Impact and people
2022
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© Lalima Production 2022
I want to be a leader for Gambian youth
04 March 2022
At the age of 22, Sainabou Jammeh is one of the first women in The Gambia to be managing Director of a construction company. She co-founded the company after participating in the ILO’s Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP).
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Better Work partners with Sri Lankan garment industry stakeholders
25 February 2022
The ILO and IFC’s Better Work programme is launching an ambitious industry-level intervention in Sri Lanka, with the support of the European Union. The shared goal is to strengthen the apparel industry recovering from the pandemic and work toward a future of increased resilience, efficiency, and sustainability.
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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.
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© Nozim Kalandarov 2022
When a woman becomes boss in a man's world
13 January 2022
Entrepreneur, Takhmina Bakhronova, is the first woman to break into the male-dominated taxi business in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe.
2021
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Reflections on migration and diversity – New ILO research
14 December 2021
The ILO has published new research on “The future of diversity”. In an edited volume, scholars and practitioners from various disciplines and backgrounds reflect on the most appropriate interventions to create a more inclusive labour market for all. The authors offer new perspectives on the concept of diversity and the role diversity can play in the world of work of the future.
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© ILO 2022
I reinvented my businesses to survive the pandemic
19 November 2021
Women Entrepreneurs are the backbone of many successful businesses, and their numbers are growing. Meet Peruvian business owner, Alenka Marquina, whose persistence, self-belief and hard work enabled her to adapt her businesses to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic – preserving the livelihoods of her employees.
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Standing her ground
20 October 2021
Rural women and girls play a crucial yet often overlooked role in food security, nutrition, rural development, and building climate resilience. Arulrahini began farming four decades ago. From cultivating in the backyard of her home to breaking norms as an independent woman farmer, she shares her journey.
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Paving the way to gender equality in the STEM industry
11 February 2021
Women in the Philippines have found themselves left behind in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) industry. The ILO Women in STEM project supported by J.P. Morgan is helping women workers gain the soft skills necessary to meet their full potential and career goals.
2020
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At Mbera refugee camp, in Mauritania, the ILO is training young people in building trades
19 June 2020
At the hands-on construction training site of the PECOBAT project, students are building an elementary school for the camp’s children, while learning skills that will make them more employable.
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© P.Q. Hung / UN Women Viet Nam 2022
Viet Nam’s new Labour Code moves from protecting to empowering women
07 March 2020
Vietnamese women have long played an important role in the economy. Now the new Labour Code aims to ensure they receive a fair reward for their contribution, by tackling gender equality and workplace discrimination.