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Director of Social and Labour Affairs at NECA Nigeria, speaks about the importance of social protection

Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) representative highlights the vital role of social protection in eliminating child labour. Collaboration among employers, government, and communities is key to safeguarding children.

Lesotho charts a new path in Public Service labour relations

Informality

ILO report spotlights innovative approaches to tackle informality in Asia and the Pacific

From digital tools to integrated policy reforms, new ILO findings highlight innovative strategies across the region aimed at promoting formal employment and protecting the rights of 1.3 billion informal workers.

Memorandum of Understanding signed to drive sustainable development and decent work in Waterberg District

Gender equality

How Narok County in Kenya is ending female genital mutilation and opening doors to opportunity

Narok County’s adoption of the Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Policy implementation matrix marks a powerful step forward in the fight to protect girls' rights, advance gender equality, and create pathways to decent work for women.

East and Horn of Africa Strengthen Labour Migration Governance Through Social Dialogue

Enhancing the Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Labour Migration Governance, the Third High-Level Labour Migration Governance in the East and Horn of Africa

Our impact, their voices

Towards sustainable and inclusive palm oil companies and plantations in the heart of East Kalimantan

Since the early 2000s, various palm oil companies have pioneered the largest economic developments in East Kalimantan. Now, the focus is on the ongoing improvement of occupational safety and health (OSH) in the palm oil sector for all workers and...

Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

Can we bridge jobs and economic policies while ensuring rights are protected and no one is left behind?

In the past five years, the world of work has faced unprecedented social, political and economic challenges including a pandemic, the explosive growth of Artificial Intelligence, and an increase in destructive climate events, among others. Podcast...

World Forum for Local Economic Development

Local economic development fuels the transition to formality

Local economic development plays a vital role in transitioning businesses and workers from informality to formality by fostering job creation, improving infrastructure, simplifying regulations, and expanding access to finance and markets.

ILO Training combats child labour through entrepreneurship in Kenya

ILO boosts child labour prevention in Kenya by training vocational instructors in entrepreneurship to empower youth with sustainable livelihood skills.

VI World Forum for LED

Local economic development key to jobs and peacebuilding in conflict zones

At the 6th World Forum for Local Economic Development, the ILO underscored how local economic development can create formal jobs, foster peace, and support crisis recovery through inclusive, conflict-sensitive, locally-led approaches.

Impact story

Sweet success: How ILO training supported an enterprise to grow

Yollanda Mambeu's pastry shop, Yoyo’s Yummy Cakes and Baking Supplies, has become a household name in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since opening her first shop in the high-density suburb of Dangamvura after COVID, her business has seen phenomenal growth

Impact story

Transforming Somalia: Infrastructure and job initiatives empower displaced people and local communities

Through employment-intensive infrastructure projects, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and host community members are gaining access to improved roads, better job opportunities, and a brighter future.

Revising the formulas for dispute resolution in Sri Lanka’s education sector

Sri Lanka's vast and complex education sector boasts high-literacy rates and near universal enrolment, yet faces  deep-rooted challenges and systemic gaps, worsened by COVID-19 and economic crises. In any such multifaceted system, disputes can...

Compilation of four videos

Care & Support - A joint podcasts series by the ILO and KBR on the care economy

"Care & Support" is a podcast series jointly produced by KBR radio and the ILO Indonesia that features casual talks about family and community empowerment through comprehensive care initiatives, spanning from childcare services to elderly support,...

From exclusion to employment: A woman’s journey in Lebanon’s construction sector

Oum Metres, a mother of three young boys and one girl, lives in the town of Damour, Lebanon. She shares her journey of stepping into an unconventional role in her community, working in construction and rehabilitation as part of the Damour Irrigation...

Photo-story

Revising the formulas for dispute resolution in Sri Lanka’s education sector

Sri Lanka’s education sector has high literacy and enrolment, but faces deep challenges worsened by crises. The ILO is promoting workplace forums to resolve disputes and improve equity, labour peace, and service delivery in key sectors.

Video

Empowering Thailand's Automotive Industry: Skills Development for Responsible Business Conduct

Photo essay

Microfinance initiative supports young people, farmers and workers in Lebanon

By providing subsidized loans and training, the ILO supported over 1,550 Lebanese and Syrians, creating jobs and building resilience amid Lebanon's multilevel crisis.

Video

Entrepreneurs fight malnutrition & women's health challenges in Uganda

Empowered through the ILO and UNICEF’s iUPSHIFT programme, refugee and host community youth in Uganda are driving change—tackling malnutrition with soybean products and improving women’s health with local remedies. See how innovation is transforming...