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Financial resilience through Village Savings and Loans Associations: The Story of Vida Amponsah

In Ghana’s cocoa-growing community of Nsuontam, 57-year-old grandmother Vida Amponsah has transformed her life through a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) supported by the ILO’s ACCEL Africa project.

From survival to success

ILO training sparks a new generation of entrepreneurs in Baidoa, Somalia

In Baidoa, Somalia, small traders are transforming their livelihoods through the International Labour Organization’s Improve Your Business (IYB) training. Once focused solely on day-to-day survival, 100 local entrepreneurs, including women like...

Zambia joins global push for democracy that delivers decent work

Solidarity House was abuzz on 07 October 2025 as Zambia joined the world in commemorating the 2025 World Day for Decent Work, under the theme: “For Democracy that Delivers Decent Work.”

University of South Africa Labour Law Conference, ILO highlights the last 30 years

South Africa’s Labour Law journey through the lens of International Labour Standards

Beneficiary story

From exploitation to leadership: Yana's fight for justice

Behind the statistics on migrant labour lies a story of courage. Yana, a domestic worker who took on exploitative recruiters and found strength in solidarity.

AI and Work

AI's double-edged sword: A new frontier for employment of people with disabilities?

This article explores how artificial intelligence can both empower and disadvantage persons with disabilities in employment. It highlights the ILO Global Business and Disability Network’s efforts to promote responsible, inclusive AI that enhances...

Impact story

Rural Employment Services: Empowering communities through local partnerships in Kenya

Through the Rural Employment Services model, the ILO and refugee-led organisations like Dadaab Refugee Voices are helping refugees and host communities access training, job opportunities, and livelihoods – creating pathways to decent work and...

Beneficiary story

My leadership story: Ningsih’s journey from quiet worker to confident organizer

Through leadership training supported by PERTIMIG, IDWF and the ILO, Ningsih has grown from an individual worker into a community leader inspiring change for migrant domestic workers in Malaysia.

Creating decent jobs through infrastructure: EIIP’s impact in Francophone West Africa

With ILO support, countries are applying employment-intensive approaches to create decent jobs, strengthen local capacities, and build resilience in communities.

Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

Skills financing: An eroding pillar of social development?

Investments in skills are instrumental in achieving social and economic goals. From the perspective of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, skills are important to achieving SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, SDG 4 which includes TVET, and...

Digital innovation

From West Java to East Java: Advancing digital transformation in Indonesia's dairy farming

A dairy cooperative in Pangalengan, West Java, is pioneering the first digitally integrated dairy operation with support from the ILO. The achievements of Pangalengan are now being expanded to three additional dairy cooperatives in East Java.

Article

The care economy in crisis: a driver of recovery, resilience and peace

In crisis and displacement settings, the care economy plays a pivotal yet often overlooked role. When families face the consequences of conflict, forced migration or climate shocks, the burden of care intensifies—falling disproportionately on women...

Podcast

How Europe can adapt to an ageing population

In this episode of the Future of Work podcast, ILO economists Sabrina de Gobbi and Stefan Kühn explore what a shrinking European labour force means for the future of work, and the policies that can help labour markets adapt.

Social protection

Lebanon scales up domestic financing for the National Disability Allowance

The move signals a steady shift from reliance on development partners to national ownership and financing, underscoring the government’s commitment to the right to social security and the rights of persons with disabilities.

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Country Director Designate sees endless possibilities despite complexities of humanitarian-development operations

In the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, women and youth are gaining the skills they need to build brighter futures. The Country Director Designate for the ILO Office in Bangladesh, Max Tunon, visited project activities to see how skills...

PROSPECTS Impact

Unemployed graduate builds her own business with ILO's support

With support from the ILO’s Youth-to-Youth Fund (Y2YF), Amal Irshad Abdirahman, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, transformed job rejections into success, turning her homemade beauty products into a thriving business that’s changing lives in Jigjiga,...

Opinion piece

Social justice: The key to shared prosperity

Opinion piece by Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Research Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Bumi’s baskets don’t break and neither does her spirit

Bamboo shavings scatter across the floor as Bumi Rakhaine bends over her work, each cut and each weave shaping not just a basket, but a future she dares to dream of. Bumi, who lived in South Chaowfaldandi of Cox’s Bazar, is a mother, a wife, and...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Cutting through barriers: Tania’s journey in a man’s world

The first time Tania picked up a saw, her hands trembled. Not from the weight of the tool, but from the weight of everyone's stares. In the bustling, male-dominated furniture market of Cox’s Bazar, a woman building a chair was something people...

Impact story

Turning prosopis into green jobs in Kenya

In Turkana County, an invasive tree is bringing jobs for local residents. Through Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP), ILO PROSPECTS and Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), communities are transforming prosopis from ecological...