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ILO Voices | Women in management

I want to be a leader for Gambian youth

At the age of 22, Sainabou Jammeh is one of the first women in The Gambia to be managing Director of a construction company. She co-founded the company after participating in the ILO’s Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP).

ILO and partners hold training on Child Labour Monitoring System in Iraq

The system, developed with the support of the ILO, identifies vulnerable children at risk of or already in child labour and refers them to the relevant actors to receive the needed support.

Our impact, their voices

Slavery: a subject too sensitive for journalists?

While some newsrooms are reluctant to tackle the subject of slavery, Malian journalist Maliki Diallo conducted an investigation on slavery that earned him a prestigious prize. Discover his testimony.

ILO Voices | Social dialogue

I am a champion for migrant workers

Digitally and financially empowered MSMEs in Uruguay – Lesson learnt from a successful collaboration with ANDE during the COVID-19 pandemic

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the main sources of employment worldwide. However, access to adequate financial services is a key challenge to their development. The ILO believes that financial education is one path to support MSMEs....

Emerging Insight: Shifting staff mind-sets around loan repayments

ILO Voices | COVID-19 Response

New skills helped my business recover from pandemic

Juanda Badaru, who lives with a disability, saw his small business income halved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then his business expanded after he took entrepreneurship and small boat engine maintenance training.

Producing actuarial analysis with limited data – ten lessons from Myanmar

As part of ILO’s efforts to strengthen social security, the SP&PFM-Myanmar project work included a range of analysis including (1) undertaking an actuarial analysis and costing of the proposed unemployment insurance scheme set out in the 2012...

Creating decent jobs for youth through digital transformation

ILO, ITU and AU host online event about scaling up initiatives that harness Africa’s digital transformation to create decent jobs for youth

On 16 February 2022, the International Labour Organization (ILO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and African Union (AU) organized an online event, entitled “Creating decent jobs for youth through digital transformation”. The webinar was...

Helping people start their day

Steve Kober, Master Coffee Roaster, Graffeo Coffee, San Francisco, California

Op-Ed

The role of career guidance in a changing world of work

Human-centered career guidance and employment services can support the transition or re-entry of job seekers into employment, meet the needs of enterprises and contribute to economic priorities.

Op-Ed

Including migrants in post-COVID-19 recovery

Getting back on track after COVID-19 and enhancing the contribution of human mobility to sustainable development will require better integration of migrants with the communities that host them.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Francesca Ottolenghi, Chief of International Relations, EU Policies, International Development Cooperation and Internationalization Office,...

“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...

Skills for Prosperity Programme in Indonesia

Employers and educators vow to address discrimination and harassment in the maritime industry

ILO-UK programme’s training helps bring new perspectives to stakeholders and strengthen their commitment to mainstream anti-discrimination and anti-harassment measures in the workplace.

InfoStories

The gender gap in employment: What's holding women back?

Around the world, finding a job is much tougher for women than it is for men. When women do find jobs, these tend to be low-quality jobs. Explore the data behind the trends.

The first winner of ILO’s One Minute Video Competition (KOVID)

OSH and COVID-19 for Indonesia’s traditional market vendors

Meysha Fatmawati shared her inspirations and journey to produce the winning animation video about the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) for traditional market vendors. Her video beat more than 400 participating videos.

Skills stories

Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania

Zainab is only one of the hundreds of Tanzanians who participated in the apprenticeships programme carried out by the ILO in collaboration with local partners, and with the support of the Government of Norway.

Skills stories

Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science, the ILO project, “E-TVET in Ukraine: Training continuity and modernization during COVID-19 and beyond,” helped to develop quality e-Learning solutions for technical and vocational...

Skills stories

Equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

The ILO’s work in Bangladesh focuses on competency-based training and assessment linked with the modern day job market to facilitate lifelong learning and access to Decent Work.

Skills stories

Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities

An ILO project financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ, through KfW Development Bank provides skills through vocational training for Syrian refugees and Jordanians in host communities.