Impact and people
2022
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Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities
10 February 2022
A joint project by the ILO and the government of Germany (through the KfW Development Bank) provides skills through vocational training for Syrian refugees and Jordanians in host communities.
2021
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© Kıvanç Özvardar / ILO 2022
Skills and lifelong learning: A path to a positive future
09 December 2021
The International Labour Conference continues its discussions on skills and lifelong learning. It’s an issue at the heart of the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work. Read how Syrian refugee, Morshed Ali, transformed his life through skills training and education in host country, Turkey.
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Missed schooling opportunities spur Iman to reach new learning milestones
14 July 2021
A multi-agency programme has provided hundreds of vulnerable Yemenis with life skills, financial literacy, theoretical instruction and on-the-job training, providing them with the means to secure a sustainable income.
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Khuloud’s story: Addressing gender stereotypes and improving livelihoods through skills development
01 June 2021
The ILO is training Syrian and Lebanese youth in skills that are aligned with labour market needs while simultaneously promoting women’s inclusion in “non-traditional” courses for better employment opportunities.
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© Abdel Hameed Al Nasier 2022
A refugee mother determined to provide despite COVID-19
12 January 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, workers' hours were reduced at the farm in Jordan where Syrian refugee Fatima Hussein Al Ahmad lives and works. Resourceful and determined, she found alternative ways to earn money to buy milk for her baby daughter. Read her story on our new Voices multimedia platform.
2018
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“Change starts in your mind”: How Tsehay Berhane found an alternative to migration
07 May 2018
Migrants – mostly women – account for more than 80 per cent of domestic workers in the Arab states, which is the highest percentage globally.
2016
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Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives
26 June 2016
The ILO is working with agricultural cooperatives to help Syrian refugees obtain work permits during a three-month grace period announced by the government of Jordan, in a further step to improve access of Syrian refugees to the formal labour market.
2015
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© Evan Schneider / UN 2022
How workers' cooperatives can help tackle the refugee crisis
09 November 2015
On 8-10 November, an international conference in Turkey discussed, among other issues, ways in which cooperatives can help the growing number of refugees and migrants in today’s world. ILO News spoke with Simel Esim, head of the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit.
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© Dominic Chavez/World Bank. 2022
Cooperatives moving into the care economy
26 October 2015
An interview with Lenore Matthew from the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED), who presented new research showing how cooperatives are increasingly providing care for the elderly, people with disabilities and children.
2014
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Olive festival supports Jordan host communities in face of refugee crisis
21 November 2014
As part of the ILO’s efforts to support communities in Jordan most affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, the 2014 Irbid Olive and Rural Produce Festival brought together local farmers and businesses to showcase products and explore avenues to develop the olive industry.