News

Navigating the future: Insights from Kenya's envisioning event on digital policy

27 February 2024

The Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs in Kenya convened to evaluate its strategic direction and chart the course for joint advocacy and a coordinated approach to driving an inclusive and productive digital transformation.

Forced labour

Hard to see, harder to count: Handbook of forced labour prevalence surveys

27 February 2024

This revised version of the "Hard to see, harder to count" handbook provides an updated set of tools for the design, implementation and analysis of quantitative surveys on the forced labour of adults.

Meaningful youth engagement

Work Wise Youth: ILO’s new guide to create awareness on youth rights at work

23 February 2024

The ILO developed and launched a new guide to support young people, including the ones in forced displacement contexts, to understand their labour rights, in turn empowering them to advocate for fair and dignified working conditions.

Article

Tackling water woes: ILO’s vocational training success in Kenya

21 February 2024

With support from the Government and partners, ILO PROSPECTS introduced a skill development programme supporting maintenance of water sources and supply systems in a drought prone community of Garissa, Kenya. The first batch of trained Water System Operators graduated this week.

Publication

Work Wise Youth: A guide to youth rights at work

14 February 2024

Video

Work Wise Youth: A guide to youth rights at work

13 February 2024

This is an explainer video for launch of ILO's new guide which aims to improve enhance young workers’ knowledge about their rights at work.

ILO Social finance

ILO empowers microfinance staff to promote financial literacy among hosts and refugees

12 February 2024

The cadre of trainers trained on ILO's renowned financial education curriculum will strengthen the capacity of financial service providers to educate hosts and refugees and improve their access to financial services.

Press release

ILO and Shabelle Bank pilot innovative product for financial inclusion of hosts and forcibly displaced in Ethiopia

06 February 2024

Bridging digital divide

ILO drives the inclusion of hosts and refugees in Ethiopia's digital economy

02 February 2024

The agreements signed between International Labour Organization and Ethiopian government authorities will promote employment and policy solutions for inclusion of hosts and refugees in country's expanding digital economy.

Social protection

ILO Strategy on extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families

30 January 2024

All members of society have the right to social security, including migrant workers, refugees, and their families. However, they face numerous legal and practical obstacles in accessing social protection. Based on the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination, well-designed and inclusive social protection systems and international cooperation, are powerful tools to reduce poverty, inequality, social exclusion and achieving sustainable development.