All resources: Arab States

Social justice for a new Arab era: promoting jobs, protection and dialogue in a changing region

Arab states must move towards an inclusive development model of higher productivity and, together with their citizens, forge a new social contract.

Rethinking Economic Growth: Towards Productive and Inclusive Arab Societies

The report examines Arab labour market trends and structures over the two decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, offering insights into the underlying causes for the uprisings that have since spread from Tunisia across the Arab world.

Global Youth Consultations - Arab States

Youth Employment Projects by the field offices

Domestic workers inthe context of labour migration in the Arab States

Background Note No. 1: National legal frameworks for domestic workers in the Arab States

Regional conference on domestic work in the Arab States to convene in Cairo

Government, worker, employer representatives, civil society groups, diplomatic missions and international organizations will convene in Cairo from 22-24 October to discuss domestic work in the Arab States.

Minimum wage control and development: the Tunisian experience

Governments' Recommendations

Minimum wages: Institutional aspects

Youth suicide underlines ILO call for action on jobs in the occupied Palestinian territory

The recent suicide of a young jobseeker in Gaza City has highlighted the serious concerns raised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) about the precarious situation of workers in Gaza and the West Bank.

Guide for the formulation of national employment policies

This guide for the formulation of national employment policies has been prepared as a capacity building tool for ILO’s tripartite constituents, ILO technical staff and a variety of national stakeholders who are engaged in the development and...

Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Information guide for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

In Lebanon, the International Labour Organization has engaged in a participatory policy dialogue with the Lebanese authorities and civil society to ensure terms and conditions of decent work for women migrant domestic workers. As a result, this...

A manual for gender audit facilitators: The ILO participatory gender audit methodology (2nd Edition)

This revised Manual provides gender audit facilitators with guidelines and practical instructions on how to plan and implement participatory gender audits (PGAs) in an organizational context. It is based on the ILO’s practical experience of piloting...

Time for Arabs to live up to their call for social justice by protecting vulnerable workers

Which Arab country will be the first to ratify the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers?

Freedom of association for women workers in EPZs: A manual

This manual is an easy-to-use, practical tool for trade unions to reach out to women workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) to inform them of their rights and engage them in activities that promote freedom of association and organizing as a key...

Will Arab states ratify historic international labour standards on domestic work?

The situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories remains precarious, ILO says

Realities of the occupation on the ground and the expansion of Israeli settlements, leading to a shrinking space for Palestinian, makes the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories extremely worrying and precarious.

Hard to see, harder to count - Survey guidelines to estimate forced labour of adults and children

These guidelines share the experience gained and lessons learned by the ILO between 2008 and 2010 through quantitative surveys of forced labour and human trafficking undertaken at country level. They aim to provide comprehensive information and...

Effective Protection for Domestic Workers: A guide to designing labour laws

This guide is a practical tool for those involved in national legislative processes and in the design of labour laws, including government officials and representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations.