Resources on work, peace and resilience (Employment promotion)

News

Launch of ILO 's report on the “Impact of COVID-19 on nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries: An exploratory study”

31 January 2022

On 25 January 2022, the ILO launched an exploratory study considering the impact of COVID-19 on the nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries, particularly India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The study aimed to better understand how internal and international migrant workers who moved in the context of climate change have been affected by the outbreak of COVID-19.

Voices

A future with hope, free from bonded labour

24 March 2021

Padma Kumari Tamata was born into a bonded labour family, in which debts are passed from one generation to the other. Her life has turned around following ILO-supported skills training in Nepal that aims to rehabilitate former victims of forced labour and empower vulnerable groups. Read her story on our new Voices multimedia platform.

Social partners

The Role of Social Partners in the Nepal Peace Process

25 June 2019

New ACT/EMP report documents how leaders from trade unions and businesses, through their representative organizations, came together to build a new vision for Nepal: one of partnership based firmly on equity, fairness and dialogue after ten years of armed conflict.

Publication

ILO/Japan Cooperation - Factsheet 2017

13 August 2017

Japan is a founding member State of the ILO, and a valued partner in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Japan has ratified 49 Conventions, including 6 Fundamental, 3 Governance and 40 Technical Conventions. Japan holds one of the ten permanent government seats on the ILO Governing Body as a State of Chief Industrial Importance.

Article

Nepal: Rights, quake rehab plan are musts for peace and development

07 August 2015

On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, ILO News talked to Dr Mukta Singh Lama, an indigenous person from Nepal, about the post-earthquake situation and the impact of ILO Convention 169 on important rights of indigenous people.

Report

Nepal Earthquake 2015: Post Disaster Needs Assessment (Volume B)

30 June 2015

Report

Nepal Earthquake 2015: Post Disaster Needs Assessment (Volume A)

30 June 2015

Natural disaster

ILO Director-General reaffirms support to Nepal reconstruction following second earthquake

13 May 2015

Publication

The ILO Response to the Nepal Earthquake

07 May 2015

Following the worst earthquake in Nepal over the last 80 years, there is an urgent demand for assistance to poor households to help them rebuild their lives. This includes support to rebuilding infrastructure as well as securing poor households with income – through employment opportunities created by reconstruction efforts. The ILO has been asked by the Government of Nepal to contribute to such efforts.

Natural disaster

ILO ready to ratchet up operations in Nepal

06 May 2015

Interview with the Director of the ILO office in Kathmandu, following the worst earthquake in the country over the last 80 years.