All resources: Palestine (State of)

GB.352/INS/9

The status of Palestine in the ILO and its participation rights in ILO meetings

At the request of the Governing Body at its 351st Session (June 2024) further to the adoption of resolution ES-10/23 by the United Nations General Assembly, the Office has prepared an analysis of the status of Palestine in the ILO and the...

Progress report

Emergency Response Plan progress update for the Occupied Palestinian Territory

This factsheet outlines how the EIIP approach, grounded on decent work principles, is being implemented to achieve sustainable results.

Humanitarian, development and peace actors join hands to boost decent work amidst crisis and fragility in the Arab region

The ILO and the Nexus Academy brought together stakeholders from the Arab region and beyond to boost coherence on employment and social protection amidst crisis and fragility in the Arab region, at an event funded by the Government of Sweden.

Emergency Response Plan progress update

How the ILO’s employment-intensive investment approach is supporting recovery and resilience in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Policy Brief

Alignment opportunities for social protection programme design and delivery across the nexus, Occupied Palestinian Territory

This policy brief proposes alignment options for national authorities, humanitarian and development stakeholders to work together to operationalize the humanitarian-development-peace nexus for social protection programming both in the short to...

SOLIFEM regional workshop enhances capacity for formalization

Humanitarian and development partners set joint priorities for cash assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Workshop series co-creates vision of how to deliver social protection and cash assistance more effectively along the nexus, in order to meet the needs of the Palestinian people

Technical Paper

Assessment and mapping of cash transfer payment modalities and frequencies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

This technical paper provides practical guidance for the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Finance and the European Union on strengthening the delivery of social assistance schemes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It focuses on...

Flyer

Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Türkiye Project Second Phase

Project Factsheet

Strengthening capacities towards a coherent national social protection system across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus

This factsheet summarizes the project, "Strengthening capacities towards a coherent national social protection system across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Funded by the European Union (EU), and...

ILO Launches New EU-funded Regional Programme for Youth NEETs in Southern Mediterranean

The ILO held an online launching event for the EU-funded regional Youth NEET programme in the Southern Mediterranean region, a ground-breaking initiative designed to support young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET).

The ILO and Japan conclude project empowering Palestinian women and youth in agriculture

The project promotes inclusive markets and agricultural value chains that increase productivity and sustainable decent work opportunities for women and youth, particularly those with low incomes, in the Jordan Valley and Jericho.

Impact of the war in Gaza on private sector workers and businesses in the West Bank

This study provides a diagnostic assessment of the impact of the war in Gaza on private sector workers and businesses in the West Bank. In addition to drawing on theoretical and empirical evidence on the impact of wars and conflicts on labour...

Regional Report

Assessment of Labour Migration Statistics in the Arab States

This Assessment of Labour Migration Statistics in the Arab States: Regional Report takes stock of existing data sources on labour migration and migrant workers in the Arab region, drawing on individual country profiles. The report aims to evaluate...

Beyond the crisis: strengthening nexus coherence for social protection in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Coordination between humanitarian and development actors is critical to the emergency response in the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip

Partners pledge support to ILO’s Palestinian labour market recovery programme

As the ILO implements its emergency plan in response to the war in Gaza, development partners boost their support for the ILO’s vital role in mitigating the devastating impact of the crisis on Palestinian workers and employers.

Brief

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Occupied Palestinian Territory

This assessment highlights the critical need for affordable, quality childcare services in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Improving early childhood education and care can significantly enhance children's development and women's workforce...

ILO assessment

War propels unemployment to close to 80 per cent and shrinks GDP by 83.5 per cent in the Gaza Strip

The war has caused unprecedented devastation to the Palestinian labour market and the wider economy, according to new data and analysis by the ILO and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

ILO Brief

Impact of the war in Gaza on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - June 2024

This bulletin is part of a series of bulletins outlining the impact of the war in Gaza on the labour market and on livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Workers in occupied Arab territories face catastrophic situation: ILO Director-General Houngbo

The ILO Director-General made his remarks during a Special Sitting at the International Labour Conference on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories.