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Building Information Modeling

Digital construction skills training opens pathways for Filipino youth

As Building Information Modeling (BIM) reshapes construction and the skills it demands, a new free training will equip young people in the Philippines with skills for emerging digital construction opportunities.

Lesotho trade union leaders strengthened capacity to advance social dialogue

The programme strengthened practical approaches to organising, negotiation and workplace rights, while supporting an action plan for greater trade union collaboration and more effective social dialogue.

Questions and answers

Equal pay in practice: Insights from Lithuania's experience

Tomas Davulis, labour law scholar, professor at Vilnius University, President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania discusses why pay equity can only be addressed through a combination of measures.

Women’s entrepreneurship in Nepal

Stitching a future of her own: From tailoring at home to entrepreneurship

A sewing machine gave Jayamala Sahani Devi from Nepal more than an income of her own. Through tailoring, she is supporting her family, building a more secure future and passing on her skills to around 20 people in her community.

International Labour Standards in action

How International Labour Standards improve working lives: Examples from Central and Eastern Europe

International labour standards do more than protect workers’ rights: they help create fair competition, strengthen economic performance, support resilience during crises, and promote inclusive, sustainable development for workers, enterprises and...

Child Labour

A conversation with Ugandan trade unions

Coffee is one of Uganda’s most important agricultural commodities, supporting the livelihoods of an estimated 12 million people and contributing significantly to national export earnings.

Green jobs

Small businesses embrace greener practices to grow and create new opportunities in Indonesia

From turning aloe vera into a low-waste business to giving traditional herbal drinks a modern appeal, small businesses in Indonesia are discovering how greener practices can help them use resources more responsibly, strengthen their businesses and...

Podcast

What can space teach us about the circular economy?

In this episode of the ILO’s Future of Work podcast, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and Casper Edmonds, an ILO expert on the circular economy and the world of work, explore what living and working in space can teach us about using finite...

Learning from the ILO: How I am preparing my students for a just energy future

Inspired by an ILO workshop, a Sriwijaya University lecturer sees how teaching can spark change and help prepare students to contribute to a just and greener future.

ILO Voices | Refugee inclusion

I am starting over, one repair at a time

After seeking safety in Egypt, Sudanese asylum seeker Alhassan Ali participated in ILO business training. It strengthened his entrepreneurship skills and helped him build a more stable future for his family.

Our impact, their story

Why we helped build Kenya’s first fodder curriculum

In this first-person story, Erick J.O. Ahenda, County Director of Livestock Production in Kajiado, explains why Kenya needed its first standalone fodder curriculum and what it could mean for livestock keepers and young people.

A market systems development model

The silage business helping other businesses grow

An established enterprise in Narok is testing whether it can help new silage businesses enter the fodder market and bring quality feed closer to livestock farmers.

Entrepreneurship and AI

An AI business adviser in your pocket: What we are learning from the ILO’s SABY pilot

The ILO is piloting SABY, a WhatsApp-based AI business adviser designed to give entrepreneurs practical, continuous support. Early experience across Africa shows how entrepreneurs are using AI to solve everyday business challenges, from improving...

Decent Work at the heart of East Africa’s future

As Caroline Khamati Mugalla, Director of the ILO Country Office for the United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, reflects on the months of June, July and August, she is struck by the scale of ambition across the countries the...

Keeping children in school: How a community in Nepal is working to prevent child labour

Three years after being declared a Child Labour Free Zone, a rural municipality in eastern Nepal is showing how local government, schools, families and communities can work together to keep children out of child labour.

News

Ethiopia launches Employment Impact Assessment to strengthen job outcomes of public infrastructure investment

The initiative will show how public infrastructure spending can generate more and better jobs and promote more inclusive labour market outcomes.

Botswana advances decent work with landmark labour reform

With technical support from the International Labour Organization, Botswana’s new Employment and Labour Relations Act marks the culmination of years of tripartite labour law reform with the objective to strengthen respect for workers’ rights,...

Poverty and barriers to education driving child labour in rural Myanmar, new ILO study finds

New research points to an urgent need for stronger livelihoods, safer access to education and better protection for children at risk.

Just transition

Geologist shapes a just transition, sustainable energy in the Philippines

A female geologist, supervisor, and union leader champions a just transition within the Philippines' geothermal sector to ensure a sustainable future for workers and the environment.

Southern Africa turning social dialogue into productivity and decent work

A regional symposium convened by National Economic Development and Labour Council, the ILO and Productivity South Africa identified practical priorities for stronger institutions, inclusive enterprise transformation, better data and regional...