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Our impact, their voices

Young female entrepreneur strives to transform the medical sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Nasreen Hassan, who recently took part in ILO’s Start Your Business (SYB) training programme, explains how her business idea to advance medical engineering can change lives and create employment in Iraq.

Decent work in Iraq: From conflict to recovery

Iraq and the ILO are implementing the first Iraq Decent Work Country Programme, to promote employment opportunities and decent work principles. The programme focuses on supporting private sector development and job creation; extending and...

ILO in Action

Preserve Iraq’s cultural heritage, create decent work

In the first video story of our ILO in Action series, Chief Technical Adviser, Bashar Elsamarneh, explains how a joint ILO/EU/UNESCO project in Iraq’s historic Erbil City is preserving its cultural heritage, while teaching skills and promoting...

Conference held by ILO and Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs highlights key labour market issues in Iraq

The conference, held under the patronage of the Prime Minister, brought together partners from across the spectrum, including representatives from the government, employers' and workers' organizations, key policymakers, UN agencies and development...

Teachers and social workers attend ILO-supported child labour training workshop in Iraq

The training brought together one hundred participants and introduced them to the concept of child labour, including its worst forms, in line with International and national frameworks governing child labour.

Our impact, their voices

ILO employment-intensive interventions promote decent work in Iraq

In Dohuk, Iraq, the ILO and local authorities have launched employment-intensive interventions in water irrigation and waste management. The schemes support decent employment for Syrian refugees, internally displaced persons and host community...

ILO trains entrepreneurs on its business management training programme in Iraq

The training targets young internally displaced people, refugees and host community members looking to start their businesses, or existing businesses wanting to develop and grow their enterprises. 

ILO project tackles worst forms of child labour in Iraq

The ILO in Iraq, together with its partners, is implementing a programme which tackles the worst forms of child labour amongst Syrian refugees, internally displaced persons and vulnerable host community members.

World Refugee Day: The power of inclusion

World Refugee Day, 20 June, is the international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape persecution,...

ILO, tripartite partners and parliamentarian committee hold consultation on draft social security law in Iraq

The law is a significant step in extending social security for workers in the private sector, as part of efforts towards establishing a comprehensive social protection system in Iraq.

Economic relief, recovery, and resilience - Assessment for Southern Iraq

The following report assesses the different dimensions of socio-economic vulnerability in the south of Iraq and provides a solid basis for designing interventions related to vulnerability reduction and economic development in the area.

ILO and partners mark World Day Against Child Labour in Iraq

A virtual event with key national and international partners took place, shedding light on some of the root causes and consequences of child labour in Iraq and efforts to address them.

Netherlands and ILO officials visit interventions supporting decent work for displaced populations and host communities in Iraq

The interventions are part of the PROSPECTS programme, spearheaded by the Government of the Netherlands, which seeks to improve access to employment, education and protection.

Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS) - Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq

In Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, the ILO under the PROSPECTS partnership is implementing interventions to address some of the critical decent work challenges facing both forcibly displaced persons and host communities, as part of efforts to enhance more...

Convention No. 184 and Convention No. 185

Iraq ratifies agriculture and seafarers Conventions

Financial education for refugees, IDPs and host communities in Iraq – Trainee's booklet (in Arabic and Sorani)

This booklet, available in Arabic and Sorani, was developed within the framework of the PROSPECTS project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and is intended for refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host...

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Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

Financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, five Partners join efforts to develop a new paradigm in responding to forced displacement crises, particularly through the involvement of development actors. The...

ILO and partners launch nation-wide campaign to tackle the worst forms of child labour in Iraq

The campaign will bring together different partners to raise awareness on the increasing dangers of child labour and mobilise efforts to reach the heart of communities most impacted by the rise of child labour in Iraq.

Upcoming - assessment of economic needs in Southern Iraq (an overview)

This brief provides an overview of an assessment led by the Cash Consortium for Iraq (CCI) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to study socio-economic vulnerability and identify opportunities for cash and market-based programs in...

Success stories shed light on how decent employment improves the lives of refugees and their hosts

The ILO, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and UNICEF held a side event at the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region,” hosted by...