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PROSPECTS Impact

New school, solar power and income for women: ILO brings opportunities for refugees and hosts in Sudan

In Sudan’s White Nile State, the ILO and partners are creating jobs, building infrastructure, and empowering communities through an employment-focused initiative that supports both refugees and hosts.

Decent Work in Construction

National Union of Mineworker's Drive for Change in the Construction Industry, empowering workers

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Yoshiteru Yoneoka, Director of Worker Cooperative Office, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators and other social and solidarity economy actors from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and...

Returned Migrants Celebrate Graduation in Kampala After Intensive Skills and Business Training

Celebrating the achievements of 311 returned migrants (268 women and 43 men) who successfully completed a rigorous training programme designed to equip them with the tools and knowledge to rebuild their lives through entrepreneurship in Uganda.

Beneficiary story

Bangladesh’s employment injury compensation rebuilds Rahul Ruram’s hopes and dreams

Through an employment injury scheme (EIS) being piloted in Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector, Rahul Ruram was not only able to access treatment promptly after an accident at work but was also found eligible for injury compensation.

THAMM Plus

The Egyptian Ministry of Labour and the ILO step up efforts to advance fair recruitment of Egyptian migrant workers within the THAMM Plus...

The Egyptian Ministry of Labour (MoL) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reaffirmed their strong commitment to advancing fair recruitment practices for Egyptian migrant workers under the EU-funded THAMM Plus Programme (“Towards a...

World Day against Child Labour

Ghana marks World Day against Child Labour with strong calls for collective action in Bibiani

This article covers Ghana’s national commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour held in Bibiani on 19 June 2025. Supported by the ILO’s ACCEL Africa project and partners, the event highlighted progress, challenges, and renewed commitments...

World Day against Child Labour

Gesyha’s inspiring journey: A young advocate determines to end child labour

A 15-year-old leader of the Children’s Forum in Kesilir Village, Jember, East Java, shares her journey of breaking tradition and advocating for children’s right to education and creativity.

We are no longer just caregivers. We have become educators and mentors

Jordanian nursery care provider Alaa Al-Shamali tells how ILO training, through the Norway-funded Equality@Work project, has equipped her with new skills and transformed her approach to childcare.

“With the ILO, I’m designing my future”: Aris Gisela and her journey from technology to the world of fashion

From Quibdó, Chocó, 16 year old Afro Colombian student Aris Gisela Martínez Palacio is in her final year of secondary school while combining her passion for fashion design with the tools provided by technology through the SENATIC Project led by the...

Op-Ed

Domestic work is care work: Settling the historical debt to millions of women domestic workers

Think piece

What is not green about market systems development?

Three considerations for your journey towards greener market systems development (MSD) programming.

Op-ed

Not just labour, but lifelines: Recognizing the essential role of Filipino domestic workers

On International Domestic Workers' Day, Khalid Hassan, Director of the ILO in the Philippines, recognizes the vital contributions of domestic workers and reaffirms the need for fair wages, protections and dignity.

International Domestic Workers Day 2025

Tanzania marks International Domestic Workers Day with acts of solidarity and compassion

sustainable value chains

Kenya and Madagascar deepen cooperation to build Inclusive and sustainable value chains

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is strengthening South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) as a catalyst for inclusive growth, with Kenya and Madagascar taking centre stage in a pioneering collaboration to transform the horticulture...

Op-ed

It’s time to recognize Indonesian domestic workers as essential

On International Domestic Workers' Day, Simin Singh, ILO Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, recognizes the vital contributions of domestic workers in Indonesia. This opinion-editorial is published by the Jakarta Post on 16 June 2025.

Op-ed

On the frontlines of crisis: it’s time to recognize domestic workers as essential

To mark Domestic Workers' Day, Kaori Nakamura-Osaka, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the International Labour Organization, explains why an inclusive approach to labour and social protection for domestic...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Tanzania marks World Day against Child Labour with strong call for action and renewed commitments

Beyond access: Shifting financial behaviours to break the cycle of child labour

The note outlines ACCEL Africa’s financial behaviour change strategy to reduce child labour in Africa, highlighting training for local educators, financial education for families, and post-training mentoring in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali,...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Kenya marks world day against child labour with nationwide awareness campaigns and community action