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  1. Better Work Jordan, national partners discuss need for sustainable MHPSS service delivery to garment workers

    24 March 2022

    Workshop examines key findings of the study, “Assessment of Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Mental Health: The Garment Industry in Jordan”

  2. How can the ILO contribute towards trade union revitalization?

    24 March 2022

    The COVID-19 Pandemic has opened new opportunities for trade union revitalization. Discover how can the ILO contribute towards the strengthening of trade union movement around the world.

  3. ILO supports key partners to deliver employment and career guidance in Lebanon

    17 March 2022

    A three-day training focused on ILO’s “Career Guidance and Employment Services: How to Choose my Future Profession,” a training tool for institutions providing employment and career guidance for jobseekers.

  4. Fragility Forum: Economic Opportunities for the Forcibly Displaced

    15 March 2022

    Maha Katta, ILO Senior Resilience and Crisis Response Specialist for Arab States joins the World Bank and UNHCR to discuss the development approach to forced displacement, with a focus on refugees and host communities in Jordan.

  5. New strategic plan set to revitalize the Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry

    10 March 2022

    The ILO has played a key role in revitalizing an important institution for peace and reconstruction in the conflict-afflicted country

  6. Rural women develop skills in Iraq's date palm sector

    07 March 2022

    Women employed on farms take part in an ILO capacity building training programme to foster skills, entrepreneurship and decent employment in the field of agriculture.

  7. ILO supports rural women in Basra to develop their skills in the date sector

    07 March 2022

    An ILO capacity building training programme for rural women in Basra seeks to foster skills, entrepreneurship and decent employment in the field of agriculture, funded by the European Union.

  8. Enhancing Durable Solutions - The Nexus and Forced Displacement

    03 March 2022

    ILO's Chief Technical Adviser for PROSPECTS in the Arab States region, Shaza Al Jondi, joins other specialists from UN agencies and NGOs to explore the relationship between forced displacement and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDPN) approach, highlighting good practice examples, key challenges and emerging opportunities.

  9. Qatar rolls out virtual reality training for labour inspectors

    01 March 2022

    In an effort to improve safety and health at work and enhance the capacity of labour inspectors, Qatar’s Ministry of Labour and the ILO designed a virtual reality training which recreates a construction site and common safety and health issues.

  10. With support from the European Union, ILO, UNICEF, and WFP partner with the Kurdistan Regional Government to reform social protection

    01 March 2022

    The joint programme contributes to social protection reform by adapting, expanding, and innovating social protection responses to address the immediate needs of women, children, their families, and workers in the informal sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.