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Labour migration

ILO opens the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

25 September 2023

Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.

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Africa-Arab States fellowship for journalism students in labour migration reporting

The ILO FAIRWAY programme has conducted back-to-back activities in Uganda and Jordan for journalism students and recent graduates of four universities: Makerere University (Uganda), Uganda Christian University (Uganda), Yarmouk University (Jordan) and Middle East University (Jordan). These activities are the first part of a broader cross-border fellowship aimed at increasing the interest of journalism students in international labour mobility, enhancing their labour migration reporting skills, and fostering cross-border networks to report these stories along a corridor approach.

Labour migration

ILO launches the 2022 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

20 September 2022

Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.

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ILO, IGAD urge journalists to enhance reporting on labour migration in the IGAD region

13 September 2022

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With Covid-19, forced labour is more clandestine, but more present than ever before - 50 for Freedom

09 March 2022

Labour migration

Prize-giving ceremony of the 2021 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration at the ILO office in Madrid

24 February 2022

The ILO office in Spain organized a prize-giving ceremony to congratulate Judit Alonso Gonzalbez, Javier Sulé and Marta Saiz.

International Migrants Day

Winners of the 2021 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

17 December 2021

The competition aims to promote balanced and ethical reporting on migrants and labour migration and encourage the media to address stereotypes and misconceptions.

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Women entrepreneurs join hands for better recovery post COVID-19

07 November 2021

Supported by the ILO, the women entrepreneurs’ forum in Uganda extends its support services to refugee and host community business women affected by the pandemic.

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Media engagement to improve gender-sensitive labour migration reporting

22 October 2021

The ILO, through its joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, in partnership with the Alliance of Indonesian Journalists (AJI) Jakarta organized a series of media engagement programmes.

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Ugandan stakeholders adapt the ILO media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment for use in Uganda

15 October 2021

Following consultations with various stakeholders and desk reviews that informed the adaptation of the media toolkit, Ugandan stakeholders, with support from ILO, convened on 14th-15th October 2021 to review and validate the adapted media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment. The adapted toolkit will be used to build capacity of media practitioners, for improved reportage and effective engagement issues of on forced labour and fair recruitment.