Resources on work, peace and resilience (Employment promotion)

Research brief

Decent Work for displaced people: Lessons from the experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee workers in Colombia and Brazil

15 January 2024

Currently, all workers in Colombia and Brazil are facing enormous challenges to organize themselves at the workplace. For refugee and migrant workers without higher education or professional credentials, the obstacles are even greater. In response to this situation, Venezuelan migrant workers and their allies are beginning to organize in labour unions and civil associations to promote decent work in both informal and low-wage formal sectors.

Publication

ILO’s work to Strengthen the Socioeconomic Integration of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

16 February 2023

Our region currently faces the largest human displacement in its history and the second largest in the world: the Venezuelan displacement

2022 Labour Overview Series

ILO: 34.5 per cent of over 65s have no income in Latin America and the Caribbean

21 December 2022

The new "Social Protection Overview" for the region focuses on pension systems and finds that improvements in coverage, sufficiency and sustainability are essential to provide economic security, particularly to those people most affected by crises such as COVID-19.

ILO in action

Improve the lives of labour migrants in Central America

09 May 2022

Labour Migration Specialist, Noortje Denkers describes the ILO's work on labour migration across Central America, including the development of public policy and the promotion of employment for labour migrants and refugees.

21st Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour

ILO warns of a recovery with high unemployment and worrying informality in Latin America and the Caribbean

24 September 2021

At the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour, the Director-General of the ILO said that it is necessary to move towards a sustainable and resilient inclusive recovery in the face of a pandemic that “has brought the world of work to its knees”.

ILO in action

Entrepreneurship skills for Venezuelan migrants and refugees

15 September 2021

ILO Chief technical advisor, María Olave, explains how the ILO has provided entrepreneurship training to Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador and Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over five million Venezuelans have become refugees and migrants in recent years, the majority of whom are living in neighbouring countries in Latin America.

News

Latin America and the Caribbean face an insufficient labour market recovery with a predominance of informal jobs

08 September 2021

Around 70 per cent of the jobs created in recent months in a group of Latin American countries are in informal conditions. Meanwhile, unemployment and the decline in labour force participation are persistent. The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for action to face the unequal impact of the crisis with more and better jobs.

News

Registration is now open for the 12th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

25 August 2021

The first ever virtual Academy on SSE will take place from 15 to 26 November 2021 in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish

News

ILO: At least 23 million people have transitioned to teleworking in Latin America and the Caribbean

05 July 2021

During the pandemic, teleworking enabled the continuity of businesses and jobs. It was an unexpected leap into the future of work that has opened a scenario of opportunities and challenges for the region, the ILO said today.

Document

Financial inclusion for refugees, internally displaced people and host communities

18 June 2021

As the world is recording its highest levels of population displacement yet, the global refugee crisis creates great vulnerabilities for forcibly displaced populations, as well as for host communities.