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Workers in Duhok planting a landscape area as part of the ILO afforestation project in Kurdistan Region of Iraq © ILO/ Karam Al Snjarae/ Duhok/ November 2023

The International Labour Organization (ILO) established its Regional Office for Arab States (ILO ROAS) in 1976 and has worked ever since to advance the ILO’s core values across the Arab region.  

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Care economy
Female care workers provide childcare services in Amman, Jordan

Care economy

Gender equality and non-discrimination
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Gender equality and non-discrimination

Employment promotion
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Employment promotion

Green jobs and climate change
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Green jobs and climate change

Labour migration
Migrant workers in Dubai, UAE

Labour migration

Social protection
A man in a hard hat taking notes on a paper, while another watches with a smile, in Jordan

Social protection

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Working the land, shaping new lives: Refugees and host communities join forces in Iraq
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Working the land, shaping new lives: Refugees and host communities join forces in Iraq

German Development Bank and ILO highlight community impact in northern Lebanon
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German Development Bank and ILO highlight community impact in northern Lebanon

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Development Cooperation Dashboard

Development Cooperation Dashboard

The dashboard offers interactive visualizations of ILO development cooperation projects across the Arab States

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Projects and programmes

STREAM - Extending Social Protection to migrant workers and their families in the South Asia-Gulf Corridor

Project

STREAM - Extending Social Protection to migrant workers and their families in the South Asia-Gulf Corridor

Manzuma – Innovating in markets for inclusive growth in Jordan

Project

Manzuma – Innovating in markets for inclusive growth in Jordan

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Publications

Employer perspectives on social protection for expatriate workers in Kuwait

Employer perspectives on social protection for expatriate workers in Kuwait

Diagnostic study of the informal economy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The garment and textile, and nursery and kindergarten...

Diagnostic study of the informal economy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The garment and textile, and nursery and kindergarten...

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Mosaic of ILO photos from the Arab States

Multimedia

Mosaic of ILO photos from the Arab States
The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190

Labour standards

The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190
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Labour statistics

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Events

Subsidized social security contributions to bridge the coverage gap

Arab Social Protection Compass Webinar series: Part VIII

Subsidized social security contributions to bridge the coverage gap

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