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Fair recruitment

Review of law, policy and practice of recruitment of migrant workers in Pakistan

This review provides an overview of legislative and policy frameworks concerning recruitment of migrant workers in Pakistan. The review identifies gaps in relation to the ILO General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment, and...

Fair recruitment

Female labour migration from Pakistan: A situation analysis

This report examines patterns and characteristics of female labour migration from Pakistan, and provides recommendations to ensure that women have equal opportunities for safe and fair migration.

Achieving SDGs and ending poverty through Universal Social Protection (Project fact sheet)

The implementation partners (UN DESA and ILO) will build on the methodology of the ILO's Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All (2016-30) at the country level, combined with a global component to focus on the...

Mapping Social Protection Systems in Pakistan - The status of current systems in line with the UN Social Protection Floor concept

This study maps social protection schemes across Pakistan’s Federal Government and four provincial governments, along the lines of the four basic guarantees enshrined in the ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202). It delineates...

Pakistan: Eliminating child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains: an integrated approach (CLEAR Cotton...

The project seeks to promote enhanced legislation and policies, to address the basic needs and rights of children engaged or at risk of child labour, and of victims of forced labour, while adopting an integrated area based approach, embedded in a...

Fair recruitment initiative

General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs

This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs.

Support to trading partners including GSP+ beneficiary countries to effectively implement ILS and comply with reporting obligations...

he project will Support and collaborate with ILO’s tripartite constituents and other relevant stakeholders in application of ILO C-100 (Equal Remuneration Convention - 1951) and ILO Convention C-111 (Discrimination- Employment and Occupations -...

Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in relevant EU trading partners (Project fact sheet)

Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in relevant EU trading partners’ is a EU funded project for two years project. The project was started in April 2018 with the aims of supporting provincial...

Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the Cotton Supply Chain (Project fact sheet)

The project aims to foster a partnership approach among the partners on promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) for a sustainable cotton supply chain in Pakistan.

Good practices in collective bargaining: A compilation of case studies from Pakistan

The compilation of good practices of collective bargaining agreements is envisioned to be a step towards collating and documenting examples of good practices in collective bargaining in different economic sectors in the country. The rationale for...

Labour migration

International labour migration statistics in South Asia: Establishing a subregional database and improving data collection for...

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of statistics related to labour migration from South Asia. It also includes conversations on developments and trends in labour migration, migrant worker attributes, and associated thematic areas in the...

Market systems analysis for Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Traditional livelihoods development projects for refugees usually focus on providing direct assistance, skill development without considering the broader market systems that the refugees are part of. This broader market system includes the sectors...

Improving productivity and working conditions for enterprise growth and decent job creation

The ILO office for Pakistan launched a pilot project to improve the productivity, competiveness and sustainability of enterprises in textile and leather sectors using ILO global tool Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) under...

Pakistan Decent Work Country Programme III - Progress Report 2016-2017

The key results of Pakistan's Decent Work Country Programme III for the 2016-2017 period, cover progress on four broad priority areas, including the rural economy, job creation, ILS and social protection.

Migrant workers

Labour migration, skills development and the future of work in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

This paper maps in broad terms the present and future demand for migrant workers in the GCC countries, particularly those from Asian countries of origin, by highlighting key trends as well as the complex government challenges, constraints, and...

A profile of trade unionism and industrial relations in Pakistan

The paper looks at the trade unionism and industrial relations in Pakistan from historic perspective and provides updates on the profiles of national and provincial level labour federations. This paper seeks to stimulate healthy debates on the...

Improving the livelihood and working conditions of the vulnerable workers – particularly women, in the Rural Agro-food economy through...

The ILO in partnership with UNIDO is implementing a One UN Joint pilot project, which aims at improving the livelihood and working conditions in the selected agro-food value chain in Gilgit Baltistan Province of Pakistan. The project- through a set...

Project leaflet

ILO/EU REFRAME Project

Global action to improve the recruitment framework of labour migration (REFRAME). Project brief description; it includes challenges, objectives, scope, and contribution to the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative