Impact and people
2023
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Unlocking Potential #2: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Fatuma
18 September 2023
This is a second video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.
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Harmonizing lives: ILO promotes social cohesion among refugees and hosts in Uganda
15 September 2023
In Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement, the ILO's PROSPECTS program is transforming employment centers into vibrant Youth Centers, fostering social cohesion among refugees and host communities. Through skills development, arts, and community engagement, this initiative is promoting peaceful coexistence and economic empowerment, paving the way for a harmonious future.
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Promoting social inclusion through art: Refugee and host community artists shine at 'Talents Beyond Borders'
15 September 2023
In Egypt, aspiring artists from the host and refugee communities were trained by experts and provided a platform to showcase their talents through the ILO PROSPECTS programme promoting social inclusion.
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Unlocking Potential: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Benjamin
11 September 2023
This is a first video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.
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Emerging Insight: Business using under-18 support may be less resilient
07 September 2023
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© Mauricio Pulido Bonilla 2024
Voices: Rights migrate too
06 September 2023
In search of a better future, Ditraiza Ramírez migrated with her family from Venezuela to Colombia. Having made a new life in a new country, she wanted to help others like her and now spends her spare time raising awareness about migrants’ rights to social protection.
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© Doumbia Youssouf 2024
Voices: Sweet success for a honey trailblazer in Côte d’Ivoire
18 August 2023
When crisis hit Côte d’Ivoire, Cissé Marbré’s education hopes were dashed. Undeterred she persevered, and with the help of ILO business training is now a prize-winning entrepreneur producing honey sold across the country’s supermarkets.
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© ILO 2024
African youth face pressing challenges in the transition from school to work
10 August 2023
More than 72 million youth in Africa are not in education, employment or training – the majority of them young women. Tackling youth inactivity and gender inequalities is essential if countries are to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work for all by 2030.
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Skills training proved to be a transformative experience for Rozen
09 August 2023
The EU-funded Skills 21 project is making a real difference to the lives of young women and men in Bangladesh.
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The power of knowledge sharing in advancing agricultural insurance
07 August 2023
In the complex and ever-evolving world of agricultural insurance, cross-country knowledge sharing sessions can play a pivotal role in driving progress, innovation and sustainable development.