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Social health protection

Fostering inclusion: Advancing social health protection for persons with disabilities in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and...

This report explores the extent to which persons with disabilities in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam are able to access social health protection.

ILO Working Paper 134

Wages in African public administrations: Where do we stand?

By playing a key role in the provision of critical services, such as health, education or security, governments are crucial for the good functioning of societies and social justice. Governments have a dual role to play as employers and as the actor...

Tripartism and social dialogue

Driving Industry Dialogue (DID): Social dialogue for decent work and human rights due diligence in the Thai automotive sector

This publication offers a comprehensive guide to implementing social dialogue in the Thai automotive industry, emphasizing its role in advancing decent work and supporting effective Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) for more responsible and...

ILO Flagship report

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025

The WESO Trends 2025 report provides an in-depth analysis of global labour market trends, highlighting the impacts of slowing economic recovery, persistent youth unemployment, and gender disparities. It examines the structural challenges facing...

Case studies in international labour migration statistics

Promoting the use of administrative data sources for international labour migration statistics in Türkiye

This case study highlights how national frameworks in Türkiye, including legislation, interagency coordination, data sharing protocols, and IT systems for secure data sharing, can help create an enabling environment to promote the use of...

Digital transformation in employment policies

The report examines if and how national employment policies (documented in the ILO’s Employment Policy Gateway) include digital transformation and related topics. It gives a short overview of the ILO’s work on employment policies and the...

Social protection

Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor - Issue 19

The Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor is produced by the ILO under the EU-China project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection (Phase 2)”. It captures latest social security policy development in China,...

CAPSA project

Factors and impacts of the trafficking of girls from Karamoja region, Uganda into Kenya

This study is a call to action for governments, NGOs, and communities to address this transnational issue with targeted interventions.

Fact sheet

Migrant Rights and Decent Work (MiRiDeW), Phase II

The second phase of this project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) collaborates with key government ministries, employers’, workers’ organizations, and civil society organizations aiming to enhance the economic and...

Fact sheet

Policies, Partnership, Learning and Local Empowerment (PPLL): A Project on Child Labour in South Asia

This project aims to contribute to the acceleration of actions against child labour in South Asia.

Fact sheet

Enabling Sectoral Pathways towards Formality for Vulnerable Workers and Enterprises in Nepal’s Informal Economy

This project aims to provide technical support to tripartite constituents to promote the transition towards formality for women workers and enterprises in sectors with high incidence of informality.

Fact sheet

Enhancing Labour Rights in the Informal Economy (ELRIE)

The project aims to ensure that informal economy workers, especially women, can better exercise their labour and social protection rights and benefit from improved access to relevant services and protection. It focuses on three main outcomes.

Fact sheet

Joint EU and UN Programme - Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal

This project seeks to contribute to the full realization of Nepalese women’s and girls’ human rights and agency role, promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and ensure that women, men, girls, and boys, in all their diversity, have access...

Bridge Project II in Nepal

From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labour (The Bridge Project II) in Nepal

The second phase of this project will continue raising awareness and building capacity to combat forced labour through policy advocacy, research, and technical assistance to the government and social partners through the implementation of national...

Fact sheet

Strengthening of Employment Service Centres in Nepal (SESC)

This project aims to strengthen Employment Service Centres (ESCs) to fully deliver their mandate, while supporting the government at the federal, provincial, and local levels to further develop the policy and institutional framework of Public...

Fact sheet

A Systemic Approach to Refugee and Host Communities Livelihoods in Nepal

The second phase of this project sought to improve and scale up market-based livelihood interventions for Bhutanese refugees along with host communities and explore new high-potential sectors of intervention in Koshi Province and provide technical...

Review of the Social Security Law (amended version) 2018 of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

This technical note is issued within the context of the Lao Government’s ongoing revision of the Social Security Law (amended version 2018), scheduled for 2024–25. The purpose of this note is to offer general observations and recommendations...

STRENGTHEN2

Employment impact assessment of parts of the NASIRA risk-sharing facility

What is ESG and how is it related to the work of the ILO?

ESG abbreviates Environmental, Social, and Governance. Initially used by the financial sector to capture related risks, it is now used more broadly to describe environmental, social, and governance factors considered by 1) companies when managing...

Report to the Ministry of Labour, Employment Opportunity and Youth Affairs, Suriname

National roadmap for transforming Suriname’s Public Employment Services (PES) 2025-2028

This roadmap is based on the participatory discussions and outcomes from a workshop held in Paramaribo from 14 to 18 October 2024.