Impact and people
2021
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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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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.
2019
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Success is sweet for “Determined Women” from Jordan and Syria
11 July 2019
A group of Syrian and Jordanian women who received ILO support to set up a joint business venture producing and selling sweets and other foods, have found success.
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Supporting farmers in water-scarce Jordan through ILO’s labour-intensive approach
04 June 2019
An ILO project in Jordan supports hundreds of local farmers with the construction of rainwater cisterns to help improve infrastructure and agricultural productivity.
2018
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“Thank you Soma”: ILO documentary explores relationship between migrant domestic workers and Arab youth
18 December 2018
On the occasion of International Migrants Day, the ILO premieres a new documentary that aims to challenge common perceptions about migrant domestic workers.
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Working together in Lebanon
12 December 2018
Women and men, Syrian refugees and host communities work alongside each other building an irrigation channel as part of an ILO project in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.
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Stemming the brain drain: Improving skills for migrants and refugees
07 December 2018
An ILO initiative is helping migrants and refugees get recognition for their existing skills and learn new ones – creating a ‘brain gain’ for them and their host countries.
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ILO training opens doors for Syrian refugees and Jordanians
05 August 2018
Training programme supports members of both communities to find work and generate income through their newly-acquired skills.
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A new chance at employment for Syrian refugees in Jordan
19 March 2018
Syrians forced to leave their country because of the war, now living in refugee camps in Jordan, have a new chance at employment. It's thanks to a job fair at an ILO employment centre for refugees, funded by the European Union.
2017
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Syrian and Jordanian women find sweet success in training and employment project
30 May 2017
Flexible working hours are among the measures that can help boost employment of Syrian and Jordanian women in the sweets-making industry in Jordan.