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The ILO advances safe and healthy workplaces in Ghana’s cocoa supply chain through WIND training

The ILO’s ACCEL Africa project, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, trained 30 local actors in Ghana’s cocoa sector on the WIND methodology to promote practical, low-cost occupational safety and health improvements,...

ILO Voices | Small and medium enterprise (SME) development

I put my workers at the centre of my business

Gjergj Leqejza is General Manager of a textile business in Albania. Through the ILO’s SCORE Programme, the business improved productivity and increased wages for its workers.

A long road to recognition: domestic workers’ rights in Indonesia

After more than two decades of collaboration, the ILO and its partners have helped bring domestic workers’ rights in Indonesia from the margins to the national policy agenda, advancing stronger legal protection and recognition.

Media voices in Mali: reporting on child labour to help drive change

As part of the ACCEL Africa project, the ILO organized the “Voices against Child Labour” training in Mali to strengthen journalists’ capacity to cover child labour in an ethical, accurate and impact-oriented way. Focused on the realities of...

Podcast

Psychosocial risks at work: The invisible threat to workers’ health

In this episode of the ILO Future of Work podcast, Manal Azzi, team lead on occupational safety and health policy and systems, unpacks what lies behind these risks and how they are evolving in a rapidly changing world of work. She discusses...

Opinion editorial

It’s time to address psychosocial hazards in a changing world of work

To mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Kaori Nakamura-Osaka, International Labour Organization Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, calls for stronger action to protect workers from psychosocial...

Sawmill inspection exposes harsh reality for workers in Mpumalanga, South Africa

A joint inspection at a sawmill in Sabie, Mpumalanga, uncovered alarming working conditions that put workers’ safety, health, and dignity at risk.

ILO–OECD–WHO Working for Health programme

Health workers in Malawi benefit from safer workplace practices

Malawi is improving safety and working conditions for health workers with the support of the ILO. Practical, participatory solutions are implemented, helping reduce risks, strengthen workplace practices and support better quality care across pilot...

Our impact, their voices

Bringing knowledge to the fields: How mobile training is transforming vanilla farming in Timor-Leste

Farmers in remote communities are gaining skills, confidence, and new opportunities through mobile training delivered directly to their villages.

Opinion editorial

The hidden cost of work: Why psychosocial risks matter in the Philippines

In this Opinion editorial, on World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we are reminded that in the Philippines workplace safety goes beyond physical hazards to include unseen psychosocial risks such as stress, long working hours, job insecurity,...

Q&A

Informality, productivity and digital platforms: understanding a persistent challenge

Labour informality remains one of the main challenges in the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean. This interview explores why it is a multi-causal and multidimensional phenomenon, what responses have proven most effective, and how...

The Contributions of the ILO Grant Support Programme to Social Partners and Civil Society Organizations

Let’s hear, in their own words, what the grant support provided by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with the support of the European Union, has brought to social partners and civil society organizations.

Op-ed

Waiting for Godot: The long wait for Indonesian fishers' rights at sea

Albert Bonasahat, ILO National Project Coordinator for the Ship to Shore Rights South‑East Asia: Safe Migration for Decent Work in the Blue Economy Project, highlights that as the 2026 ratification deadline for ILO Convention 188 approaches, the...

The Future of Work

As you know, the world of work is undergoing a significant transformation. Technological developments, the climate crisis, globalization and demographic changes are significantly affecting how we work, which skills we need and even which jobs will...

What are Fundamental Labour Rights?

A fair, safe and inclusive world of work depends on the fundamental principles and rights at work as defined by the International Labour Organization. These rights are universal standards applicable to all workers. Let’s hear about Fundamental...

Ethiopia Showcases Job Centres as Cornerstone of Skills-Led Economic Revolution

On 21 April 2026, high-level EU and Swedish officials visited Ethiopia's Bole Woreda 12 Job Centre to witness the country's employment and labour migration reforms. The visit demonstrated how Ethiopia's coordinated approach to labour market...

Youth employment

Finding a place in tech: A young woman’s story of learning, participation, and inclusion in Viet Nam

A story of Nguyen Phuong Thao, a young Vietnamese woman who turned self-doubt into confidence and became an advocate for gender equity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and green jobs.

South South Cooperation

Ethiopia and South Africa share lessons on Labour Market Information Systems

An Ethiopian delegation visited South Africa to strengthen its Labour Market Information System through peer learning, gaining practical insights on data systems, employment services, and skills alignment to improve coordination and evidence-based...

Kartini National Women’s Day

Reflections of Indonesian youth on working mothers

Indonesian youth share how working mothers shape their lives, ambitions and understanding of equality.

Employment in Focus blog series

Navigating Generative AI’s transformations in ASEAN labour markets

ILO employment specialists in Asia analyse the impact by sector, occupation, gender, and education level and explore implications for future policy responses