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Leadership skills for women

ILO training strengthens pathways for women workers to lead in Ethiopia’s Garment, Textile and Leather Factories

A four-day Training of Trainers in Bishoftu has equipped SCORE trainers and experts with practical leadership, coaching and mentoring skills to help more women workers move into supervisory and leadership roles across Ethiopia’s leather, textile and...

Kazakhstan employers build a new generation of workplace trainers

Paryz Education, the training arm of Kazakhstan's employers' organisation, is expanding its capacity to deliver professional training for enterprises through certified trainers, digital learning and occupational safety and health services.

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ILO Director-General supports labour reform and decent work in Bangladesh

Talks with the Prime Minister and tripartite partners focused on labour law reform, social dialogue, job creation and social protection as Bangladesh undergoes several transitions, including political and economic changes.

New digital tool helps Malaysian employers strengthen occupational safety and health

A safe and healthy workplace is a fundamental right. In Malaysia, a new digital tool is helping employers assess risks, strengthen compliance, and extend that protection to every worker.

Government, employers and workers join forces to advance equality and safe workplaces in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

ILO-supported training of trainers strengthens action to tackle workplace discrimination and violence in garment and manufacturing sectors in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Just energy transition

The next generation helps shape Indonesia's just energy transition

A joint workshop by the ILO and its university partner helps students explore the role of innovation, green jobs and social dialogue in advancing Indonesia's just energy transition.

Morocco leads the way with its national strategy for the care economy

Morocco becomes the first country in the Arab region and the second in Africa to adopt a national strategy for the care economy and care work, developed with technical support from the International Labour Organization and UN Women.

Zambia, Japan and ILO launch Sustainable E-Waste Management Project to create green jobs and protect environment

Zambia, Japan and the ILO have launched the Sustainable E-Waste Management for Youth Employment Project in Central Province to tackle unemployment and environmental challenges. The initiative will create green jobs, promote a circular economy, and...

ILO-UNODC Partnership

Joint initiative strengthens protection for Indonesian women migrant workers

A joint ILO-UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) initiative under the EU-funded PROTECT project is building capacity and coordination to counter trafficking and exploitation across five Indonesian districts with high levels of labour...

BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM), 15-16 July 2026

ILO welcomes BRICS focus on social protection, women’s labour force participation, formalization and future-ready labour markets

India's leadership in advancing labour and employment priorities during its BRICS Presidency is praised as ILO pledges continued support for BRICS cooperation on decent work.

India's 2026 BRICS Presidency

Building partnerships for decent work: The ILO's engagement with BRICS in 2026

The ILO contributed technical expertise to advance social protection, skills development, labour market formalization and digital transformation under India's 2026 BRICS Presidency.

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Young people key to advancing a Just Energy Transition in Indonesia

ILO and Airlangga University (UNAIR) are encouraging young people to play an active role in ensuring that Indonesia's energy transition is fair, inclusive and creates decent work for all.

Turning e-waste into opportunity: Zambia's journey towards green jobs for young people

Senegal integrates the social and solidarity economy into its national framework for professional integration

At the African Social and Solidarity Economy Forum (FORA'ESS), the ILO highlights the results of its support for cooperatives and backs a reform that opens new prospects for decent work for young people.

Responsible business conduct

ILO training strengthens human rights due diligence in Thailand's automotive and electronics sectors

Enhanced programme equips companies with the workplace dialogue and cooperation skills needed to implement effective human rights due diligence.

Beyond job matching: Reflections on holistic employment support

There is more to employment services than matching jobseekers to vacancies.

Labour migration

Turning commitments into systems: KP2MI study visit to the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers

Indonesia draws on Philippine experience to strengthen protection systems for migrant fishers.

Cambodia moves forward in advancing occupational safety and health legal framework

ILO-supported consultation advances Cambodia's efforts to modernize its occupational safety and health legislation and promote safe and healthy working environment.

Labour survey

Nepali migrant workers still face heavy costs before jobs abroad

Nepal’s National Statistics Office (NSO), with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), has produced the country’s first nationally representative evidence on recruitment fees and related costs.

Migrant worker

New financing initiative opens business opportunities for Bangladesh's return migrant workers

A new BDT 50 million financing initiative from SME Foundation and Karmasangsthan Bank, backed by ILO Bangladesh and the Embassy of Switzerland, will help return migrant workers turn overseas skills and savings into sustainable businesses - offering...