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Voices from the ILO PROSPECTS

Refugee designer grows fashion business in Kakuma, Kenya

With support of the ILO, Christine Fazili Kalibanya turns a single sewing machine in Kakuma into a six‑machine fashion workshop that produces gowns and kitenge bags while training other refugee women to earn their own livelihoods.

Informal employment

Tackling informal employment in the Caribbean through policy action

ILOSTAT blog

Understanding the scale of human trafficking for forced labour

ILO, UNODC, and IOM collaborate to develop global statistical guidelines.

Child labour

Dumpsites to dreams: A symphony of hope to end child labour

Alibai, who often had to quit school to work in a dumpsite, found new hope when an ILO project in the conflict-affected Bangsamoro region in the Philippines launched a Child Labour Monitoring System to tackle child labour and keep children in school.

International Labour Review Blog

Can local industrial relations improve working conditions in global supply chains?

Based on research recently published in the International Labour Review, this blog draws on data from the Better Work programme in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Nicaragua and Viet Nam to show how unions and collective bargaining...

Wilfred Jenks Lecture Series

Jan Klabbers: Change in International Organizations - The ILO and Global Political Economy

In “Change in International Organizations: The ILO in the Global Political Economy”, Professor Klabbers aims reflexively to connect change in the structures and policies of international organizations to changes in the political-economic...

International Labour Review Blog

Is technology fueling self-employment – or forcing it?

This ILR Blog explores how AI and automation are reshaping self-employment across Europe. It shows that while technology can create new opportunities for some, it also risks pushing others – especially low-paid workers – into precarious solo work.

South Sudan Strengthens Trade Union Role in Peace, Resilience, and Migrant Worker Protection

A two-day workshop on the role of trade unions in consolidating peace, resilience, and the protection of migrant workers.

From factory floor to championing workers in Jordan garment sector

With guidance from their union and the ILO, Amal and Ahlam are helping garment workers raise concerns and resolve issues through social dialogue.

From Factory Floor to Leadership

ILO Women Leadership Development Programme transforms careers in Ethiopia’s garment and textile sector

An ILO Better Work initiative is transforming Ethiopia’s garment sector by empowering women workers to step into leadership roles. Through targeted training and mentorship, the programme has seen remarkable success, 70% of its trainees have been...

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation (SMEDCO) effect

Leading with Decent Work

Somalia Holds Tripartite Executive Roundtable on International Labour Standards Reporting

A two-day Tripartite Executive Roundtable in Mogadishu to strengthen national capacity for the implementation and reporting of international labour standards (ILS), with a particular focus on labour migration governance.

ACCEL Egypt

ILO study paves way for revising wages of Egypt’s jasmine pickers

In social dialogue sessions with tripartite stakeholders, a recent ILO-led income assessment laid the foundation for fairer wages for jasmine pickers, to support families and reduce child labour.

ILO advances its support programme to Syria’s garment and textile industry

"Weaving Hope" initiative in the city of Aleppo aimed at recovery of the economically pivotal industry in northern Syria.

Empowering youth, building peace: How skills training is strengthening social cohesion in Mozambique

In northern Mozambique, many young people have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and instability. A guide developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and local partners is now offering hope by using skills training to...

Decent Work Country Programmes

Tripartite partners in East Africa unite to champion nationally owned Decent Work Programmes

Arusha Tanzania (ILO News) - In a strong show of unity and purpose, governments, employers, and workers from across East Africa reaffirmed their commitment to championing Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) as nationally owned, action-oriented...

Voices from the ILO PROSPECTS

Lighting up futures: Skills training transforms lives in Ethiopia’s Somali region

With support from the ILO through the PROSPECTS partnership, Mustofa and Abdurehman – from refugee and host communities respectively – turned their lives around through skills training in electrical installation. Today, they are powering essential...

Tanzania holds fourth National Technical Working Group meeting on Labour Migration

Tanzania's fourth National Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on labour migration in Dodoma brought together government institutions, social partners, and the ILO to review achievements under the BRMM programme over the past three years, identify...

Cooperatives in Uganda trained to tackle child labour in coffee and tea sectors

The ILO’s ACCEL Africa project, funded by the Netherlands, equipped 21 cooperative leaders with tools like Think.COOP, Start.COOP, My.COOP, and the Child Labour Training Package to strengthen governance, improve livelihoods, and prevent child labour...

Kenya Builds Frontline Capacity for Safe and Orderly Labour Migration

Strengthening coordination and technical capacity among officers working at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport labour migration desk and the One Stop Shop Centre, which provide end to end labour migration services for outbound migrant workers.