All ILO Newsroom content
August 2022
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Video
Linking Lebanese hosts and Syrian refugees with jobs and labour market
05 August 2022
In June 2022, the ILO and partners met with Lebanese and Syrian farm and plant nursery owners and workers and visited a skill-training centre in the north of Lebanon, who have benefitted from the activities of the mulit-agency PROSPECTS programme
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Statement
Statement of the Officers of the Special Tripartite Committee on ensuring a safe working environment on board vessels where seafarers can live without fear of discrimination and physical or mental abuse
04 August 2022
Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended
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Video
Two years on from the Beirut blast, how ILO helped create jobs and a safer city
04 August 2022
After the explosion that devastated parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4th 2020, the International Labour Organization mobilized its Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme to clear the rubble, and in the process created decent jobs and hope for Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees. The Organization continues to work with the authorities to restore livelihoods and create a safer city. Find out more: www.ilo.org/lebanon
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Video
Graduation ceremony of Recognition of Prior Learning in Kenya
03 August 2022
In July 2022, the ILO, Base Titanium, Kenya National Qualifications Authority and Kenya National Jua Kali Federation the Authority jointly organized the very first Recognition of Prior Learning Graduation (RPL) where 62 trainees were certified
July 2022
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
NERVO call for a world free from child labour and trafficking
29 July 2022
To coincide with World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and their last performance at Tomorrowland festival for 2022, superstar DJ duo NERVO raise their voices for action on child vulnerability, labour and trafficking.
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On-the-job training
ILO training initiative brings new agricultural skills to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
25 July 2022
As Lebanon continues to reel under a multifaceted economic crisis, a competency-based training course conducted by the PROSPECTs programme gave Lebanese and Syrian trainees key skills needed to advance their career in Lebanon’s vital agricultural sector.
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News
VII Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean concludes
15 July 2022
Over 2,000 governments’, employers’ and workers’ representatives from 54 countries gathered in Bogotá (Colombia) from 13-15 July to discuss Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Our impact, their voices
Women entrepreneurs reboot their businesses
15 July 2022
A programme delivered by GREAT Women in partnership with the ILO’s Rebuilding Better Project and J.P. Morgan Philippines offered women entrepreneurs an opportunity to revisit and innovate their business models as they resumed operations post-pandemic.
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BRICS 8th Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General’s remarks to the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
14 July 2022
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ILOSTAT blog
Breaking the bias for better gender data
13 July 2022
Generating high quality statistics relies on eliminating gender bias at all stages of the production process. This blog looks at how gender bias occurs in statistics and what the ILO is doing to support efforts to minimize it.