All resources: Jordan

Jordanian youth join the My Fair Home youth advocacy network for domestic worker rights

The ILO FAIRWAY project is supporting youth in the Arab States to become change makers for migrant domestic workers’ rights in their communities.

Country Brief

Jordan: Young women’s employment and empowerment in the rural economy

This country brief looks at gender and youth dimensions of employment in Jordan, paying particular attention to the rural economy.

Our impact, their voice

A new chance at employment for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Syrians forced to leave their country because of the war, now living in refugee camps in Jordan, have a new chance at employment. It's thanks to a job fair at an ILO employment centre for refugees, funded by the European Union.

Impact brief, Issue 13

Fostering employment through business support to young entrepreneurs in Lebanon

Berytech

Impact brief, Issue 12

Trade Accelerator for Young Entrepreneurs in Morocco

International Trade Centre, Morocco

Impact brief, Issue 14

Maharat Training for Employment

Business Development Center, Jordan

Impact brief, Issue 16

Realizing Innovation through Social Entrepreneurship

RISE Egypt

Impact brief, Issue 15

Establishing Day Care Centres in the Private Sector

Ministry of Labour, Jordan

Impact brief, Issue 13

Fostering employment through business support to young entrepreneurs in Lebanon

Berytech

Impact brief, Issue 14

Maharat Training for Employment

Business Development Center, Jordan

Impact brief, Issue 12

Trade Accelerator for Young Entrepreneurs in Morocco

International Trade Centre, Morocco

Impact brief, Issue 11

Tomouh: A New Loan Product for Micro and Small-Sized Enterprises

Alexandria Business Association, Egypt

ILO Celebrates fourth anniversary of the Middle East’s first migrant garment workers’ center

As part of ILO’s efforts to ensure access to adequate services for migrant workers, the unique center provides its members with their own space where they can pursue recreational and other activities, in the Irbid governorate in Jordan.

Employment centre at Jordan Refugee camp

Job centre for Syrian refugees opens in Jordan camp

The ILO and UNHCR launch the Azraq Centre for Employment to help refugees access work permits and find employment.

Know Your Rights

In this video, our friend Sahar helps her teacher colleagues understand their rights by explaining how their employers must respect the Collective Agreement for teachers in the private sector, and what they should do if they have a complaint against...

The First Salary

Did you know that in 2010, the Statistics bureau of Jordan found that the gender pay gap in the teaching sector is 24.5 per cent? In this video, Sahar shares the story of what it was like for her to receive her first salary as a teacher in a private...

Know your rights as a working mother

Huda is pregnant, but she is worried about how that will affect her job. Sahar helps her understand her rights as a working mother. If certain conditions are in place, the school where she works must establish a nursery for the children of its...

Policy brief

Common Myths and Facts about Domestic Work

The policy brief includes related facts and recommended laws, policies and practices drawing on the experience of the Work in Freedom Programme.

Think.COOP - an orientation on the cooperative business model

Think.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in establishing or joining a cooperative. It draws on technical content from existing materials from different ILO cooperative training tools on the basics of cooperatives. It also uses...

Social Security

Building Social Protection Floors with the ILO - Social Protection Study Tour to Jordan

With the assistance of the ILO within the framework of the South- South and Triangular Cooperation, a study tour was organized in September 2017 for members of the Palestinian Social Security Corporation (PSSC) to the Jordanian Social Security...