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ILO transforms lives of women in Iraq through financial skills and business training

This video captures the success of the ILO in empowering Iraqi women entrepreneurs with essential skills and financial support, transforming lives and creating a ripple effect of opportunity and resilience across communities.

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...

Podcast

Want to be an entrepreneur? How to do it right

Running your own business is a dream for many people. It can be a route to independence as well as a way out of poverty – particularly when formal jobs are scarce. The ILO programme SIYB, or Start and Improve your Business, is designed to help...

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Empowering women through fashion and hygiene: The Nouara Initiative

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

National child labour durbar towards the commemoration of the 2024 World Day Against Child Labour in Ghana.

Op-Ed

Formalization key to shared prosperity with workers in Bangladesh’s informal sector

This Op-Ed by Gunjan Dallakoti, ILO SME Specialist in Bangladesh, was published by The Daily Star.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Creating a Literary Haven: The Inspiring Story of Hadi Yahya's Bookstore

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

SCREAM! Combating child labour in Egypt

In Egypt, the persistent issue of child labour undermines children's rights, health, and welfare, while also hindering socio-economic progress. Addressing this critical problem requires innovative and sustainable interventions. The ACCEL Africa...

Cote d’Ivoire celebrates the World Day Against Child Labor in Soubré

Maternity Benefits

Workplace Daycare centers ensure mothers enter the workforce and continue working

The daycare centers have created a conducive working environment with, safe, stimulating, and child-friendly facilities that accommodate the needs of working mothers with infant children and toddlers in the textile and garment factories.

Disability and work

Look at me: ILO training opens doors for young people in Thailand to pursue careers

With his hair dyed orange, Thanakorn Suddai said he wanted to become a barber. As a person with a hearing disability, Suddai learned to cut hair thanks to the ILO-supported hairdressing training, which used visual demonstrations and sign language as...

Beneficiary story

"Micul Odoraș"--Meet Mariana Grigorenco, the force behind the first home-based day-care for small children in Moldova

Mariana Grigorenco is an educator with a master's degree in inclusive education. She has experience working with children with special needs, including autism and various disabilities. She loves being around children, and when she learned about the...

Kenya rallies against child labour to commemorate the 2024 WDACL

HIV/AIDS and Safety and Health

UN Agencies launch joint Effort to end the triple threat in Kenya

UN agencies and the Government of Kenya have launched a joint effort in Homa Bay to tackle the Triple Threat—HIV, GBV, and teen pregnancies—aiming to protect and empower adolescents.

Video

Thailand's auto sector: Skilled workforce and responsible business conduct

Video interviews with workers and employers on equipping Thailand's auto manufacturing industry with a skilled workforce and responsible business conduct for transition.

World Refugee Day

Building hope: Syrian farmer Fatima Tarek Al-Ahmad’s efforts to secure a brighter future for her family

On World Refugee Day, 25-year-old Fatima shares her struggles and strength as the sole family’s breadwinner, showcasing her resilience amid challenges and hard work.

ILO’s emergency response to the Rio Grande do Sul Floods

Rio Grande worst ever floods on record in Brazil

Farming in Lebanon: Aline Tannous Speaks on Hardship and Lack of Healthcare

This video is the last in a short series by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action (CeSSRA) that aims to shed light on the multiple challenges agricultural workers and farmers in Lebanon face...

ILO Voices | Violence and harassment at work

I empower migrant domestic workers by sharing my experiences

As a migrant domestic worker, Win Faidah was abused by her employers. Now she works to raise awareness so that other Indonesian women have the knowledge to protect themselves from exploitation and violence in the workplace.

Workers' Delegates provide their views on the key items on the agenda of the 112th Session of the ILC

During the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference which took place from 3rd of June to the 14th of June, 2024, international delegates representing various Workers' Organizations and Trade Unions around the world expressed their views...