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  1. ILO to hold training workshop on responses to working street children

    Participants from a number of countries in the Arab States and North Africa regions will meet to exchange experiences on how to tackle the problems facing nations with working street children.

  2. ILO launches first academy on decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states

    05 December 2016

    ILO Regional Office for Arab States and the ILO International Training Centre in Turin have launched the first international academy to promote decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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    New strategies to reduce informality in domestic work

    05 December 2016

    A new ILO report calls for a combination of incentives and compliance to reduce high levels of informality in domestic work.

  4. Enabling policies for persons with disabilities are crucial to achieving SDGs

    03 December 2016

    People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. However, their right to productive employment and decent work is frequently denied.

  5. Asia, Pacific and Arab states Ministers meet to discuss job creation, equality and social justice

    02 December 2016

    Policy makers, academics and civil society groups from throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Arab states will meet at the ILO 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting to discuss strategies for creating jobs and promoting equity and decent work.

  6. Everyone needs to be aware of slavery and know how to fight it

    02 December 2016

    "The right to be free of forced labour is both a fundamental labour right, as well as a human right", says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in his message for International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

  7. ILO’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis

    01 December 2016

    Presentation on the ILO's Syrian Refugee Crisis Response: RBSA Success Story from Jordan

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    Employment is key in the life cycle approach to HIV

    01 December 2016

    "AIDS is not over. With the finish line in sight, we need to keep our foot on the accelerator and reinforce the role of the world of work as a strategic stage in the life cycle approach to HIV," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

  9. Better skills and more formal employment for Syrian refugees

    29 November 2016

    A new ILO project supporting the objectives of the London Syria conference aims to build skills and formalize employment status among Syrian refugees in Jordan’s construction and agricultural sectors, and improve job prospects for Jordanians in local communities hosting the refugees.

  10. Building skills and formalizing employment for Syrian refugees in Jordan

    29 November 2016

    The ILO is implementing a new project in Jordan aimed at helping Syrian construction workers obtain permits, occupational certificates and social security enrolment. The UK-funded project is part of wider efforts to help formalize the work of Syrian refugees in specific sectors in Jordan. Some of the workers explain what it means to them to be formally employed in the country.