All resources: United Arab Emirates

Travel Smart – Work Smart A guide for Indian migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (in Malayalam)

The Travel Smart – Work Smart: A guide for Indian migrant workers in UAE provides information to low- and semi skilled migrant workers helping them to feel more secure, work safely and profitably, and avoid exploitation and abuse when working in UAE.

Join in building a culture of prevention on OSH

2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Events report

This document outlines the activities that took place around the world on the occasion of the 2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work. It provides the descriptions of events organized by or with the participation of the ILO, as well as other...

Travel Smart – Work Smart A guide for Nepali migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates

Travel Smart – Work Smart A guide for Pakistani migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates

Labour Market Trends Analysis and Labour Migration from South Asia to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, India and Malaysia

Travel smart - Work smart: A guide for Nepali migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates

The Travel smart – Work smart: A guide for Nepali migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides information to low- and semi skilled migrant workers helping them to feel more secure, work safely and profitably, and avoid exploitation...

Labour market trends analysis and labour migration from South Asia to Gulf Cooperation Council countries, India and Malaysia

This report examines key labour market trends in six major destination countries for low-skilled migrant workers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

Development of a tripartite framework for the support and protection of Ethiopian and Somali women domestic migrant workers to the GCC...

Project RAF/12/09/EEC - Consultant: Dr. Oladele Arowolo

Mid-Term Evaluation of Promoting the Effective Governance of Labour Migration from South Asia through Actions on Labour Market Information,...

The purpose of the mid-term evaluation is to draw lessons from the implementation of the project with a view to assessing whether the project goals and objectives are still relevant. Based on this, the evaluation will assess to what extent the...

Forced labour

Work in Freedom: Preventing trafficking of women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East - Technical Cooperation Progress Report 2014

ILO technical cooperation progress report for the period: February 2014 to January 2015.

Mid-Term Evaluation Summary of Promoting the Effective Governance of Labour Migration from South Asia through Actions on Labour Market...

The report presents the results of the independent mid-term evaluation of the Promoting the Effective Governance of Labour Migration from South Asia through Actions on Labour Market Information, Protection during Recruitment and Employment, Skills,...

ILO and UAE Agreement

ILO and UAE agree on capacity building programme for the MoL to govern its labour market and monitor working conditions

The two-year project will improve the UAE’s capacity to govern its labour market and monitor working conditions, including those of migrant workers.

Domestic Workers

Survey on “Measuring migration costs for low-skilled migrant workers from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and the UAE”

ILO is embarking on an exciting collaboration with the Lahore School of Economics (LSE) by commissioning a survey on “Measuring Migration Costs for Low-Skilled Migrant Workers from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and the UAE” under the South Asia Labour...

A blog

Why framing the discourse on human trafficking is important - some thoughts

Summary Document - Inter-regional Expert’s Meeting on Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour Flows between Asia and the Arab States

The Kuwait Declaration of the Third Ministerial Consultation of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue

The ILO South Asia Labour Migration Governance Project 2013 - 2016: A status update (as of October 2014)

The booklet provides a brief overview of South Asia labour migration patterns and highlights key challenges for migration governance in the sub-region. It also provides an update on the status and key achievements of the ILO South Asia Labour...

Agenda: Realising a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour flows between Asia and the Arab States Expert Meeting

Decision on the 14th item on the agenda: Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body Fifth report: Representation alleging non-observance...

Leaving No One Behind: Reaching Key Populations through workplace action on HIV and AIDS

This literature review was commissioned to contribute to the body of knowledge on reaching key populations with HIV services. It sought to demonstrate how the workplace and/or the workforce could be creatively used to increase access to HIV services...