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February 2022
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Better Work programme
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.
October 2020
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© Fahad Abdullah Kaizer/UN Women 2022
Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impact ripples through supply chain
21 October 2020
Collapsing consumer demand, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports have taken their toll on the Asia Pacific garment industry, says a new ILO report.
May 2018
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© ASIF HASSAN / AFP 2022
Pakistan
Victims of 2012 Ali Enterprises factory fire receive additional compensation
20 May 2018
Victims of the September 2012 Ali Enterprises factory fire and their families start receiving payments from an additional compensation fund following negotiations enabled by the ILO.
January 2018
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GE4DE Project
Finding our paths: Pakistani women tell their stories of empowerment through decent work
11 January 2018
Listen to the inspiring stories of women in Pakistan who have carved a place for themselves in the world of work. Their experiences are part of a Canadian-funded ILO project, which aims to promote gender equality at work and enhance women’s skills and employability in Pakistan.
May 2016
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© STR / AFP 2022
ILO Statement
ILO to coordinate compensation process for victims of Ali Enterprises’ tragedy
26 May 2016
The ILO will facilitate compensation for workers injured in a 2012 factory fire in Karachi, Pakistan.
October 2014
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Video interview
Humaira Bachal: Empowering Young Women in Pakistan
03 October 2014
Humaira Bachal is a young activist for women education in Pakistan. She created the Dream Foundation Trust which earned her the “Women of Impact Award” in New York in 2013 making her an instant celebrity. In this interview she discusses her journey and the new trend of women and girls activism in her country.
April 2014
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Tackling child labour in Pakistan
A teacher like Baji
28 April 2014
Rubina’s story was told by representatives of the Punjab Literacy Department attending the South Asia Labour Conference recently held in Lahore. They were there to emphasize the close links between literacy, education, skills, employment and income.
February 2014
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Gender equality
Underrated, underreported: Working women in Pakistan
03 February 2014
Gender stereotypes are common in Pakistani media and continue to make it difficult for women to play an equal role in the country’s workforce. A recent ILO project focuses on Pakistani journalists themselves, using media to re-shape public perception about working women.
June 2013
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World Day Against Child Labour 2013
From classroom to college – A champion for child workers
12 June 2013
When Farzana Hassan began teaching a handful of child labourers at an ILO project in Pakistan, she never imagined that, years later, she would have turned her classroom into a fully-fledged college for girls.
September 2012
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Safety at work
ILO announces action plan to boost workplace safety in Pakistani factories
17 September 2012
ILO sets out a series of short and medium-term measures in response to the deaths of more than 260 workers in a garment factory in Karachi.