Events and training on labour migration
July 2021
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Labour Migration
Communicating on labour migration in Jordan: training for senior journalists
11 - 12 July 2021
Recognizing the important role of journalists and the media in improving public perceptions of migrant workers through balanced and evidence-based reporting on labour migration, the FAIRWAY Programme held a two-day webinar training on labour migration reporting for 16 professional journalists and representatives of Jordanian human rights associations.
May 2021
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Strengthening and promoting migrant construction workers’ rights in Bahrain through trade union collaboration
26 May 2021
April 2021
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Launch of the ILO Report "Digital Refugee Livelihoods and Decent Work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy"
29 April 2021
The digitization of the world of work is fundamentally transforming how refugees can make a livelihood and obtain employment. A rapidly expanding global digital economy harbours countless new opportunities but it also poses a range of challenges and risks. A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) now explores the growing role of digital economies for refugees, including case studies from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
February 2021
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Virtual launch of the ILO Arabic-language toolkit for journalists
24 February 2021
Join the ILO and a panel of distinguished employers’ representatives, workers’ representatives and journalists on 24 February 2021, to celebrate social justice, discuss ethical reporting on labour migration and discover the new Arabic-language ILO Media Toolkit on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment.
December 2020
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Labour migration
FAIRWAY hosts webinar for Jordanian journalists on reducing discrimination and promoting positive perception of migrants in the context of COVID-19
14 December 2020
The webinar focused on the importance of the role of the media in promoting a balanced public understanding of migration, and rights-based language and reporting styles when reporting on migrant workers. The event is part of a broader FAIRWAY Programme strategy to tackle discrimination against migrants, including through innovative social media campaigns.
November 2020
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Technical Webinar: The role of cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations in forced displacement contexts
23 November 2020
With the aim of highlighting the role and contributions of cooperatives and SSEOs in forced displacement contexts, the ILO COOP Unit and the PROSPECTS programme are organizing a webinar to allow for interactive discussion between practitioners and project implementers.
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Technical Webinar: Key issues on the transition from informality to formality in forced displacement contexts
5 November 2020
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Youth at Heart Virtual Forum 2020: ILO's session on decent jobs for youth
2 November 2020
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up the Youth at Heart virtual forum to address the issues affecting youth around the world. This session will feature an interactive conversation with young people about solutions, including youth-led, to the challenges posed by COVID-19 on themselves and their peers.
October 2020
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Joint Sida-ILO-UNHCR Workshop
Putting Nexus into Practice: Using and Developing Markets to Promote Livelihoods and Decent Work in Fragile Contexts
21 October 2020
How ILO and UNHCR Went from Talk to Walk Using a Joint Approach for Inclusive Market Systems
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Validation workshop: Financial Education programme for refugees, IDPs and host communities
16 October 2020
The main objective of the workshop was to present the ongoing process of adaptation of materials for the PROSPECTS Project and to obtain feedback, opinions and impressions from strategic partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda for the generation of the final version of the manuals.