Publications

2021

  1. Progress report on the technical cooperation programme between the Government of Qatar and the ILO

    17 December 2021

    This document provides an annual progress report on the technical cooperation programme agreed between the Government of Qatar and the ILO for 2021.

  2. Infographic: Making decent work a reality for domestic workers in the Middle East

    16 December 2021

  3. Making decent work a reality for domestic workers in the Middle East: Progress and prospects ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

    14 December 2021

    To mark the tenth anniversary of this historic Convention and to explore the progress made over the last decade, a global report has been produced by the ILO. Recognizing the importance of the domestic work sector in Middle East, the ILO FAIRWAY developed this regional summary of the situation of domestic workers in the region.

  4. On the Road to Universal Social Protection: A social protection floor assessment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

    09 December 2021

    The report provides analysis of the coverage, adequacy and impact of the Palestinian social protection system, and includes a series of recommendations as a basis for future policy dialogue.

  5. The EJN Guidelines for Ethical Reporting on Labour Market Issues in Arab States

    03 December 2021

  6. World Social Protection Report 2020–22: Regional companion report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

    30 November 2021

    This regional companion report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2021–22. Social Protection at the Crossroads – in Pursuit of a Better Future. The regional companion report first gives a global perspective that is taken from the main report and outlines recent developments in social protection systems worldwide. It then highlights key developments, challenges and priorities for social protection in the MENA region.

  7. Thematic brief: Promoting internal labour market mobility in the Arab States

    30 November 2021

    This thematic brief was developed to further discussions during the Africa – Arab States Interregional Tripartite Meeting on Labour Migration on 15-16 November 2021. It sets out the rationale and promising practices for promoting internal labour market mobility, loosely defined as the ability to terminate employment, switch to a different employer, renew a work permit and/or leave the destination country without the approval of the employer, including during the contract period.

  8. Decent Work for Women Programme- Jordan

    29 November 2021

    This analysis serves to lay a foundation for collective efforts aimed at raising awareness on C190 and R206, as well as to identify legislative gaps in Jordanian legislation and to present tangible recommendations on legislative amendments needed to align Jordanian legal framework with C190 and international standards for human rights.

  9. A diagnostic of the informal economy in Iraq

    26 November 2021

    A joint partnership between UN agencies, development partners and the Government was launched to conduct a diagnostic on informality in the Iraqi labour market.

  10. Coping Alone: The state of small-scale enterprises and vulnerable workers in Iraq eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic

    26 November 2021

    This report examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected particularly vulnerable types of enter- prises and groups of workers in central and northern parts of Iraq.