Resources on work, peace and resilience (Employment promotion)

Publication

How ILO Programmes Contribute to Social Cohesion between Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities in the Arab States Region

28 August 2022

This research was developed by the ILO to gain some knowledge on the current contribution of ILO programmes to social cohesion at the level of direct beneficiaries, collect lessons learned and practices, and identify concrete steps towards enhancing the mainstreaming of social cohesion in programme design, implementation, and monitoring.

Voices

An apprenticeship changed my life

06 June 2022

When war broke out in Yemen, the factory where Muhammad Taher Muhammad al-Tahri worked shut down. His job search was going nowhere, until he joined an apprenticeship programme in solar panel maintenance and installation.

The Guardian

While the west fixates on Covid-19, vulnerable countries pay the price

03 May 2020

Middle East and North Africa

Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour

20 March 2019

Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds.

News

ILO, UNESCO and UN-HABITAT launch consultations on a “Regional facility for urban crisis recovery and reconstruction in the Arab States”

17 May 2018

Presentation

Regional facility for urban crisis recovery and reconstruction in the Arab States

16 May 2018

Presentation

Our impact, their voices

Learning to run a small business in conflict and poverty-wracked Yemen

11 October 2017

The conflict in Yemen has robbed millions of people of their livelihoods, particularly in rural areas. A joint ILO-UNDP programme helps vulnerable youth set up their own business.