approach

Blog by Shingo Miyake, Specialist, Labour Law and International Labour Standards. The OSH law entry point is based on legal provisions in OSH laws and regulations concerning the protection of workers’ safety and health, and seeks to include the risk...

Crisis response

Urgent support needed for hundreds of thousands of workers after Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

Devastating earthquakes have destroyed the jobs and businesses of hundreds of thousands of people in Türkiye and Syria. Workers and enterprises urgently need help to rebuild livelihoods and prevent poverty, informality and exploitation.

Workshop aims to increase women’s participation in employment intensive works in Jordan

Women Empowerment

ILO and PWP launch training on community contracting for Yemeni Women

Women from across Yemen will be trained by the end of two workshops on gender-responsive community contracting

Dialogue on Wellness, Health, and HIV/TB interventions for World of Work

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