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Arab States

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.  

Focus areas

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
A construction worker with a hard hat, carrying bucket of cement on his shoulder

Employment promotion

Green jobs and climate change
workers installing solar panels on a roof

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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ILO report highlights the role of Kuwait’s private sector in a just transition to a low-carbon economy
Launch of the report Kuwait private sector transition to a low-carbon economy

ILO report highlights the role of Kuwait’s private sector in a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Arab States: Unions strategize on shaping a renewed social contract
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Press release

Arab States: Unions strategize on shaping a renewed social contract

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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

Manzuma – Innovating in markets for inclusive growth in Jordan

Project

Manzuma – Innovating in markets for inclusive growth in Jordan

Equality@Work : Advancing Healthy, Safe and Diverse Labour Force in Jordan

Project

Equality@Work : Advancing Healthy, Safe and Diverse Labour Force in Jordan

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Publications

Kuwait private sector transition to a low-carbon economy

Just Transition

Kuwait private sector transition to a low-carbon economy

A Market Systems Analysis on SMEs’ business incentives to contribute to social insurance schemes in Jordan

A Market Systems Analysis on SMEs’ business incentives to contribute to social insurance schemes in Jordan

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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

Regional Seminar on the New Social Contract in the Arab States (MENA) A Trade Union Perspective (Online)

Seminar

Regional Seminar on the New Social Contract in the Arab States (MENA) A Trade Union Perspective (Online)

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