All resources: Jordan

Brussels Conference webinar on “Employment, resilience and social cohesion”

A side event at the Fifth Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region explored success stories and challenges of labour market access for refugees and the communities that host them. The side event was held by the ILO,...

Social Finance Brief: Microfund for Women, experience in serving refugees and host communities in Jordan

In this brief, focusing on “Making Finance Work for Refugees”, Social Finance documents the experience of MFW Jordan. MFW aims to provide sustainable (non-)financial services to poor (female) entrepreneurs and to empower them socio-economically....

A knowledge exchange with ILO Ankara: Learning from each other and sharing experiences to support the creation of decent work opportunities...

The ILO Office in Turkey and the PROSPECTS programme jointly organized a webinar to exchange knowledge and experiences on how to foster an enabling environment for the socio-economic inclusion of refugees and vulnerable host community members.

Information Brief: Promoting balanced media reporting on migrant workers in the Arab States

This information brief looks at how Arabic-language media in Jordan and Kuwait report on migrant workers, based on media monitoring research in 2019, and suggests recommendations to strengthen the inclusion of migrant workers in the media.

Assessment of the Maternity Insurance in Jordan

This piece of qualitative research was commissioned by the International Labour Organisation to provide evidence-based research on the impact of Jordan’s maternity Insurance. It is meant to be the starting point for wider consideration of the MI and...

ILO support to Syrian refugees and host communities: Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt (March 2021)

Within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO is implementing a development-focused and employment-driven response, which aims to facilitate equal access to labour markets and promote decent work for all.

Fraught but Fruitful: Risks, Opportunities, and Shifting Gender Roles in Syrian Refugee Women’s Pursuit of Livelihoods in Lebanon with...

This report was commissioned by UN Women, ILO and UNHCR to provide evidence-based research that can inform current and future livelihoods programming and promote pathways to increase the safe, dignified and sustainable participation and empowerment...

Resilient women work hand in hand with the ILO to achieve decent work

As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, we highlighted success stories from resilient Syrian and Jordanian women who have created a better life for themselves and their families with support and guidance from the ILO.

Stories from women working in the field in the ILO’s Jordan EIIP

On International Women’s Day, women who found employment under the ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programme in Jordan share how work and increased income have impacted their lives. The Programme is funded by the Government of Germany through...

Women managers in Jordan: ILO cautions against taking data out of context

Second Meeting of the Steering Committee for the Jordan Cooperative Development Strategy is held

On February 18, 2021, the Steering Committee for the Jordan Cooperative Development Strategy held its second meeting to discuss the draft strategy development and way forward.

Measurement, awareness raising, and policy engagement project (MAP16) in Jordan

“Women in Sports”: ILO youth-centred programme promotes decent work in Jordan

Opportunities for extending social security coverage in Jordan

New ILO report identifies challenges and opportunities in expanding social security coverage for workers in Jordan.

Opportunities for extending social security coverage in Jordan

The report aims to support Jordanian policymakers in the extension of social security to informal workers. It formulates typologies for informal workers outside the social security system, analyses the main constraints to coverage and outlines a...

Executive summary: Opportunities for extending social security coverage in Jordan

The report aims to support Jordanian policymakers in the extension of social security to informal workers. It formulates typologies for informal workers outside the social security system, analyses the main constraints to coverage and outlines a...

ILO COOP 100 – ILO PROSPECTS Webinar: The role of cooperatives and social and solidarity organizations in forced displacement contexts

The webinar was organized by ILO COOP and ILO PROSPECTS to highlight the role and contributions of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations (SSEOs) in forced displacement contexts, and the work of both field practitioners...

ILO Voices | Livelihoods for refugees

A refugee mother determined to provide despite COVID-19

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers' hours were reduced at the farm in Jordan where Syrian refugee Fatima Hussein Al Ahmad lives and works. Resourceful and determined, she found alternative ways to earn money to buy milk for her baby...

Syrian garment worker in Jordan continues to support her family during pandemic

A year ago, Batoul, Syrian refugee in Jordan found work at a garment factory through an ILO-supported employment centre. The factory was forced to close temporarily during the pandemic. Even so, Batoul continued to receive a salary which she uses...

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Jordan (Phase 2)

ILO and the Jordan’s TVSDC collaborate to re-engineer core services for better quality