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Lebanon Minister of Labour meets with ILO Regional Director to discuss draft plan for national Decent Work Country Programme

Minister Sejaan Azzi meets with ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat and members of the ILO regional team to discuss implementation of a comprehensive national programme to deliver ILO support to Lebanon.

ILO training initiative

Women in agriculture: Cooking their way to empowerment and visibility

An ILO initiative in north Lebanon is training women on food preparation and marketing, to help them make a living, market excess produce, and carve a visible role for themselves in the agricultural sector.

Women in agriculture

An ILO initiative in north Lebanon is training women on food preparation and marketing, to help them make a living, market excess produce, and carve a visible role for themselves in the agricultural sector.

The twin challenges of child labour and youth employment in the Arab States

This Report examines the related issues of child labour and youth marginalisation in the Arab States. It focuses in particular in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. All are conflict or conflict-affected societies...

Child labour

ILO and Ministry of Labour launch tools to boost fight against child labour in Lebanon

The Guide on Decree 8987 and the National Awareness Raising Strategy on the Worst Forms of Child Labour are set to advance efforts to radically reduce child labour in Lebanon.

Introduction to an ILO livelihoods project

Chief Technical Advisor for the Enabling Job Resilience and Protecting Decent Work Conditions in Rural Communities Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Northern Lebanon project, Annabella Skof, speaks about the project's work and approach.

Potatoes and leafy green vegetables: value chain analysis (Akkar, Lebanon)

This study, supported by the ILO, describes a value chain analysis of two of the major crops cultivated in Akkar, North Lebanon –potatoes and leafy green vegetables. It aims to draw an integrated detailed value chain where all the key actors are...

ILO tackles child labour in agriculture in Lebanon

An ILO “training of trainers” workshop took child labour practitioners to the heart of the fertile Beqaa Valley, to witness first-hand some of the hazards of child labour in agriculture.

ILO training workshop tackles child labour in agriculture in Lebanon

Hosting over 1.1 million registered Syrian refugees, Lebanon has seen a huge rise in child labour in recent years, much of it under hazardous conditions in the agricultural sector. An ILO “training of trainers” workshop took child labour...

Brochure

Enhancing SME productivity and competitiveness in Jordan and Lebanon through responsible workplace practices

The Syrian crisis has greatly affected Jordan and Lebanon on various levels: economic, social and political. With high levels of unemployment, especially among youth, and an unfavourable business environment, SMEs face an additional challenge of...

Regional Dialogue on Market Impact of Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt: summary report and conclusions

The countries neighbouring Syria and hosting large numbers of refugees are struggling to find an appropriate response to the labour market impact of the massive refugee influx. With no or limited legal access to work, Syrian refugees are working...

Agenda: Lebanon Universal Healthcare Roundtable Consultation

Agenda of Regional Dialogue on Market Impact of Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt

Fair recruitment initiative: Working paper no. 2

Executive summary: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon

Syrian refugee crisis

High-level policy meeting calls for reversal of negative labour market impacts of Syrian refugee crisis on host nations

High-level representatives from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt have gathered under the banner of the ILO to exchange experiences and formulate sustainable policies and programmes that respond to the labour market impacts of the Syrian...

Workshop Report: Regional Training on Livelihoods and Child Labour

The ILO project “Combating child labour through skills and livelihoods training for older children” is implementing training workshops in each of the project countries through a number of activities which will develop capacity of local partners. To...

Children's shelter

ILO in Lebanon donates clothes and goods to children’s shelter

Donation made to NGO that helps and protects children including former street-based child labourers, as part of activities marking World Day against Child Labour.

Child labour

Denmark-led programme funds ILO project to combat child labour in Jordan and Lebanon among Syrian refugees and host communities in need

The Denmark-led Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) has funded an International Labour Organization (ILO) project to combat rising child labour among Syrian refugees and host communities through labour policy reform and technical...

Fair recruitment initiative

For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon

This working paper aims to shed light on the business models of labour recruiters that facilitate the recruitment of women from South Asian countries into domestic work in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon.

ILO-funded hotline for women migrant domestic workers launched by Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour

A new 24-hour hotline for women migrant domestic workers will allow them to report cases of mistreatment or abuse, and receive help and counselling