Photos and videos on labour migration

ILO training provides refugee with tools to start his own company

12 August 2021

Dawit Gebre Yohannes, an Eritrean refuge in Ethiopia, took part in the ILO's flagship Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training (delivered in partnership with the regional NGO, ZOA), the world’s largest entrepreneurship development programme. He now has a ready-to-implement business plan and dreams of running his own software company.

Empowering refugees in Indonesia

20 April 2021

The video captures a joint initiative between the ILO and the UNHCR to empower Indonesian youth and refugee youth in Indonesia through entrepreneurship training.

Video: Impact of COVID-19 on youth in Lebanon

17 December 2020

In 2019, the ILO supported a group of Syrian refugee and Lebanese youth to establish income generating activities to promote entrepreneurship and self-reliance among vulnerable groups. COVID-19 has created economic challenges to these youth, many of whom are now trying to find ways to adapt to the new ways of work.

The journey of Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) in Indonesia

30 September 2020

The video captures the journey of DWCP in Indonesia from its first generation to the latest DWCP 2020-2025.

Employment and Peacebuilding for ‘Youth at Risk’ in Lebanon

06 October 2019

Under the framework of the ILO/UNDP/UNICEF project, entitled “Employment and Peacebuilding: Building Bridges Amongst ‘Youth at Risk’ in Lebanon” funded by the Peacebuilding Fund, the ILO provided Lebanese and Syrian refugee youth with non-financial and financial support for the establishment of Lebanese-Syrian joint-income generating initiatives as a way to create employment opportunities and decrease tension among host communities and Syrian refugees.

Tricked and Trapped in Forced Labour

12 April 2013

ILO estimates 600,000 forced labour victims in the Middle East

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