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ILOSTAT blog

How population trends shape our workforce

Ahead of this World Population Day (July 11), the ILO explores how population trends are transforming labour markets around the globe.

ILO and Irish-Aid support development of social accountability tools

Ever since the formation of the Civil Society Social Protection Network (CSSPN) in May last year, Malawi has seemingly improved in its social accountability and efficiency in implementation of social protection programmes. Over 50 Civil Society...

Domestic workers

2024 Thai Regulations on Domestic Work: Are you following the law?

ACCEL Uganda hosts technical workshop to combat child labour through social finance

World Day Against Child Labour

A Commitment to Ending Child Labour through the CAPSA Project

The Africa Deputy Regional Director (DRD) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Coffi Agossou, recently visited Mombasa to review and discuss the ongoing efforts under the CAPSA project.

List of light works: a crucial advancement for children's rights in Mali

ILO PROSPECTS Lebanon supports social enterprise initiatives in Lebanon

Trade union capacity building workshop in Mali on decent work for workers in cotton and gold mining agricultural supply chains as a pathway...

ILOSTAT blog

Advancing the measurement of care work and the care economy: a global consultation for new statistical standards

The ILO is launching a new work programme, at the request of its constituents, aimed at developing international statistical standards, definitions, and measurement frameworks for care work. This comes at a pivotal moment, at a time when there is...

Egyptian government joins forces with ILO to celebrate World Day Against Child Labour

Under the theme “Let’s Act on our Commitments: End Child Labour”, the Egyptian government and the ILO convened a high- level celebration of the World Day Against Child Labour 2024.

ILO in Action

New skills for business growth for Suriname’s agro-cooperatives

Agro-cooperatives help farmers to pool their resources and strengthen their bargaining position. But in Suriname, they face multiple barriers that make growing their business difficult. Thirty agro-cooperatives in the Caribbean country are now...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Walter el Nagar, Executive Director of Fondazione MATER

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

Video interview

Why labour statistics matter

Rafael Diez de Medina, Chief Statistician and Director of ILO’s Department of Statistics explains why labour statistics are important, how they are evolving, and how they can help to address key world of work issues such as skills availability and...

Social protection

Viet Nam's amended Social Insurance Law: a step towards universal coverage

New amendments to the Social Insurance Law bring strong positive contributions to social insurance coverage and adequacy in Viet Nam. Pension integration, extended legal coverage and lump sum withdrawals are some of the key issues tackled by the Law...

World day against child labour 2024: Egypt's commitment to eradicate child labour

Promoting Social Dialogue

ILO Introduces the Self-Assessment Method for Social Dialogue Institutions (SAM-SDI) in Uzbekistan

A two-day workshop in Tashkent empowers the Republican Tripartite Commission of Uzbekistan with tools for autonomous evaluation and improvement.

Beyond the crisis: strengthening nexus coherence for social protection in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Coordination between humanitarian and development actors is critical to the emergency response in the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip

ILO holds training of trainers workshop on occupational safety and health in Syria

Twenty labour inspectors participated in the workshop in Damascus, enhancing their capacity to improve working conditions.

Our impact, their voices

Partnership and business training transforms lives of two Syrian Refugees in Egypt

Through the ILO’s Enterprise Development Programme, two Syrian refugees, Mohamed Khir Khaled Darwish and Mohamed Moataz Abd El Karim, found a new beginning and partnered to open a successful upholstery and curtain workshop, transforming their lives...

ILO holds tripartite workshop on social security convention No.102

Implementing nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors to achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable is one of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal Number 1 (SDG1) on ending...