News
February 2022
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Press release
ILO and tripartite partners hold consultation on draft social security law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
14 February 2022
During the event, participants examined recommendations based on ILO’s legal assessment of the draft law.
December 2021
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Press release
Iraq launches activities to combat child labour as part of nation-wide campaign
19 December 2021
Iraq’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO have unveiled new awareness-raising activities as part of a campaign to tackle the worst forms of child labour in the country.
July 2021
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ILO in Action
Preserve Iraq’s cultural heritage, create decent work
18 July 2021
In the first video story of our ILO in Action series, Chief Technical Adviser, Bashar Elsamarneh, explains how a joint ILO/EU/UNESCO project in Iraq’s historic Erbil City is preserving its cultural heritage, while teaching skills and promoting decent work for local people and Syrian refugees.
June 2021
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Video
ILO project tackles worst forms of child labour in Iraq
21 June 2021
The ILO in Iraq, together with its partners, is implementing a programme which tackles the worst forms of child labour amongst Syrian refugees, internally displaced persons and vulnerable host community members.
May 2021
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Convention No. 184 and Convention No. 185
Iraq ratifies agriculture and seafarers Conventions
27 May 2021
March 2021
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Decent work
From conflict to recovery: Promoting decent employment in Iraq
16 March 2021
The ILO established its first country coordination office in Baghdad a year ago. Maha Kattaa reflects on her first year in Iraq as country coordinator, and sheds light on how the ILO is working with its partners to promote employment opportunities and decent work in the country.
February 2021
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Employment creation
Iraq: Jobs and cultural heritage the focus of new ILO-EU-UNESCO collaboration
24 February 2021
With support from the European Union, the programme will use employment-intensive approaches to create decent jobs and upgrade skills and employment services for internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and host community members, while preserving and rehabilitating cultural heritage sites.
October 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic
Vulnerable workers hardest hit by COVID-19 fallout in fragile Arab states
13 October 2020
Assessments show spike in job and income losses and limited financial capacities to deal with the crisis, making it even harder for vulnerable workers to earn a living.
July 2020
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News
ILO and RDPP launch a partnership to combat worst forms of child labour in Iraq
28 July 2020
The new partnership aims to tackle the worst forms of child labour amongst internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and vulnerable host community members in Iraq.
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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.