All resources: Yemen

Apprenticeship systems

Technical seminar plans ahead for improvement of apprenticeship systems in some Arab States

The ILO and representatives from across the Arab region agree on new plans to bolster apprenticeship systems and address youth unemployment.

Demographic and Labour Market Trends in Yemen

A background paper to frame the interface between the youth employment challenge and the national migration policy. This paper offers an analysis of demographic and labour market trends in Yemen that may prove important to inform policy makers on...

Human Trafficking

ILO and Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights discuss national legislation against human trafficking

The ILO and the Government of Yemen discuss draft national legislation to combat human trafficking and design an effective national strategy to ensure meaningful reform in the country.

Media Advisory

National Workshop on Human Trafficking in Yemen

The workshop will discuss where Yemen stands with the new draft legislation on human trafficking, and how to align the new draft law with ILO Convention No. 29 and its supplementing Protocol and Recommendation.

The Taqeem Fund: Results-based monitoring and evaluation for youth employment in the MENA region: Public-Private Partnership

To support youth employment initiatives and improving the effectiveness of their programs, the ILO initiated work on results-based monitoring and evaluation. This new public-private partnership (PPP) supports a select group of small and medium-sized...

Presentation

Impact Evaluation of Al-Amal Microfinance Bank’s Youth Loan Programme (Yemen): Preliminary results

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

Presentation

Agri-Business Creation Programme (SPARK, Yemen)

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

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

Enterprise development in Yemen

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

From informality to decent work in Yemen

This policy brief focuses on one aspect of socio-economic insecurity in Yemen: the informal economy

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.

Press clippings

Concept Note

Agenda

National Employment Office to launch E-Labour Exchange

The National Employment Office (NEO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) will unveil an electronic labour exchange on Friday (January 25), which enables jobseekers to access online information on job opportunities and occupational data,...

Working children in the Republic of Yemen: The results of the 2010 National Child Labour Survey

The 2010 National Child Labour Survey was designed to provide indicators on three main aspects of children’s lives: economic activity, schooling and unpaid household services. The survey covered 9,571 households containing 67,617 individuals, 23,535...

National child labour survey

Working children in the Republic of Yemen: The results of the 2010 National Child Labour Survey

The 2010 National Child Labour Survey was designed to provide indicators on three main aspects of children’s lives: economic activity, schooling and unpaid household services. The survey covered 9,571 households containing 67,617 individuals, 23,535...

Survey

More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen

A survey shows that 17 per cent of Yemen’s 7.7 million children aged 5-17 are child labourers, most of them performing unpaid work.