News on Fair Recruitment

  1. Global Media Competition winners: Where are they now?

    09 December 2021

    Clémentine Eveno and Dana Ullman were amongst the winners of the 6th edition of the ILO global media competition (2020). One year after the reception of the award, they look back on how they have benefited from this experience.

  2. Measures discussed to reduce exploitation of Overseas Pakistanis in recruitment process

    23 November 2021

    An awareness raising and policy dialogue on promoting fair recruitment practices to reduce possible exploitation of migrant workers from Pakistan was arranged in Peshawar.

  3. Regional launch of the ILO Fair recruitment Initiative (Phase II) for the Americas

    This event will include a high-level opening session titled “Fair Recruitment as a pillar of inclusive recovery across the Americas” with Labour Ministers and government representatives followed by a technical discussion about promising experiences of social partners in the region.

  4. Promoting fair and ethical recruitment in a digital world

    In a collaboration between the ILO, IOM and the UN Network on Migration, this webinar will explore innovative state-facilitated digital technology platforms that assist the recruitment, placement, and/or job matching for migrant workers, and recommendations from a joint report by the ILO and IOM titled “Promoting fair and ethical recruitment in a digital world”.

  5. Ugandan stakeholders adapt the ILO media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment for use in Uganda

    15 October 2021

    Following consultations with various stakeholders and desk reviews that informed the adaptation of the media toolkit, Ugandan stakeholders, with support from ILO, convened on 14th-15th October 2021 to review and validate the adapted media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment. The adapted toolkit will be used to build capacity of media practitioners, for improved reportage and effective engagement issues of on forced labour and fair recruitment.

  6. A game changer for safe and fair recruitment of domestic workers

    11 October 2021

    ILO launches the Hiring Challenge, a new online game designed to improve understanding of what’s needed for fair and safe recruitment of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, China.

  7. ILO helps introduce “Labour migration reporting” in Filipino journalism education

    02 September 2021

  8. National Webinar to launch the Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for Nepali Journalists

    The toolkit provides information and advice to media professionals on how to report accurately and effectively on forced labour and fair recruitment.

  9. IGAD Region Media Competition on reporting Labour Migration

    29 July 2021

  10. Peer-to-peer knowledge sharing webinar on fair recruitment and labour inspection

    Promoting technical discussion and peer-to-peer exchange among experts in the field of labour inspection and recruitment.