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Empowering trade unions crucial to ending labour exploitation

The Malaysian Government has launched its first National Action Plan to combat Forced Labour. Furthermore they recently ratified the ILO 2014 Forced Labour Protocol and pledged to become an Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder country, hence committing to take...

GB roundup

Highlights of the 344th session of the ILO Governing Body

The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization concluded on 25 March. ILO News discussed the key elements with Dimitrina Dimitrova, Deputy Director of the ILO’s Official Meetings, Documentation and Relations Department.

Accel Africa in Uganda: Donor Visits Project Activities in Buikwe District

On the 29th of March 2022 the International Labor Organization (ILO) together with the representative from the Dutch government visited one of the ACCEL projects being implemented by Nascent RDO in Buikwe District.

I came for a paycheck, but I stayed for impact

Brett Jones, Executive Vice President, Evergreen Cooperatives Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Sonia George, General Secretary of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Kerala

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during...

Voices from our partners: Professor Dynah Basuil Executive Director, Ramon V. Del Rosario Sr. Center for Corporate Responsibility

"The Philippines is a young country. And we have a lot of purpose-driven young people, more vocal about their aspirations and their expectations of how companies need to become more responsible towards their impacts on society"

Philippine National Women with Disabilities Day

An advocate for disability inclusion in the Philippines

Overcoming her visual disability, Maria Criselda Bisda has become a leading voice for disability inclusion in technical and vocational education, as part of the ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme.

Our impact, their voices

Getting a new chance after a life in bonded labour

Shanti and her husband come from a poor community in Kanchanpur, Nepal. In exchange of a piece of land to build a shelter, they got caught in debt bondage. But thanks to Shanti’s unwavering determination, and with the support of the ILO Bridge...

Asia-Pacific labour market insights

E-formalization: A Korean success story

An ILO report Digital solutions and formalization: E-formalization case study on the Republic of Korea highlights the role digitalization has played in Korea’s formalization success story and provides a series of valuable experiences for other...

Child labour

Livelihood support empowers single mother of four to invest in her children’s future

Single parent in Hanoi benefits from the provision of livestock and technical training on pig raising, which yields a sustainable source of income for her to fund the continued education of her children.

Case story

Awareness campaign helps RMG workers’ communities fight against COVID-19

Parvin Akhter introduced mask wearing and hand washing practice in her family (comprising four children and her husband) and encouraged her neighbours to do the same to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading in Munshi Bari, a small community mostly...

Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia

What moves the needle on gender equality in the garment sector?

Dialogue, men’s involvement, good legislation and time. A new report from ILO identifies these and other ingredients of successful actions to eliminate gender inequality in Asia’s garment sector.

ILO Voices | Disability inclusion

Give people with disabilities a chance to work

Despite years of study, it was difficult for Elena Epuri to find a job. Elena has cerebral palsy and uses a walker to help with her mobility. Becoming a mother motivated her to continue her job search and two years ago she was hired by a company...

I had a compelling “why”

Karen Worstell, Senior Cyber Security Strategist, VMware, Denver, Colorado

Paving the road to financial inclusion for rural workers in Nepal

In remote areas of Nepal, rural communities, and especially the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups, do not have access to formal financial services. However, the Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme took up the challenge of...

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With Covid-19, forced labour is more clandestine, but more present than ever before

Peruvian journalist Elizabeth Salazar, winner of the 2018 South American Journalism Award from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for her reporting on human trafficking, tells us about the challenges of investigating such issues,...

International Women's Day

Transforming Indonesian women into entrepreneurs

The ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme in Indonesia has equipped women in coastal villages with practical and relevant entrepreneurial skills.

Social Finance Podcast - Episode 5 - Jane Portas on 6 Moments That Matter & Insuring Women’s Futures

Transcript for the Social Finance Podcast episode "Jane Portas on 6 Moments That Matter & Insuring Women’s Futures".

Generating evidence and informing policy – The SCORE approach to productivity and competitiveness.

The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) hosted a consultative workshop with key government and private sector stakeholders following the conclusion of the 3-year implementation of SCORE programme in Ethiopia.

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ILO supports rural women in Basra to develop their skills in the date sector

An ILO capacity building training programme for rural women in Basra seeks to foster skills, entrepreneurship and decent employment in the field of agriculture, funded by the European Union.