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Country Office Dar Es Salaam Director: Why the future of work in Tanzania is promising

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ISKUR carries out Rights-Based Job Counselling Training

Forced labour

Kidnapped: the forgotten history of children of war in Peru

Indigenous girls and boys who disappeared during the most violent phase of Peru's internal armed conflict ended up in the hands of the military, who subjected them to servitude in their homes and, in some cases, changed their identities. Four...

ILO empowers Egyptian women entrepreneurs for a just transition and green economy

A hybrid workshop underscored the pivotal role of women entrepreneurs in advancing a gender-responsive green economy in Egypt. It tackled existing challenges and delved into strategies for their empowerment.

METI Project

Creating more and better jobs through trade and investment in Jordan

The Policy Working Group of the EU-funded Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment (METI) project gathered to discuss the employment and trade impact of an investment project, as well as the opportunities and challenges for creating more...

A new era for employment in Gabon: Historic agreement during visit of ILO Director-General

The official visit of ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo ended with the historic creation of a sub-committee on employment and decent work at the National Assembly.

New important set of amendments to the MLC, 2006 will enter into force on 23 December 2024

These amendments aim at further improving working and living conditions at sea and address some of the key challenges faced by seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gaziantep is hosting the Workplace Adaptation Program with Updated Content

ILO and EUROSTAT host global conference on measuring new forms of employment

The ILO called for better and authoritative data to track the changing world of work at the conference, which discusses the development of reliable statistics to measure and understand new forms of employment, setting a common path for the coming...

Trafficking in persons

Forensic Psychologists Develop Skills to Support the Prosecutorial Investigation of Child Trafficking Cases

Forensic experts from the Peruvian Public Ministry's Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences were trained to contribute to victim redress and the exemplary punishment of the perpetrators of trafficking in persons.

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.

Digital wages

Micro and Small Businesses in Peru Strengthen Their Capabilities to Advance Towards Digital Wages

More than a hundred entrepreneurs and professionals from agricultural, tourism, services, and commerce companies in Cusco and La Libertad will be able to apply practical tools for wage digitalization, benefiting their workers and their business....

Workers' Rights and Care Policies

Project concludes highlighting progress in promoting care policies for gender equality, workers' rights in Ethiopia

ILO Project Concludes with Workshop Highlighting the Benefits of Promoting Workers' Rights and Care policies for Gender Equality in Ethiopia’s Garment Sector. The workshop reviewed the project's successes and lessons learned, aiming to ensure...

Barbados constituents fulfil results-based management requirements ahead of new DWCP

Five-day workshop prepares participants for effective Programme development and delivery.

The International Institute for Management Development MBA class engages with the ILO on the social and solidarity economy

On May 31, about 100 students from the IMD MBA class of 2024 visited the International Labour Organization (ILO) headquarters in Geneva to learn more about its promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE).

Empowering Ethiopian Migrant Workers

Ethiopia Strengthens Skills Framework for Migrant Workers with Harmonised Standards and Curricula

Ethiopia held a workshop to improve training standards for migrant workers in security, caregiving, hairdressing, and welding. This training will make the migrant workers more employable both at home and abroad. The new standards include...

UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) Holds its 48th Virtual Meeting

This meeting gathered 31 international representatives from Member and Observer organizations representing progress made on enhancing the role of the SSE within the UN system and beyond.

Promoting Safe and Empowering Migration

Progress in Labour Migration Governance: Insights from Kenya and Ethiopia

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) team visited Kenya and Ethiopia to assess the BRMM programmes activities. The BRMM Programme helps migrants with skills training, business startup, and financial resources. They met with...

Somalia Advances Towards Safe Migration with Successful National Consultation Workshop and TWG Meeting

The National Consultation Workshop on the Development of Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan for Somalia validated a situational analysis report and gathered insights for creating Somalia's first comprehensive labour migration policy. This...

Press release

New project to address child labour in the coffee industry launched by UN agencies and EU

The CLEAR Supply Chains Project seeks to address the root causes of child labour in coffee and cobalt supply chains. It is led by the ILO and jointly implemented with FAO, ITC and UNICEF, with funding from the European Union.