Afghanistan resources

August 2020

  1. Labour migration

    Governance of Labour Migration in South and South-East Asia (GOALS)

    1 August 2020 - 31 January 2024

    GOALS project is aimed at ensuring labour migration is safe, orderly and regular for all women and men from Colombo Process Member States through strengthened collaboration and effective migration governance.

February 2020

  1. Social Justice

    World Day of Social Justice 2020

    If the future is going to work for everyone, it will mean putting people and planet first. But how? Tell policymakers what you think!

  2. Local economic development

    Road to Jobs (R2J) Afghanistan

    1 February 2015 - 31 December 2020

    An example of market system development implementation

November 2019

  1. 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 jobs; (iv) jobs in renewable energy; and (v) scoring on the Environmental Performance Index.

July 2019

  1. ILS4DW

    International Labour Standard for Decent Work Project (DWCP Outcome 3.3)

    15 July 2019 - 31 December 2021

    International labour standards (Conventions and Recommendations and other instruments) as a means of achieving social justice for all people in Afghanistan, and maintaining peace, through decent and productive work and life-sustaining incomes.

May 2019

  1. Project

    Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC)

    2 May 2019 - 30 September 2023

    The Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC) aims to reduce vulnerability to child labour and enhance protection of children from exploitation in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan to contribute to the eradication of child labour, particularly its worst forms.

April 2019

  1. ILO 100 on Future of Work

    Commemorating World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28 April 2019, Kabul Afghanistan

    28 April 2019

    Held each year on the 28th of April, the world day for safety and health at work focuses international attention on the need to prevent deaths, injuries and diseases caused by work. ILO Office for Afghanistan, in collaboration with United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), commemorated this day at the United Nations Operational Centre for Afghanistan (UNOCA) in Kabul, Afghanistan.

March 2019

  1. Publication

    Employment Scenario in Afghanistan from 2007-08 to 2013-14

    This working paper examines the employment situation in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2014.

February 2019

  1. Instructional material

    Training manual on child labour in Afghanistan

  2. Publication

    Afghanistan - National child labour legislation, policy and programme review