Resources on Iraq

  1. Work Wise Youth: ILO’s new guide to create awareness on youth rights at work

    23 February 2024

    The ILO developed and launched a new guide to support young people, including the ones in forced displacement contexts, to understand their labour rights, in turn empowering them to advocate for fair and dignified working conditions.

  2. Joint Programme Launched to Stimulate Decent Work and Affordable Housing in Iraq

    21 February 2024

  3. ILO and KfW join forces to finance Iraqi small and medium enterprises and foster inclusive growth

    14 February 2024

    A new joint program will work to unlock access to sustainable finance, especially for young and women entrepreneurs.

  4. Transformative potential of public works programme in Iraq’s Ninewa Governorate

    12 February 2024

    With the support of the EU, the ILO and Iraq’s Ministry of Planning held a tripartite discussion to establish the foundations for developing a strategic public works programme in the Ninewa Governorate.

  5. Workshop with Social Security Departments on Challenges and Opportunities for Extending Social Security to the Private Sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    On 11 February 2024, the International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) co-hosted a workshop with representatives of social security offices to discuss legislation, policies and reforms needed to advance the extension of social security coverage to private sector workers in the KRI.

  6. Iraq takes major step forward towards ratifying ILO Convention 190

    26 January 2024

  7. Green Skills for Iraq’s Youth: Italian Funding Paves the Way for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

    25 January 2024

  8. Learning memos: Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts

    23 January 2024

    The learning memos capture key discussions and takeaways from the technical knowledge-sharing event on engaging and developing the private sector in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus organized by ILO PROSPECTS.

  9. Frames of Portraits from PROSPECTS

    14 December 2023

  10. Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities

    13 December 2023

    Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth and decent work for both host and forcibly displaced communities. The exhibition will be on from 14 December to 11 January in its first phase.