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April 2022
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Video
ILO and PROSPECTS delegation visit projects that promote decent work in Iraq
15 April 2022
Visit included meeting workers, youth and trade union representatives in Dohuk.
March 2022
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GB roundup
Highlights of the 344th session of the ILO Governing Body
30 March 2022
The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization concluded on 25 March. ILO News discussed the key elements with Dimitrina Dimitrova, Deputy Director of the ILO’s Official Meetings, Documentation and Relations Department.
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Podcast
Enhancing Durable Solutions - The Nexus and Forced Displacement
03 March 2022
ILO's Chief Technical Adviser for PROSPECTS in the Arab States region, Shaza Al Jondi, joins other specialists from UN agencies and NGOs to explore the relationship between forced displacement and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDPN) approach, highlighting good practice examples, key challenges and emerging opportunities.
February 2022
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Skills stories
Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities
10 February 2022
A joint project by the ILO and the government of Germany (through the KfW Development Bank) provides skills through vocational training for Syrian refugees and Jordanians in host communities.
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ILO in action
Prospects for responding to forced displacement in Lebanon
04 February 2022
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Shaza Al Jondi, speaks from Lebanon about the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS), which aims to help forcibly displaced persons and their host communities tackle the challenges caused by displacement. Together with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, the project will run until 2023.
January 2022
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Video
ILO PROSPECTS: teaching life skills through football and women setting a new social norm in Egypt
31 January 2022
Soft skills enable youth to find decent employment and makes them resilient to economic shocks.
December 2021
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Video
The role of cooperatives in forced displacement
16 December 2021
This video captures the contribution of cooperatives in the forced displacement contexts to improve livelihoods of both host communities and refugees. It brings together evidences from the field and summarises application of cooperatives' experiential learnings within PROSPECTS Partnership. It shares examples of cooperative contributions to livelihoods of host and refugee communities in Jordan, Uganda and Turkey.
November 2021
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Video
ILO and cooperatives raise awareness, promote labour rights on farms in Jordan
24 November 2021
The ILO and a number of agricultural cooperatives are working together to ensure that workers are well informed of their rights and responsibilities at work through awareness raising sessions held on farms.
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Social protection
Social protection for migrant workers, refugees and their families
08 November 2021
4.1 billion individuals worldwide have no access to social protection. This includes millions of migrant workers, refugees, and their families. They face legal and practical challenges to access social protection. Many options exist to secure and maintain social security rights across borders and address the protection gaps, inequalities and discrimination evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 2021
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ILO in action
Entrepreneurship skills for Venezuelan migrants and refugees
15 September 2021
ILO Chief technical advisor, María Olave, explains how the ILO has provided entrepreneurship training to Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador and Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over five million Venezuelans have become refugees and migrants in recent years, the majority of whom are living in neighbouring countries in Latin America.