All resources: Ethiopia

ILO Strengthens Employer Engagement in Labour Migration Governance in Uganda

A virtual workshop to validate a report on “An assessment on the role of employers in improving labour migration governance in Uganda”.

Media Professionals in Africa Equipped for Improved Reporting on Labour Migration

Promoting accurate, balanced, and gender-sensitive coverage of labour migration in Africa while strengthening regional collaboration.

Ethiopia Strengthens Diplomatic Capacity on Labour Migration

The ILO BRMM and JLMP Programmes, in partnership with the Institute of Foreign Affairs, trained 25 Ethiopian diplomats on international labour migration and legal frameworks from 22–23 April 2025. The workshop strengthened diplomats’ capacity to...

From Domestic Work Abroad to Successful entrepreneur at Home

Martha Bekele, a resilient entrepreneur from Addis Ababa, transformed years of hardship as a migrant domestic worker in Abu Dhabi into a thriving small business at home. After enduring health challenges, financial strain, and her son's battle with...

Tanzania Validates Revised PDO Manual and Domestic Worker Curriculum

Tanzania has strengthened its labour migration governance by validating a revised pre-departure orientation manual and competency-based domestic worker curriculum. Supported by the ILO, the initiative follows a national gap analysis and recent...

Aster Dosha’s Story of Courage and Entrepreneurship

A 33-year-old woman from Addis Ababa changed adversity into opportunity after years of hardship as a migrant domestic worker in the Gulf and Lebanon.

Labour Migration in Africa

Pan-African course strengthens capacities for effective labour migration governance

The ILO in collaboration with the ITC-ILO organized the capacity building to promote rights-based and gender-responsive migration governance in Africa.

African Labour Attachés in the Gulf Strengthen Capacity to Protect Migrant Workers

African Labour Attachés from across the Gulf received training in Doha to strengthen their capacity to protect migrant workers, promote fair recruitment, and support workers, especially women, in accessing rights and remedies.

Press Release

ILO awards youth through Business Plan Competition in Dabat

Through a Business Plan Competition organized by the ILO and its partners under the PROSPECTS programme, 60 enterprises led by refugee and host community youth from Ethiopia's North Gondar won seed funding, entrepreneurial skills training, and...

East and Horn of Africa Strengthen Labour Migration Governance Through Social Dialogue

Enhancing the Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Labour Migration Governance, the Third High-Level Labour Migration Governance in the East and Horn of Africa

Cultural and Creative Economy

African Union Member State representatives validate joint programme to boost decent work in Africa's creative economy

The African Union, ILO, and UNESCO have launched the CREATE Programme, validated by 29 AU Member States, to promote decent work in Africa’s cultural and creative economy by improving working conditions, expanding social protection, and fostering...

Project brief

Building Resilience: Decent work and infrastructure for displaced communities in Somalia

In Baidoa, Somalia, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and host community members are finding new hope through an ILO initiative funded by BMZ and KfW. By combining employment-intensive infrastructure projects with job...

Role of media in skills development

Harnessing media for skills development in Ethiopia's agro-processing sector

Effective media engagement is crucial for advancing skills development in Ethiopia's agro-processing sector. By raising awareness, advocating for policy improvements, and showcasing success stories, the media plays a vital role in aligning training...

Promoting care at work

ILO-supported daycare transforms lives of working mothers in Addis Ababa

An ILO effort to promote decent work and gender-inclusive workplaces, with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allowed Woinshet to return to work, ensuring financial stability for her family while providing a safe and nurturing...

Factsheet

Approach to Integrated Market Systems: Dairy value chain in the Somali Region, Ethiopia

This factsheet captures the transformative impact of the ILO's Approach to Integrated Market Systems (AIMS) in the Fafan zone of the Somali Region, Ethiopia.

Skills training

A New Spark: Abdi's journey from labourer to electrician

Through an ILO-supported vocational training in Ethiopia, Abdi Mowlid Abdi transformed from a struggling labourer to a professional electrician, securing contracts and ensuring a better future for his family.

Agri-businesses ecosystem

Advancing agri-businesses through improved and inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia

Key actors in Ethiopia’s agri-entrepreneurship sector gathered in Hawassa to validate a study on ecosystem challenges. The study identified major barriers in market access and financing for small agri-businesses in Sidama. Stakeholders discussed...

Fair Wages and Decent Work

ILO launches project to advance living wages and income in Ethiopia’s agriculture sector

Ethiopia takes reaffirmed commitment to fair wages and decent work in agriculture.

Factsheet

Technical and Vocational Education and Training to empower refugee and host communities in Ethiopia

This factsheet captures activities initiated by ILO PROSPECTS Partnership in Ethiopia to support access of host and refugee community to technical and vocational skills training, to create labour market linkages, and promote disability inclusion.

Strengthening cooperatives

How ILO PROSPECTS is strengthening livestock farming in Ethiopia’s Somali Region

The ILO's PROSPECTS Partnership enhances livestock farming in Ethiopia’s Somali region through innovative solutions, improving feed production, resilience, and economic opportunities for both refugees and host communities.