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Skills development
Kenya turns skills evidence into new curricula
New occupational curricula in Kenya’s tourism and fodder sectors show how labour market evidence can help training providers equip young people and workers with skills that employers need.
Interview
How to strengthen trade union resilience in 2026
Amid growing global instability, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Luc Triangle reflects on the resilience of the trade union movement. With the 114th International Labour Conference expected to shape new...
Video
Child labour in Lebanon’s agricultural sector: Stories from Syrian refugee families
Filmed in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, this video documents the realities of child labour in the agricultural sector among Syrian refugee families. Through testimonies from children, parents and the ILO, it highlights the pressures that push children...
This is social justice
From child labourer to skills trainer in the Philippines
As a child, Jestoni Go Padua worked making shoes to support his family. Jestoni recounts how he became a school instructor and now helps young people build skills for a better future and decent work.
International Labour Review Blog
Automation, recessions, and jobs: What Okun’s Law tells us
Drawing on International Labour Review research, this blog reassesses how automation influences employment over the business cycle, with implications for debates on job losses, jobless recoveries and labour market policy.
International Labour Review Blog
Beyond employees and contractors: Mapping China’s platform-based gig workers
This blog, drawn from research published in the International Labour Review, explores how digital labour platforms in legal services reproduce long-standing gendered inequalities, despite appearing less hierarchical than traditional firms.
Decent work through infrastructure
In Baidoa, Somalia, an ILO road project is creating jobs, safety and dignity at work
As Baidoa, Southwest Somalia, continues to expand, a new road, built by the ILO KFW project, is doing more than easing traffic and connecting neighbourhoods. It is creating decent jobs for displaced people, returnees and host communities, while...
Iraq draws on South Africa’s Public Works experience to advance national employment programme
A high-level Iraqi delegation concluded a study visit to South Africa to draw lessons from the country’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in support of Iraq’s proposed National Public Works Programme. Organized by the ILO under the EU-funded...
Somalia strengthens Rights-Based Labour Migration Governance through Federal-State Engagement
A series of state-level sensitisation workshops held across four Federal Member States of Somalia to operationalise the newly adopted National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) and Private Employment Agencies (PrEAs) Regulation.
East and Horn of Africa Countries Strengthen Labour Migration Governance through Learning Visit to the Philippines
A regional learning visit to introduce participants from the EHoA, as well as EAC and IGAD, to the Philippines’ well-established labour migration governance system, encompassing regulation, protection, reintegration, and social dialogue.
Opinion editorial
AI is changing the way we work - women and youth must not be left behind
In this Opinion piece, the Director of the ILO in the Philippines draws on a new research brief, which highlights how generative artificial intelligence is transforming jobs, and why urgent investment in women, girls and youth is needed ahead of the...
Kenya Reviews Progress on Institutionalising Labour Migration Governance
The 5th Technical Working Group meeting in Kenya examined progress achieved under the BRMM programme and identified priorities for sustaining labour migration governance efforts beyond the project period.
ILO Macro policies
Opening markets, shaping jobs: The EU-India trade agreement
The EU and India have signed a long-awaited trade agreement which promises to reshape trade, growth, and employment across two of the world’s largest markets. ILO experts Radhicka Kapoor and Kee Beom Kim examine what this means for jobs, wages, and...
Voices of Action - Child labour
A library in Argentina protects children from labour in informal settlements
Located near a waste-picking area in José León Suárez, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, a community library offers books, care, and a safe alternative to the streets and child labour.
Voices of Action - Child labour
In Peru, a mother’s decent job becomes her daughter’s path out of child labour
Guadalupe, a 15-year-old girl from Lima, managed to move away from child labour, a reality that still affects more than 600,000 children in Peru. Her story shows how the ILO’s strategies, from promoting decent work for adults to strengthening...
Supporting a more sustainable agricultural workforce in Lebanon
Through its partnership with PlantLab, the ILO’s BOUZOUR project is testing how structured agricultural services can strengthen farm management while promoting safer, fairer working conditions for agricultural workers.
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO-supported coworking hub is expanding opportunities for youth in Ethiopia
Young people in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, are benefiting from the coworking space, where they learn, collaborate and pursue decent work opportunities.
High-level training strengthens negotiation capacity for public service social dialogue in Lesotho
The initiative brings together senior government leaders to enhance negotiation skills in line with international labour standards and recent public service reforms.
Our impact, their story
From child labour to skilled work: Orifa Taiwo’s journey
Forced to drop out of school at the age of ten, Orifa Taiwo spent his childhood working on farms to help his family survive. Today, he is a tailor with his own shop and a renewed sense of purpose. In this first-person story, Orifa shares how the...
Our impact, their story.
Let’s talk it out
At Sri Lanka Railways, workplace forums based on social dialogue are creating a positive shift on-the ground.
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