News items

2022

  1. Improving the production and productivity of the poultry sector towards creating more and decent jobs in Ethiopia

    14 July 2022

  2. ILO is set to rehabilitate roads in the Greater Sepik Region in Papua New Guinea under the EU-Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme

    04 July 2022

    ILO through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme creates employment opportunities for rural populations in the Sepik region by applying employment-intensive work methods in road maintenance works to improve the access of farming communities to markets.

  3. ILO presented at the 2022 Pacific Update

    29 June 2022

    The 2022 Pacific Update is co-hosted by the Development Policy Centre and the University of the South Pacific’s School of Accounting, Finance and Economics. The Pacific Update is the premier forum for discussion of economic, social, political, and environmental issues in the region.

  4. High-level Dialogue on the New Regional Framework on Climate Mobility concludes

    24 June 2022

    The regional dialogue was facilitated through the PCCMHS programme led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) alongside the International Labour Organization (ILO), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The joint-agency PCCMHS programme is funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security and the New Zealand Aid Programme.

  5. Launch of the METI programme and first meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan

    21 June 2022

  6. ILO supports child labour e-learning programmes in Fijian schools

    12 June 2022

    A partnership of the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries and the Fiji Ministry of Employment, Productivity & Industrial Relations

  7. Qauia women benefit from ILO business training

    07 June 2022

    An initiative of ILO’s MAP16 child labour project.

  8. © Miguel Medina / AFP 2024

    ILO to release latest Monitor on the world of work, analyzing impact of multiple crises

    17 May 2022

    The ILO will publish the 9th edition of its Monitor report series, which tracks the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises on workers and businesses worldwide.

  9. YEAP objective: To effectively make a difference in securing a better future of work for young people by promoting a human-centred, pro-youth job rich recovery from the COVID crisis, and beyond.

    10 May 2022

  10. ILO, UNICEF and the Fijian media join hands to strengthen reporting on child safety and protection

    29 April 2022

    The ILO, together with UNICEF, held a two-day training workshop for journalists in Fiji on reporting on child abuse, neglect, exploitation, and child labour to support in ensuring safety and well-being for all children in media reporting.

  11. Second MOZMOD technical retreat in Mozambique organised with ILO's support

    25 April 2022

    The second edition of the MOZMOD technical retreat on the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique, MOZMOD, kicked off yesterday in Ponta do Ouro, Maputo Province

  12. Advocacy on social protection targets Mozambican Parliamentarians

    25 April 2022

    Between 18 and 19 April, around 45 parliamentarians from the Republic of Mozambique took part in an advocacy activity conducted by the Civil Society Platform on Social Protection with support from the European Union and the ILO. This activity had the goal of sensitizing legislators about key governmental interventions around social protection, particularly on the basic social security programmes administered by the National Institute of Social Action (INAS).

  13. Mozambique’s National Conference on Combatting the Worst Forms of Child Labour

    22 April 2022

    On Friday 22 April, Mozambique held its National Conference on Combatting the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Chimoio, Manica Province. Several high-level representatives took part in this conference, including the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Margarida Adamugy Talapa, the Governor of Manica, Francisca Domingos Tomás, and the Vice Minister of Gender, Child and Social Action, Lucas Mangrasse.

  14. First Technical Working Group meeting conducted in Amhara Regional States, Ethiopia

    08 April 2022

  15. ILO panel discussion for the launch of “Dealing with crises arising from conflicts and disasters"

    06 April 2022

    Launch of the training manual for workers’ organizations on dealing with crisis arising from conflicts and disasters

  16. A Global scan of the impact of Employment Programmes on post-COVID-19 Recovery

    31 March 2022

    Summary of speech given at the Limpopo 2022 EPWP Summit

  17. ILO panel discussion explores gender equality and women’s empowerment in crisis settings

    22 March 2022

    Side event during the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

  18. The ILO releases new guide to promote gender equality and empower women in the world of work in conflict, disaster and other fragile settings

    22 March 2022

  19. A road to building the capacity of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Ethiopia

    21 March 2022

  20. The ILO ProAgro Ethiopia Project organized the first regional Technical Working Group meeting in Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia

    03 March 2022