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Summary Document - Inter-regional Expert’s Meeting on Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour Flows between Asia and the Arab States

The Kuwait Declaration of the Third Ministerial Consultation of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue

Council of Ministers Resolution No. 68 of 24/11/2014 approving the cooperation between the Ministry of Labour of Saudi Arabia Kingdom and...

Agenda: Realising a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour flows between Asia and the Arab States Expert Meeting

OIC member-states adopt action plan

The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Document on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ended in Baku on June 18.

Reintegration of Ethiopian returnees from Saudi Arabia

Through the development of a Tripartite Framework for the support and protection of Ethiopian and Somali women migrant domestic workers to the GCC States, Lebanon and Sudan, the ILO has started working on re-integrating Ethiopian returnees from...

Presentation

Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (Saudi Arabia)

Doha Evidence Symposium: Increasing Youth Productivity in the Middle East and North Africa, 6-8 March 2014

Memorandum of Agreement

Agreement on Labour cooperation for Domestic Service workers recruitment between the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Republic of...

Project Brief: Improving Labour Migration Governance and Combating Human Trafficking in the Middle East

AGENDA: Arab Conference on Labour Market Governance in the Context of Changing Arab Societies

Rethinking Informality in Light of the Arab Uprisings

This paper provides an overview of the ILO conceptual framework on informality and discusses its implications by focusing on its relevance to the Arab region in light of recent developments

ILO: Apprenticeships can be a route to decent work for Arab youth

Regional seminar brings together employer, worker and government representatives to upgrade apprenticeship systems in the Arab states.

Memorandum of Agreement

Agreement on Domestic worker recruitment between the Ministry of Labor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Department of Labor and...

Policy guide

Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases

The aim of this guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury schemes. The guide is targeted at national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).

The story of Siti Tarwiyah: Beaten to death in Saudi Arabia; blood money is all that remains of a mother’s love

“I’m still so traumatized. I can not forget my late wife. Her body was covered in wounds as a result of regular caning,” recalled Hamid, the husband of Siti Tarwiyah who died in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, three years ago. Her body was bruised everywhere...

Statistical update on Arab States and Territories and North African Countries

The findings show these economies are characterized by high unemployment rates, with significant variations within countries by sex, age and education.

Unfair recruitment

Unravelling the vicious cycle of recruitment: Labour Migration from Bangladesh to the Gulf States

This study in Bangladesh was commissioned against the backdrop of growing concern globally about the particular vulnerability of both regular and irregular migrant workers to exploitation, trafficking and forced labour. It was undertaken to inform...

Recent labour immigration policies in the oil-rich gulf: How effective are they likely to be?

This paper details the recent immigration policies in the six oil-rich countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Saudi Arabia - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)

Saudi Arabia - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition...