Impact and people
2022
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© Better Work 2022
Helping Women Workers Manage Cultural and Professional Barriers in Pakistan
14 February 2022
Female labour force participation in urban Pakistan is among the lowest in the world. In a new training, home-based women workers learn financial literacy, and perhaps most importantly, self-advocacy.
2021
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A fight for survival amid the pandemic
19 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected workers in the informal economy like Mohalidin. A father of 15 children, he shares his experience and life changing impact basic income and social protection can have for families struggling to survive.
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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.
2019
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The power of small: Unlocking the potential of SMEs
21 October 2019
Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises are responsible for more than two thirds of all jobs worldwide. Explore this InfoStory to find out how the ILO is supporting SMEs to reach their full potential and securing a better future of work for everyone.
2018
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Kazakhstan: Parliamentary Hearings on Labour Market and Youth Employment
28 September 2018
On 28 September the Kazakhstan’s Parliament held hearings, titled “Problems and prospects of development of the employment sphere,” on 28th September. The participants discussed the current state of the labour market, employment, and formalization of self-employed population in Kazakhstan as well as methods to further develop employment of the country in the current context.
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Safety matters: More to life after Haiyan
21 May 2018
Following Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) many workers were pushed to the informal economy where they face hazards at work due to lack of occupational safety and health. The ILO’s SafeYouth@Work Project helps them design and implement training programmes on occupational safety and health (OSH).
2017
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Telling serious things with humour: Mobile theater in Tajikistan campaigns against the informal economy
08 June 2017
Two years ago the International Labour Conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy (No.204). Since then a global campaign has started in different parts of the world to formalize the informal economy. In Tajikistan, trade unions are using theatrics to illustrate the consequences of informal employment.
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© linmtheu 2022
New project website - Supporting transition from the informal to formal economy and reducing undeclared work in Greece
23 March 2017
In Greece, undeclared work remains a significant feature of the economy, despite measures taken in recent years to address the issue.
2016
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© Romel Jacinto 2022
Informal workers’ rights have a home in Costa Rica and El Salvador
26 July 2016
An ILO-supported project aims to counsel informal workers and establish institutional partnerships to create collective strategies to promote workers’ transition from the informal to the formal economy.
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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.