Resources on work, peace and resilience

  1. Event

    High-level event on Youth Employment for Peace and Resilience

    Under the aegis of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, the event is co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the Ministry of Employment and Social Security of Spain and the Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations.

  2. News

    United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory launches string of ILO projects in Gaza

    27 April 2015

    James Rawley presides over the launch of ILO projects as part of the UN-wide response to the loss of Palestinian livelihoods and economic opportunity in Gaza.

  3. Publication

    The ‘Disemployment’ Impact of the 2014 Conflict in Gaza: An ILO Damage Assessment and Recovery Strategy

    24 March 2015

    This report focuses on the employment situation before the Israeli bombardments and attempts to quantify the extent of labour displacement – referred to here as disemployment.

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    Gaza reconstruction / Unemployment

    Gaza conflict in 2014 caused hefty Palestinian job losses through destruction of workplaces and productive assets

    24 March 2015

    New ILO study assesses how the Israeli military operation during the latest Gaza conflict caused widespread “disemployment” in the Palestinian territory’s private sector through the destruction of land, structures, capital equipment and tools.

  5. Media Brief

    Media Brief: The "Disemployment" Impact of the 2014 Conflict in Gaza: An ILO Damage Assessment and Recovery Strategy

    16 March 2015

  6. Jobs destroyed by conflict

    Stories of “Disemployment” from Gaza

    10 March 2015

    Palestinians in Gaza tell how they lost their livelihoods due to severe damage to buildings, vehicles, machinery and other productive assets caused by the Israeli military operation during the Israel-Gaza conflict of July-August 2014. These accounts accompany the release of the ILO study “The ‘Disemployment’ impact of the 2014 Conflict in Gaza: An ILO Damage Assessment and Recovery Strategy.”

  7. Skills, knowledge and employability

    Supporting Livelihoods for fishermen and their families in the Gaza strip

    08 November 2013

    The ILO is supporting the post-conflict recovery of fisheries in the occupied Palestinian territory through capacity building, training and value chain analysis.

  8. Refugees

    Palestinians in Lebanon working under precarious conditions

    20 November 2012

    Restrictions in Lebanon do not exclude Palestinian refugees from the labour market but lead to exploitative conditions, a new ILO-EU study says.