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Safeguarding children in Saudi Arabia: training frontliners to combat child labour

The initiative aims to empower participants to tackle child labour effectively, aligning national efforts with global standards.

ILO-UNEP-IUCN report

Nature-based Solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030, but investments in skills needed

Addressing the skills gaps and nature-based infrastructure are crucial to unlock the potentials of decent work creation and environmental benefits of nature-based solutions.

"Employment in focus" Blog

Reflecting on Brazil’s G20 Presidency: Tackling poverty, inequality and financing challenges

Kee Beom Kim, ILO Macro-Economic and Employment Policies Specialist, reflects on the G20 Brazilian Presidency’s initiatives to tackle the challenges of poverty, employment, inequality and financing.

Partnership

ILO and GCC join forces to advance decent work and sustainable development in the Gulf States

The ILO and Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) launched a 2025-2029 plan to tackle labour challenges in the Gulf, focusing on fair wages, gender equality, green jobs, and protections, supporting sustainable development and...

Social dialogue key to addressing the profound changes transforming the world of work

Balancing a competitive and agile labour market with fairness and inclusivity for all will be key to addressing new labour market challenges, says ILO Deputy Regional Director for Arab States Peter Rademaker at an event to promote social dialogue in...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Mr. Maan Alangari, General Manager of the General Directorate for Cooperatives within the Ministry of Human Resources and...

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Regional Report

Assessment of Labour Migration Statistics in the Arab States

This Assessment of Labour Migration Statistics in the Arab States: Regional Report takes stock of existing data sources on labour migration and migrant workers in the Arab region, drawing on individual country profiles. The report aims to evaluate...

International Labour Standards

Saudi Arabia ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

Saudi Arabia is the 65th Member State of the ILO to have ratified this fundamental Convention.

Resource

Sector skills councils - Saudi Arabia

Fostering cooperative development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

In June 2023, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) signed a letter of intent to launch the second phase of their Development Cooperation...

Official visit

ILO Director-General: Saudi labour market reforms pivotal for advancing social justice and development in the Kingdom

Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo, accompanied by Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat and the Director-General’s Senior Advisor for Africa and Arab States Chad Blackman, met with government, employer and worker representatives and...

Saudi Arabia: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers

The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions...

ILO Launches Flagship Study on Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

Social protection for migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A regional mapping of provisions on paper and in practice

Social protection coverage for national and migrant workers in the formal private sector in the GCC countries.

The infographic charts the systems of social protection available for workers in the private sector in each country of the GCC.

ILO and IsDB share progress on joint work on socioeconomic and policy impacts of Just Transition in MENA region

ILO FAIRWAY Programme and en.v tackle complex attitudes of employers of domestic workers through experimental project

From February to June 2023, FAIRWAY piloted the creation of the Women’s Circle project in Kuwait – an experimental, community-led project designed by en.v, which focussed on shifting mindsets of Kuwaiti female employers of domestic workers, through...

Strengthening Data of Ethiopian Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia

Enhancing the operational capacity of Ethiopian Diplomatic Missions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A returnee raised her income and improved her skills

Migrant workers who lack proper information usually end up extending their stay, despite their visas having expired, putting them in danger of being classified as irregular/undocumented migrants. Migrants are even more vulnerable in such situations...

Review of National Social Protection Legislation and Legal Frameworks for Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries

Extending social protection to migrant workers in the Gulf Countries