News
December 2017
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ILO announces the four winners of the 2017 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration
18 December 2017
To mark this year’s International Migrants Day on 18th December, the ILO has announced the four winners of its 2017 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration.
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My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package adapted and piloted in Lebanon
15 December 2017
My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package got yet another adaptation when it was adapted to the Lebanese context by the ILO Office in Beirut.
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Social protection is affordable even in most low-income countries
13 December 2017
ILO releases a number of easy-to-use tools and guides, which show that most countries could afford to provide social protection floors if they chose to.
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ILO launches Migration Glossary for Middle East media
08 December 2017
The glossary guides journalists in the region towards rights-based reporting on migration, forced labour and trafficking in persons, as part of an initiative to promote fair migration.
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How trade unions promote decent work for persons with disabilities
03 December 2017
The ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) has launched a report which highlights trade union action to promote decent work for persons with disabilities. ACTRAV talked to the department’s focal point on disability at work, Nezam Qahoush about the challenges persons with disabilities face in the world of work and the role of the trade union movement in promoting decent work for them.
November 2017
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ILO: 4 billion people worldwide are left without social protection
29 November 2017
New ILO report shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all.
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ILO and UNICEF join forces to tackle child labour in Syria
23 November 2017
Both UN agencies stress the importance of integrating efforts against child labour in the early stages of rehabilitating livelihoods in communities that have suffered from conflict, displacement and other crisis situations.
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Weak recovery in youth labour markets demands a sweeping response
20 November 2017
Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work.
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The Ministry of Labour and SADAQA consolidate cooperation towards a more ambitious agenda on childcare in Jordan
17 November 2017
The Ministry and SADAQA sign a Memorandum of Understanding to continue collaboration towards a National Framework for Workplace Daycare Centres, in a process supported by the ILO.
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ILO Work in Fishing Convention No.188 (2007) enters into force
16 November 2017
Landmark Convention will boost global efforts to ensure decent work for the world’s 38 million workers in the fishing sector.