All articles

The ILO receives an award during Free State Provincial EPWP Summit Awards Ceremony

Extended Public Works Programme

al 8.7 logo

logo

Our impact, their voices

“I realized forced labour was a huge social, economic and political issue”

Sharifa Madraimova is an Uzbek journalist and human rights activist. In 2011, she, like many fellow citizens, was requested to help with the cotton harvest. She refused and instead started writing about her experience. She tells us how the situation...

Op-ed

Domestic workers should be entitled to social protection too

Jointly written by Ms Geraldine Ansart, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Thailand, Mr Graeme Buckley, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Thailand, Cambodia, and Lao People’s...

ILO participates in European Parliament hearing on trade union rights in Belarus

Emerging Insight: Reaching out to new markets: micro, small and medium enterprises in Peru

COVID-19 risk assessment service for business sustainability in the hospitality industry

The COVID-19 risk assessment provided for free by the ILO’s Enhancing COVID-19 Prevention at and through Workplaces helps strengthening the occupational safety and health (OSH) management system in Indonesia’s hospitality industry.

ILO Voices | Local economic development

War in Sri Lanka took everything but I made a new start

Displaced by Sri Lanka’s civil war, Veronica Rosani Susilkumar is making a new life for herself and her family as a groundnut farmer.

Remediation for factory safety

Bangladesh labour inspectorate takes over factory safety records

Our impact, their voices

Educating others and ourselves: Peer support for COVID-19 recovery and resilience

ILO’s Rebuilding Better project and the Women Entrepreneur Network of Malaysia’s “WE Rebuild Better” programme helps women-owned businesses in Malaysia recover from the impacts of COVID-19 while supporting them in adapting for a more resilient...

Building a safe business

Egypt celebrates the World Day Against Child Labour with a solid commitment to supporting eradicating the worst form of Child Labour in the...

The ACCEL Africa project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower of Egypt, organized an event to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL).

'Know About Business’ (KAB) e-Campus

Introducing “Know About Business” (KAB) e-Campus to Sri Lankan Youth

Know About Business (KAB) is an entrepreneurship education programme developed by the -The KAB e-Campus, launched in June 2022, is targeted at Sri Lankan youth aged 15 – 24, and is part of the South Asia Leadership in Entrepreneurship (SALE)...

Launch of the ITEF Platform: a private sector initiative supported by the ACCEL Africa project to strengthen the engagement and efforts in...

The ITEF platform aims to advocate with public authorities on the expectations of the private sector and contribute to the reporting system, particularly in the context of the ILO standards. The purpose is to position Côte d'Ivoire as a responsible...

Formulation of employment policies

Our impact, their voices

He is from Syria and I am from Iraq. But we work together like brothers

ILO labour intensive programme brings communities together in Iraq.

Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée (SSA/P) Passerelle in Mali: children beneficiaries of 8-12 years old are reintegrated in the formal...

Accelerated Schooling Strategy – or Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée (SSA/P) Passerelle

Iraqi entrepreneurs access loans to support growing businesses

When Sandra was forcibly displaced, she set up a small business selling party decorations to support her young family. Now, with the support of the ILO, under an initiative with the Central Bank of Iraq and partner banks, Sandra and many others like...

Op-ed

It’s time to give domestic workers across Asia and the Pacific the rights they deserve

With few rights and little social protection, domestic workers were often cast aside during the COVID-19 pandemic to fend for themselves. On International Domestic Workers Day, Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, the International Labour Organization’s...

Skills development

Villagers jump-start their businesses with new marketing strategies

An ILO-UK programme gives post-training support to boost the business potential of entrepreneurs from Indonesia’s coastal tourism villages.