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UN agencies ILO and FAO launch first Arabic-language guide for practitioners attending to child labour in agriculture

The guide offers practical and detailed information on attending to child labour in the agricultural sector in Lebanon, where the incidence of child labour has increased dramatically in recent years.

Child labour in agriculture in Lebanon: A guide for practitioners

Worldwide, almost 60 percent of working children aged 5–17 years can be found working in agriculture (including farming, fishing, aquaculture, forestry, and livestock). This amounts to more than 98 million girls and boys.

COOP Champions

Badra Alawa, ILO DWT/CO-Cairo

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

Understanding the drivers of rural vulnerability: Towards building resilience, promoting socio-economic empowerment and enhancing the...

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 214

ILO and UNICEF join forces to improve vocational training for youth in Lebanon

A joint UNICEF and ILO project works to strengthen technical and vocational training for youth in Lebanon, in line with labour market needs.

Enhancing SME productivity and competitiveness through responsible workplace practices

This video highlights the implementation modality and results of an ILO project that aims to enhance SME productivity and competitiveness through responsible workplace practices. The project targeted a number of SMEs in the agro-food and printing...

Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Domestic Work

The policy brief highlights common recruitment practices and regulations observed along recruitment pathways to domestic work in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon.

Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Garment Work

The policy brief maps common recruitment practices and regulations observed along recruitment pathways to garment and textile work in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon.

High female education and low labour participation rates: IFAD and ILO tackle the “MENA gender paradox”

Issue explored at policy forum facilitated by a grant-funded project on gender monitoring and evaluation in the Near East and North Africa.

Impact brief, Issue 9

Promoting women’s empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa: A rapid evidence assessment of labour market interventions

The Taqeem Impact Brief Series documents how organizations measure outcomes of their employment programmes, the tools that are applied and the findings and recommendations that emerge to assist them in improving impacts and programme design. This...

Working with Victims of Trauma Guide

Migration Photojournalism Guide

Gender-Sensitive Reporting on Migration Guide

Ethical Reporting on Labour Migration in the Arab States - 5 Actions to Take Today

ILO launches journalism fellowship to improve reporting on labour migration in the Arab States

The programme – produced in partnership with the Ethical Journalism Network – targets journalists and digital media in order to change the narrative on migration in the region.

Labour Market Information Review and Analysis: In-focus on Northern Lebanon

The purpose of this study is to collect and analyse labour market information and services provided by different organizations across Lebanon, but particularly North Lebanon. The information presented here should serve as a useful reference on the...

Towards the right to work: a guidebook for designing IPEP, background and experiences from the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon

The objective of this guidebook is to provide Lebanese background and experiences from the current context adding to the ILO guidebook for designing innovative Public Employment Programmes. Lebanon is experiencing a growing labour supply and...

World Day Against Child Labour 2017

B-roll: In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour

Globally over 1.5 billion people live in countries that are affected by conflict, violence and fragility. At the same time, around 200 million people are affected by disasters every year. A third of them are children. A significant proportion of the...

World Day Against Child Labour 2017

B-roll: In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour

Globally over 1.5 billion people live in countries that are affected by conflict, violence and fragility. At the same time, around 200 million people are affected by disasters every year. A third of them are children. A significant proportion of the...

Introducing Lebanese farmers to new varieties of potatoes and wider markets

An ILO initiative saw the development of a demoplot in north Lebanon to support change of practices among potato farmers towards better and higher-standard products that are acceptable for EU export, in accordance with Global Good Agriculture...