Resources on work, peace and resilience
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News
Japan to support youth employment opportunities for refugees and host community in Mauritania
11 April 2019
The project aims at promoting economic self-sufficiency of refugees and peaceful coexistence with host communities through the development of employability schemes and decent jobs in infrastructure construction works.
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News
Employment creation for youth to build sustainable peace in The Gambia: Launch of the employment-intensive construction works
17 October 2018
The project creates employment opportunities for the youth in The Gambia through ILO’s employment-intensive construction approach with a focus on equal and decent work opportunities
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Press release
Japan to support youth employment to build stability and peace in The Gambia
23 March 2018
New project will support jobs for youth through infrastructure works with local resources, skills training and entrepreneurship promotion, with a strong focus on returnees and women.
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Japan Earthquake Project
Research on employment and labour measures in the Post-Great East Japan Earthquake recovery process
01 August 2015
The International Labour Organization conducted in-depth research on employment, labour and livelihood recovery measures carried out by the government and civil society in Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. This report presents findings from the research.
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Article
Nurturing life after Japan’s tsunami
07 July 2015
11 March 2011. The TV screen was showing live images of the tsunami as it struck Japan’s eastern coast. From what the reporter was saying, I quickly realized that the images were of my mother’s hometown, where I had spent my summer vacations as a child. I could not recognize a single thing, it was all gone. It felt like the end the world.
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Video
Decent jobs for working out of disaster
27 April 2015
Japan was struck by a mega-scale earthquake and tsunamis in 2011. To find how the country and people has overcome the disaster, the ILO conducted a study on post-disaster recovery efforts. It was decent jobs that helped people work out of disaster.