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  1. Training of skills-training providers to improve practice orientation

    The ILO holds workshop to train practitioners on competency-based training (CBT) and community-based training for economic empowerment (TREE).

  2. Jordan Pay Equity Campaign advocates for closing the pay gap by challenging gender stereotypes

    03 March 2017

    Very often, the same jobs are given two different titles according to the worker’s gender. Such stereotypes may lead to a difference in wages. ILO partner Jordan Pay Equity Campaign conducted a social experiment to help identify people’s understandings of women and men’s roles in jobs of equal value.

  3. ILO, Gallup to publish joint report on International Women’s Day

    28 February 2017

  4. ILO to train future labour inspection trainers in Kuwait

    The ILO International Training Centre will deliver a comprehensive training methods workshop to upgrade training, techniques and facilitation for labour inspectors at Kuwait’s Public Authority of Manpower

  5. ILO to bolster inspection of occupational safety and health in Kuwait energy sector

    The ILO International Training Centre will hold a training course with occupational safety and health inspectors of Kuwait’s Public Authority of Manpower to cover guidelines for inspection activities in the energy sector.

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    Decent work for social justice

    20 February 2017

    On World Day of Social Justice (20 February), ILO Director-General Guy Ryder underscores the challenge of bridging the social and economic gaps which have arisen as a result of growing inequality.

  7. ILO and the Domestic Workers Union in Lebanon host a strategic planning workshop

    Union members agree on a framework to increase recognition of the union in Lebanonز

  8. Palestinian Prime Minister launches Cooperative Sector Strategy

    15 February 2017

    Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah referred to the need for improved regulation and administration of the cooperative sector as well as support for the implementation of the recently adopted strategy, which was developed with the support of the ILO.

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    New report highlights opportunities and challenges of expanding telework

    15 February 2017

    New ILO-Eurofound report shows that the use of modern communication technologies facilitates a better overall work-life balance but, at the same time, also blurs the boundaries between work and personal life.

  10. ILO/GCC Sub-regional Workshop on Enterprise Development in the Gulf Region: Establishing an Enabling Environment and Building on Best Practices

    The ILO Regional Office for Arab States is organizing a workshop with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to promote the ILO-ILC2007 Conclusions on Sustainable Enterprises. This is a part of an ongoing cooperation agreement between the ILO and the GCC.