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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 dig into a field in Doha, Qatar

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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The ILO and Japan conclude project empowering Palestinian women and youth in agriculture
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The ILO and Japan conclude project empowering Palestinian women and youth in agriculture

A holistic approach needed for reforming Iraq’s pensions system in line with international labour standards
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A holistic approach needed for reforming Iraq’s pensions system in line with international labour standards

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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

Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq

Project

Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq

Building Equitable and Inclusive Transformation (BEIT): Towards Decent Work and Affordable Housing in Iraq

Project

Building Equitable and Inclusive Transformation (BEIT): Towards Decent Work and Affordable Housing in Iraq

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Publications

Impact of the war in Gaza on private sector workers and businesses in the West Bank

Impact of the war in Gaza on private sector workers and businesses in the West Bank

Migration and climate change in the Arab region

Policy Brief

Migration and climate change in the Arab region

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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

Applying Market Systems Development for Decent Work in the Middle East and North Africa

Applying Market Systems Development for Decent Work in the Middle East and North Africa

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