Impact stories
June 2022
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Fighting for rights and the future of ‘chikankari’
01 June 2022
From making beautiful embroideries to lending a helping hand to others during the COVID-19 pandemic, Uzma Jalees is determined that the rights of home-based workers should be recognized and indigenous artforms like Chikankari promoted.
May 2022
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Getting children out of labour and back to learning
30 May 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic took millions of children, like Janny, out of school. The ILO helped them reconnect with their education, friends and future.
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Clean water, decent work unite communities for peace
17 May 2022
Over 2,000 households in five villages benefit from three new water systems built under the ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur. The project contributed to provide jobs and promote peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines.
April 2022
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Indonesian garment factories step up to meet occupational safety and health standards
28 April 2022
Through strengthening compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards, two participating garment factories of Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have been recognized by the Ministry of Manpower and international buyers.
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Business coaching programme for transgender entrepreneurs
04 April 2022
The ILO business coaching programme has reached 394 transgender entrepreneurs from eight transgender community organizations in five cities in Indonesia for three years from 2018-2021. Around 65 percent of participants in the last two-year interventions (2020-2021) have witnessed an average increase of 178 percent of their business incomes.
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Transgender entrepreneurs survive the pandemic with business coaching
04 April 2022
These series of videos feature the business journeys of three transgender entrepreneurs who have improved their business skills and knowledge after participating at the ILO’s business coaching programmes involving eight transgender community organizations in five cities in Indonesia held from 2018-2021.
February 2022
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ILO’s compensation fund programme offers laid-off workers reliefs
08 February 2022
The ILO through its programmes distributes a total of USD1,7 million compensation funds to 20,000 garment workers who have lost their jobs.
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Sowing seeds of change
02 February 2022
It takes thick skin and hard work to succeed as a woman farmer in Sri Lanka. From cultivating her backyard to breaking norms, Raasarathinam Arulrahini shares her journey.
January 2022
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Renewed attention to health and safety risks and quality assurance procedures during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis leads to profitable business processes and enhanced workplace cooperation.
28 January 2022
ILO SCORE Training’s focus on continuous improvement sets a Tunisian manufacturing company on a path to improved safety and sanitation protocols, upgraded production systems and practices, and most importantly well-established worker-manager communication in its factory.
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Focusing on workplace cooperation and continuous improvement leads to enhanced productivity gains, worker-manager communication and safety and health measures.
28 January 2022
Thanks to ILO SCORE Training’s emphasis on workplace cooperation and continuous improvement, a leading manufacturing company in China adopted new strategies to actively engage workers and managers to improve workplace communication, upgrade production areas and implement safety standards across factory floors.