News
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.
March 2019
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Middle East and North Africa
Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour
20 March 2019
Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds.
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.
March 2011
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Statement - DG Yemen
ILO condemns repression and killings of peaceful demonstrators in Yemen
22 March 2011
The Director-General of the International Labour Office, Juan Somavia, expresses his strong regret at the failure of the President of Yemen Ali Abdallah Saleh to engage in any meaningful dialogue with the peaceful demonstrators who have called for social, economic and political reform.