Publications on labour migration
April 2022
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Publication
Integrated enterprise and market systems assessment on the refugee and host community livelihoods in Sudan
20 April 2022
This report details the findings of market assessments conducted on the groundnut and sesame value chains in East Darfur and West Kordofan.
September 2021
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Publication
Rapid assessment of livestock markets in Jigjiga, Ethiopia
13 September 2021
Building on a market assessment of refugee livelihoods conducted in 2018, this rapid follow-up assessment of the livestock sector in Jigjiga identified potential areas of market-based interventions to improve livelihoods of refugees and members of the host communities engaged in the sector.
March 2021
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Publication
Fraught but Fruitful: Risks, Opportunities, and Shifting Gender Roles in Syrian Refugee Women’s Pursuit of Livelihoods in Lebanon with Additional Observations from Jordan and Iraq
15 March 2021
This report was commissioned by UN Women, ILO and UNHCR to provide evidence-based research that can inform current and future livelihoods programming and promote pathways to increase the safe, dignified and sustainable participation and empowerment of displaced women in the labour force.
June 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Impact of COVID-19 on Nepali Migrant Workers: Protecting Nepali Migrant Workers during the Health and Economic Crisis
10 June 2020
The brief provides information on impact of the health and economic crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic on Nepali migrant workers and identifies a number of key recommendations to assist governments and other stakeholders in designing COVID-19 policy responses that can help to ensure the protection of migrant workers.
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ILO/UN Women
COVID-19 and women migrant workers in ASEAN
04 June 2020
This brief explores the multi-dimensional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers in and from the ASEAN region. While women migrant workers in the ASEAN region strive to protect their livelihoods and their health, COVID-19 has presented them with a health crisis, compounded by detrimental impacts on freedom from violence and harassment, employment, income, social protection, access to services, and access to justice. This brief outlines the critical programmatic and policy responses needed. ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, as part of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, is committed to ensuring women migrant workers’ rights are protected and they receive support when and where they need it.
October 2019
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Publication
Final Report: Improving Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees and Local Youth in Indonesia
31 October 2019
In September 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with national partners, launched a pilot project offering community-embedded, activity-based learning opportunities on entrepreneurship, business management and soft skills to refugee and local youth in Jakarta, Indonesia. This final report summarizes the knowledge captured from the ILO-UNHCR pilot programme in Jakarta, which employed an activity-based learning model with heavy emphasis on local community participation.