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Towards equal pay for work of equal value in Jordan

A study by the National Steering Committee on Pay Equity (NSCPE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on pay discrimination in private schools and universities in Jordan has found a stark pay gap between women and men and put forward...

Jordan examines ways to improve work permits for migrant workers in the construction sector

The ILO hosts a meeting of key stakeholders to improve regulation of work permits in Jordan’s construction sector

Issue brief

Towards Pay Equity: A Legal Review of Jordanian National Legislation

To respond to the need to better address the pay gap between women and men in the labour market in Jordan, the Jordanian National Steering Committee for Pay Equity (NSCPE) with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO) conducted a...

Issue brief

Towards Pay Equity: A study on the gender pay gap in the private education sector in Jordan

In order to provide substantive evidence on the pay gap in the private education sector (schools and universities), the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the National Steering Committee for Pay Equity (NSCPE) commissioned...

Jordan: Legal reforms can close gender pay gap in private education sector

Stark pay gap in the education sector must be addressed through legal reforms, according to National Steering Committee on Pay Equity (NSCPE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Meeting to unveil findings on gender pay gap in Jordan

Launching of a study on the gender pay gap in Jordan’s private schools and universities, as well as a review of the legal amendments needed to tackle the wage inequity in Jordan.

Jordan moves to prevent fire risks in factories and dormitories

As part of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Better Work Jordan will hold meeting of key stakeholders to discuss fire risks at factories and migrant dormitories and ways to prevent them.

Better Work Jordan 4th Annual Buyers Forum

Better Work Jordan: Garment Industry 4th Compliance Synthesis Report

Better Work Jordan hosts International Buyers' Forum for the Garment Industry

The International Labour Organization hosts a meeting of key stakeholders in the garment industry to work towards consensus on key issues related to working conditions.

Local cooperative contribution to post-crisis economic recovery

Cooperatives in the Arab world: Reaffirming their validity for regional and local development

Cooperatives in the Arab world: Reaffirming their validity for regional and local development

The social economy in Turkey: Safety net against crisis for millions of people

Policy and regulatory framework for cooperative development on the baiss of the 2002 ILO recommendation no. 193 on the promotion of...

The ILO and Cooperatives - A global perspective towards the international year of cooperatives (IYC)

Cooperatives, including social cooperatives, as part of the Soical Economy

Jordan adopts policy to tackle HIV and AIDS at work, a first in the Arab region

National policy aims to end stigma and discrimination against workers living with HIV and to protect their rights at work.

Policy brief

HIV and World of Work: Legislating to mitigate HIV/AIDS at work in Jordan

This policy brief is based on the findings of research conduced by the ILO in 2011-2012 on the extent to which Jordanian legislation and practices conform to international standards pertaining to HIV/AIDS and the world of work.

HIV and AIDS and the World of Work: Legislative framework review for Jordan

The scope of this study is limited geographically to Jordan and thematically to a strictly legal analysis of the policies and practices affecting people living with HIV and the workplace in Jordan.