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July 2021
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Our impact, their voices
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.
July 2020
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Blog
Include indigenous people in COVID-19 response
20 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on an already marginalized population in Nepal.
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Blog
My first 100 days in Baghdad under COVID-19 lockdown
15 July 2020
Taking up a new post in Baghdad during the pandemic posed enormous challenges, including inventing new working practices, overcoming prejudice and handling security, but it didn’t prevent the ILO’s new Country Coordinator from making progress in promoting decent work and social justice.
December 2018
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Domestic workers
“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.
July 2017
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Article
High female education and low labour participation rates: IFAD and ILO tackle the “MENA gender paradox”
19 July 2017
Issue explored at policy forum facilitated by a grant-funded project on gender monitoring and evaluation in the Near East and North Africa.
January 2013
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Survey
More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen
15 January 2013
A survey shows that 17 per cent of Yemen’s 7.7 million children aged 5-17 are child labourers, most of them performing unpaid work.
June 2010
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Video
Delegate Dialogues: Fadhle Al-Akel, Member of the Executive Bureau, Sec. Intl. Relations, The General Federation of Workers’ Trade Unions, Yemen (in English and Arabic)
12 June 2010
November 2009
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Video
ILO Technical Cooperation: Building the Capacity to Achieve Decent Work
16 November 2009
ILO TV reports from Liberia, Yemen, China and Argentina where technical cooperation programs are helping build the capacity to achieve Decent Work.
March 2009
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Social Dialogue
Social Dialogue: Creating Employment Opportunities for Yemeni Women
06 March 2009
Successful social dialogue among government, trade unions, employers, is key when it comes to improving gender equality and changing perceptions about women workers. This can be quite a challenge where gender discrimination runs deep. But things can change, even in very traditional societies, like Yemen.