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EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills project empowers Timor-Leste organisations to deliver essential financial education for families

The EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, successfully conducted a comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) on Financial Education, designed to equip participants on critical money management...

Social protection

Coffee and tea farmers benefit from improved access to labour rights as SOLAR project concludes

Three-year project that has resulted in expanding social security and labour rights for coffee and tea farmers in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic comes to an end.

Sustainable development impact of the ILO’s employment-intensive programme evident across Jordan

An ILO delegation led by Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat visited the sites of projects that build infrastructure and create jobs through sustainable and green employment and community development.

Workshop

ILO leads a knowledge network aimed at supporting a just transition in Latin America and the Caribbean

Participants from nine countries took part in the ILO initiative to strengthen technical tools to support policy processes and regional networks to help accelerate the just transition.

ILO Empowers Partners in Liberia For Effective ILS Reporting

‘Empower Youth in the Era of AI’ Thematic Forum on Digital Development of the 2024 World Youth Development Forum Successfully Held in...

On 15 August 2024, the Thematic Forum on Digital Development of the 2024 World Youth Development Forum (WYDF) was successfully held in Chongqing, China. The Forum was co-hosted by All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) and International Labour...

Empowering Youth: Raising Awareness on Human Rights and Child Labour in Western Cape Schools

Child labour project outreach in the Western Cape

Just transition

The International Labour Organization launches a new project on just transition and formal economy in Timor-Leste

ILO supports Timor-Leste’s economic transitions caused by climate change and other global trends that align with local reality and expectation.

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ILO Supports Green Jobs through Nature-Based Solutions in Türkiye

ILO’s Opportunity Salone Programme Empowers Communication Officers

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Opportunity Salone project in Sierra Leone has trained communications officers of various institutions on writing skills and storytelling.

Cooperatives development

Cooperatives offer path to development in Lao People's Democratic Republic

ILO with the support of the Japanese government is playing a crucial role in empowering communities in the southern region of the Lao People's Democratic Republic through cooperative models.

G20 in Brazil

More countries affirm support for ending the gender pay gap by 2030

New commitments to strengthen the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) and the campaign for equal pay for women and men were made on the sidelines of July’s G20 meetings in Brazil.

New ILO project strengthens international and national partnerships in support of Jordan’s workforce

The new project aligns with the priorities of the government, employers, and workers, as outlined in the National Strategy for Women and the Economic Modernisation Vision.

Social media campaign boosts Indonesian public’s awareness on care economy

ILO’s social media training for influencers on care work has reached hundred thousand of viewers with more than a million impressions.

Stakeholders in shea nuts service and value chain agree to appropriate pricing

The Ghanaian Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr. Mohammed Hardi Tuferu, has announced the minimum price for a kilogramme of shea nuts as agreed by stakeholders in shea nuts business

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024

Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate

New ILO report finds high shares of youth NEETs, regional and gender gaps, and growing youth anxiety about work, despite encouraging global youth unemployment trends.

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Building capacity for employment impact assessment and policy simulation techniques in Senegal

Skills recognition

Lao People’s Democratic Republic continues to align skills standards for bricklaying and plastering with Thailand

The ILO/Korea Partnership Programme’s mutual recognition of skills (MRS) initiative supports mobility for semi-skilled migrant workers in the ASEAN region.

ILO supports Indonesia’s initiative to promote mother and child welfare through childcare services

Government of Indonesia has taken some initiatives on care economy. Affordable and accessible quality childcare service has been considered as the main priority.

Kerala hosts seminar on Gig Workers Bill to promote worker welfare and social justice

The different stakeholder perspectives will inform the Bill's discussion during the state's next Assembly Session.