News

March 2018

  1. ILO Celebrates fourth anniversary of the Middle East’s first migrant garment workers’ center

    02 March 2018

    As part of ILO’s efforts to ensure access to adequate services for migrant workers, the unique center provides its members with their own space where they can pursue recreational and other activities, in the Irbid governorate in Jordan.

February 2018

  1. ILO: Reforms in the construction sector in Arab states are crucial to ensure safe working conditions and payment of wages, particularly when companies go bankrupt

    21 February 2018

    A new ILO White Paper addresses two key challenges in the construction industry – how to ensure that workers are paid on time and that they are protected from unsafe working conditions.

  2. ILO Global Commission tackles the changes needed for a fair future of work for everyone

    20 February 2018

    The Global Commission on the Future of Work convened for the second time at ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 15-17 February.

  3. Job centre for Syrian refugees opens in Jordan camp

    19 February 2018

    The ILO and UNHCR launch the Azraq Centre for Employment to help refugees access work permits and find employment.

  4. ILO, the Arab League and FAO discuss the implications of child labour for Arab States

    05 February 2018

    Following a consultation meeting to discuss the draft findings of a regional study, ILO and Arab League officials met to discuss a possible long-term partnership between the two organizations to jointly address child labour issues across the region.

January 2018

  1. Lebanon launches its first labour force survey to meet mounting economic and labour market challenges

    31 January 2018

    Under the Patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the Central Administration of Statistics launches the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which will be carried out with technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

  2. Lebanon launches its first labour force survey to meet mounting economic and labour market challenges

    31 January 2018

    Under the Patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the Central Administration of Statistics launches the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which will be carried out with technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

  3. Kuwait pledges $0.5 million in continued annual support for ILO activities in the Palestinian Territory

    22 January 2018

    A new grant from Kuwait to the ILO will promote decent work and social justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, bringing the total of Kuwait’s contributions to ILO efforts in the Arab States region to US$ 5 million since 2009.

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    ILO: Unemployment and decent work deficits to remain high in 2018

    22 January 2018

    The ILO’s flagship report shows that while the global unemployment rate is stabilizing, unemployment and decent work deficits will stay at persistently high levels in many parts of the world.

December 2017

  1. ILO supports Iraq in developing new social security law

    21 December 2017

    A tripartite workshop for high-level Iraqi officials was the last in a series of events organized by the ILO to support the Government of Iraq in drafting its new social security law, which, once adopted, will be the first to cover all public and private sector workers in Iraq.