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Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

This report highlights why the multi-faceted dimensions of informality demand an integrated approach to formalization, outlines the nature of an integrated approach to employment formalization, reviews the extent that countries in Asia and the Pacific are applying integrated approaches to formalization, and provides examples and an action-oriented outline for advancing integrated approaches to formalization in the region.

Decent work

Decent Work Country Programme for Pakistan (2023–27) (DWCP IV)

The Government of Pakistan, employers’ and workers’ organizations, along with the ILO, signed the Fourth Decent Work Country Programme for Pakistan on 4 May 2023. The Programme, covering the period 2023-27, reflects the shared priorities of the ILO's tripartite constituents in Pakistan.

International labour standards

Pakistan’s tanning and leather industries : An overview of trends and labour and environmental conditions

The report identifies opportunities for macro level areas of leverage to drive improved compliance with national and international labour standards (including market access and preferential tariff treatment) as well as micro-level interventions to strengthen the capacities of enterprises to comply with national and international labour and environmental standards.

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the Cotton Supply Chain in Pakistan: RISE for Impact – A New Phase, A New Vision

Funded by INDITEX, the project aims to scale up the community model developed under the first phase of the project, in order to foster a partnership approach among the actors for enhanced respect for FPRW in cotton growing communities and a sustainable cotton supply chain in Pakistan.

Forced labour

From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labour (The Bridge Project II)

The Bridge Project funded by United States Department of Labour (USDOL) aims to increase knowledge and awareness on forced labour and support ratification and implementation of the ILO, Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930.

International labour standards

GSP+ and compliance with fundamental labour standards

This publication has been produced by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistani and Human Resource Development with the technical support of the ILO, through the International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s SMEs (ILES) project.

Child Labour

Rapid assessment of child labour in automobile repair workshops in Pakistan

Child labour in automobile repair workshops is widespread across Pakistan. The study explored the current situation of child labour in automobile repair workshops, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on children's health, safety, education, and recommended the priority areas for combatting child labour in automobile repair workshops in Pakistan.

Child Labour

Assessing the capacity of law enforcement agencies to address child labour in Pakistan

This study assesses the capacities of national and provincial law enforcement agencies responsible for addressing child labour in Pakistan. With a view to ensure the relevance and responsiveness of a planned capacity building initiative, findings of this assessment inform the design of evidence-based training programme, which aims to enhance the capacities and intern-agency coordination of law enforcement agencies to prevent and eliminate child labour nationwide.

Child Labour

Rapid assessment of child labour in waste-picking in Pakistan

Substantial number of children and adolescents are involved in work, including hazardous work like waste-picking in Pakistan. As Pakistani cities generate increasing quantities of solid waste – due to high levels of population growth and rapid urbanization – municipal waste management systems struggle to keep pace. Improper waste disposal practices abound, opening up space for private stakeholders to dominate scavenging and recycling activities with little or no government overs.

Migrant workers

Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States

This report has been jointly commissioned by ILO and IOM under the Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia (GOALS) programme in collaboration with UN-Women and seeks to map out and assess the nature and gaps in the reintegration support provided to returnee migrant workers from five South Asian Colombo Process member States: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Project results in Pakistan

Results of the CLEAR Cotton project in Pakistan

This factsheet presents the main achievements of the CLEAR Cotton project in Pakistan.

Supply chains

Factory Improvement Toolset case studies: Pakistan

This report reviews the results of the pilot implementation of Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) located in Pakistan.

Supply chains

Implementation of the Factory Improvement Toolset in the Asian garment sector: Final report

This final report reviews the results of the pilot implementation of Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) across 27 factories located in Cambodia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Report

Pakistan floods 2022: Post Disaster Needs Assessment - Supplemental Report

Green jobs

Pakistan: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet

The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Pakistan, as well as vulnerability to climate change and sectors with green jobs potential.

ILO Pakistan flood response - A job-rich recovery

Between June and August 2022, torrential rains and a combination of riverine, urban, and flash flooding led to an unprecedented disaster in Pakistan. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), around 33 million people have been affected by the floods, including nearly 8 million displaced. Around 4.3 million people have faced disruption or loss of employment. The short to medium term strategy is linked to the long-term strategy articulated in the Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2027. Emergency response and early recovery is linked to a job-rich inclusive strategy for reconstruction and resilience and to long-term socio-economic development.

Report

Pakistan floods 2022: Post Disaster Needs Assessment - Main Report

Child labour

A study of deficits in the fundamental principles and rights at work in the brick kiln supply chain

This study analyses supply chain processes in Pakistan’s brick kiln sector in order to identify deficits related to fundamental principles and rights at work (FPRW), with a focus on child labour and bonded labour. It was commissioned by the ILO Country Office for Pakistan as part of its implemented project on “Promotion of Decent Work Opportunities for the Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Segments of Society”, funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Child labour

Ethical and quality reporting on child labour: A training manual for media professionals in Pakistan

The training manual has jointly been adapted by Group Development Pakistan and ILO Country Office for Pakistan for building the capacity of media professionals in ethical, evidence-based and quality reporting on child labour in Pakistan.

Child labour

Child Labour in domestic work in Pakistan: A scoping study

Child labour in domestic work remains a widespread, but hidden, phenomenon worldwide. The qualitative study assessed the current situation of child labour in domestic work, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on children's health, safety, and education, and recommended the priority areas for combatting child labour in domestic work in Pakistan.