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The UAE introduces voluntary pensions to replace end-of-service indemnities, joining an increasing trend of reforms across the GCC countries

Bahrain takes leap forward in enhancing end-of-service rights for migrant workers

ILO Launches Flagship Study on Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

Press release
ILO and Bahrain Ministry of Labour validate the country's first ever occupational health and safety profile

A returnee raised her income and improved her skills

The Arab States and Asia Pacific Employers Leaders Network held for first time in Saudi Arabia

ILO leads MENA leadership programme to promote a just transition to a green future of work

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ILO Constituents Re-affirm the Importance of Social Dialogue as a path towards formalization and Decent Work for Youth in the Middle East and North Africa region

ILO and SDC launch new programme to protect migrant workers in vulnerable situations in the Arab States, with a focus on workers from Africa

Arab States pledge to reduce gender pay gap in the region

FAIRWAY produces easy-to-read factsheets on laws governing migrant workers in the Arab States

Middle East and North Africa
Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour

Domestic workers
“Thank you Soma”: ILO documentary explores relationship between migrant domestic workers and Arab youth

Domestic workers
“Thank you Soma - شكراَ صوما”: ILO documentary explores relationship between migrant domestic workers and Arab youth

ILO and the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry convene training on worker welfare for construction companies

UNFCCC - ILO Partnership
Awareness creation workshop on response measures in Bahrain: Maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative impacts

Skilling migrants: A triple win for government, migrant workers and employers

ILO launches journalism fellowship to improve reporting on labour migration in the Arab States

ILO’s Asia Pacific labour conference agrees to enhance labour migration governance in the interrelated regions of Asia and the Arab States

ILO encourages unions to adopt new approaches to communication