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Bonded labour
Buried in bricks: A rapid assessment of bonded labour in brick kilns in Afghanistan [Executive summary]
This study provides an accurate depiction of bonded labour in brick kilns in two provinces of Afghanistan (Kabul and Nangarhar), to illustrate the demand and supply-side of one of the most prevalent, yet least known, forms of hazardous labour in...
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Buried in bricks: Bonded labour in Afghanistan
Bonded labour of adults and children in brick kilns is one of the most prevalent, yet least known forms of hazardous labour in Afghanistan. A new ILO study on the phenomenon marks the first attempt to provide a better understanding of the dynamics...
New project to improve Afghan labour laws and administration, promote decent work
(LO NEWS – Kabul) A new project to strengthen labour law and administration in Afghanistan will be launched today by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United...
Afghanistan Decent Work Country Programme 2010-2015
Speaking notes at the launch of the Decent Work Country Programme for Afghanistan
By Mr Herve Berger, ILO Senior Coordinator/Representative for Afghanistan, 17 July 2010
Afghanistan adopts first ever Decent Work Country Programme
Afghanistan’s first Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) has been signed during a ceremony at the MoLSAMD (Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled).
Afghanistan
International Migration Papers No. 98
Afghan households and workers in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Profile and impact
This study represents the results of a process of primary data generation through field surveys of Afghan households, establishments employing Afghan workers and Afghan workers themselves, through a collaborative process among national and...
Afghanistan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory...
Afghanistan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)
Afghanistan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition...
Helping former Afghan fighters reintegrate
By Ingrid Christensen, Officer-in-Charge, Jacqueline Paul and Ram Gopal Parajuli, ILO Kabul. Former fighters and their families are now getting help to resume normal lives, thanks to the Afghan Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and...
Developing national skills strategies: report of ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Technical Meeting on Developing National Skills Strategies,...
Provides experiences, good practices and the development of Tripartite Action Plans for Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan and Timor-Leste and the effective roadmap for follow-up action.
Expansion of Employment Services to Nine Provinces in Afghanistan (Final Evaluation Summary)
Projects AFG/06/01/GTZ and AFG/03/03/FRG
More than 10,000 Afghans get help with finding jobs, training through ILO-backed project
An ILO project helps thousands of Afghans finding paid work, receiving training and help in searching for work in the first half of 2006.
Integration of returnees in the Afghanistan labour market
Altai Consulting was mandated by ILO and UNHCR to conduct research on the situation of Afghan returnees in order to assess the main patterns of integration in the Afghan labour market and the responses provided in 3 major cities of Afghanistan.
Employment Services Centres in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, "Men who work, have no time to make war"
An estimated 30 per cent of the Afghan work force is unemployed. In addition, approximately 100,000 ex-combatants are about to enter the labour market and hundreds of thousands of refugees are returning home. Though a vast majority (70-80 per cent)...
In Afghanistan, paving the way to a brighter future
After more than two decades of war, road- and bridge-building has become an essential part of Afghanistan's reconstruction. The ILO Crisis Response and Reconstruction Programme is using labour-based methods to fix not only the streets in Kabul, but...
The Impact of ‘Transition’ and the Afghanistan Crisis on Employment and Decent Work Concerns in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Crisis Response and Reconstruction Working Paper No. 13
Afghanistan : the current employment and socio-economic situation and prospects
Crisis Response and Reconstruction Working Paper No. 8