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Social protection
World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific
This Asia and the Pacific regional companion report complements the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition.
News in Brief June 2024
EIIP Afghanistan News Brief, Issue 10
This brief seeks to share news and information about the activities of the EIIP Afghanistan project. This ILO project, funded by the Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan (STFA), is meant to promote employment and decent work in the Humanitarian-...
APESO
Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies
This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...
Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific
Case flyer
The EIIP approach, experiences and lessons learned: Contributions to the humanitarian, development, and peace nexus in Afghanistan
This flyer illustrates how the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) in Afghanistan, implemented since 2022 under the framework of the DWCP and the UN Joint Programme ABADEI, plays a key role in meeting both the humanitarian and...
Occupational safety and health
Final report: Rapid assessment of hazardous work for children in carpet weaving, painting metal and wooden products, and spraying, mixing...
This report describes the state of child labour in Balkh, Afghanistan.
Occupational safety and health
Child labour self-help guide for SMEs in Afghanistan
This guide provides guidelines for parents and SME owners who employ children between the ages of 15 and 17.
Occupational safety and health
Assessment of occupational safety and health in SMEs in Balkh Province: Recommendations for good practices
This report assesses the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) trained by the ILO in the province of Balkh in Afghanistan.
Green jobs
Afghanistan: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet
The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Afghanistan, as well as...
Fact sheet
International Labour Standards for Decent Work Project
Afghanistan Decent Work Country Programme outcome 3.3.
Report
Towards resilient social dialogue in South Asia
The report is a collation of key social dialogue mechanisms in South Asia, their responses to the COVID-19 crisis and actions to build resilience compiled by ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi
Brief
Bending the rules
How to use a systemic approach to improve the rules of the game
Child’s Play
The case for developing childcare services to boost women’s economic empowerment
Child’s Play
The case for developing childcare services to boost women’s economic empowerment
Guidelines for the establishment of an enterprise-level COVID-19 Task Force
The Decent Work Team for South Asia, in consultation with the Bureaux for Employers and Workers’ Activities and INWORK, have developed guidelines to inform and encourage the formation of COVID-19 Task Forces at an enterprise-level.
Brief
Doing more business and less aid: The journey of a market system development project in Afghanistan
Brief
Doing more business and less aid: The journey of a market system development project in Afghanistan
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in Afghanistan
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of...
Evaluation of Road to Jobs, Afghanistan
Evaluation of Road to Jobs, Afghanistan