International Women's Day 2013: Joint editorial by the EU Special Envoy to Somalia, Michele Cervone d'Urso, and implementing partners ILO Somalia, VSF-Germany and MRG.

How entrepreneurship enabled an Afghan woman to create a successful company and help other women do the same.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (ILO News) – Afghans have been immersed in a conflict that has affected every aspect of their ordinary lives. For Khalida Yaqobi, the conflict has been an obstacle, not an obstruction.

After graduating in engineering from Balkh University, she secretly studied English at a time when women seeking an education risked being executed by the Taliban.

H.E. Ambassador Dharar A.R. Razzooqi, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations in Geneva, presented a cheque for USD 500,000 to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, renewing its contribution to the ILO’s technical cooperation programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

GENEVA. Since 2009 the Government of Kuwait has provided support to the programme of the ILO in Arab States, and particularly in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, for a total of US$ 2.5 million.

ILO and UNDP “Rethink Economic Growth” for Arab social justice

Lessons learnt from the Arab uprisings: time for a new development model

Beirut | February 2013

The Arab uprisings have exposed skewed development policies, social justice deficits and over two decades of poorly managed economic liberalization, according to a joint report by the International Labour Organization and the UN Development Programme released on Tuesday (February 5).

An ILO survey reveals that child labourers are far more likely than others not to attend school.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) signed a Letter of Intent marking the beginning of a collaboration to scale up AU’s workplace policy on HIV and AIDS.

19 December 2012; Addis Ababa, EthiopiaADDIS ABABA (ILO news): The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) signed a Letter of Intent marking the beginning of a collaboration to scale up the HIV and AIDS response programme in AU’s workplace.

The Government of Denmark will contribute DKK 40 million (approximately US$ 7.1 million) in flexible and predictable resources to the Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA) of the International Labour Organization.

The Government of Denmark will contribute DKK 40 million (approximately US$ 7.1 million) in flexible and predictable resources to the Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA) of the International Labour Organization, the ILO said.

Decent Work in Myanmar - New ILO programme addresses the building of democracy

This brochure outlines the ILO framework for its technical cooperation programme in Myanmar over the next few years. An annex details the projects involved.

In November 2012 the ILO Governing Body endorsed the programme framework for ILO technical cooperation activities in Myanmar. The programme was supported by tripartite consultation and recognizes the depth and scope of the reform agenda in Myanmar.

Three years after the end of Sri Lanka’s bitter civil war, victims are still struggling to rebuild their lives. A joint UN project seeks to give them a new start through training and job placement.

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (ILO News) – Conscripted by the Tamil Tigers at 20, Vadivel Kesavapillai* lost his right arm in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Now, he owns a small restaurant thanks to training and funds from a UN programme for victims of the conflict.