Even Ghana🇬🇭's first PM and President Kwame Nkrumah’s understood the potential that Kiswahili had. In the early post-independence era, he was one of the African leaders who encouraged the possible adoption of Kiswahili as a continental language in order to promote Pan-Africanism.

It is with deep sadness that I received the news of Natapanu Nopakun's passing. He was the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Information at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He became widely recognized among expatriates in Thailand when he took charge of delivering

Today I presented with Melissa (UNW) the results of work in SAF at EU Infopoint. What a journey. Salute to the WMWs in Asean. #safeandfair #Spotlightinitiative #Iloasiapacific #UnWomenAsiaPacific

Why celebrate #InternationalMigrantsDay? There are so many good reasons as Anna Engblom from the ILO Triangle in ASEAN Programme explains! #IMD2023

This is out-of-this-world beautiful, absolutely breathtaking. Every year at the CCTV gala - the most watched show on earth - they have ONE dance which truly sets the bar. This year this is the one. To me this is worth a million Taylor Swift or any other of the hypersexualized

Following the 4th joint dialogue between ASEAN Employers & Workers on labour held in Lao PDR recently, ILO’s Yuki Otsuji and Lee Dong Eung highlight the significance of the bipartite dialogue and its outcomes. Tiffany McDonald Canada-ASEAN ASEAN

From my blog piece on heat stress and its impact on the world of work. Asian Development Bank ** By 2050, heat stress could force significant changes in job structures and labor demand, highlighting a pressing need for adaptive policies. **

Such a very insighful training with Tite Habiyakare, Kieran Walsh (International Labour Organization), Michael Frosch (International Labour Organization), Diego Rei (ILO Jakarta) and Badan Pusat Statistik on Implementation latest ICLS Standards to LFS Indonesia. Wish we can have more collaboration in the upcoming events ILOAsiaPacific

Recruitment costs of migrant workers & impact of policies to protect Overseas Filipino Workers #OFW. ILO Philippine Statistics Authority report on measuring SDG indicator 10.7.1 on the recruitment costs of migrant workers: bit.ly/recruitmentcost

International Labour Organization STATISTICS led an engaging and insightful discussion this afternoon at their side-event, International Conference of Labour Statisticians: Laying the foundation to measure the #futureofwork, providing valuable perspectives on the evolving labour market. #ICLS2025 #DecentWork

Alhamdulillah, A brief discussion with ESCAP ILO Statistician in enhancing Labour statistics methodology & analysis. #UN56SC #StatsMalaysia #StatistikNadiKehidupan #StatistikSegalanyaPasti #MyASEAN2025 #ASEANMalaysia2025 #BanciPertanian2024 #KPDOSM

Visuals that will change the way you think about life. ~A Thread🧵 1. Consistency is the key

“The GET Ahead training provided to 25 treated drug users - women in Ghazni with practical business skills and a renewed sense of purpose and opportunity. #STFA #UNODC #UNDP #ILO #Afghanistan #Entrepreneurship #RecoveryThroughWork

No chairs. No tables. No clean toilets. No safe water. That was Qala-E-Gerdak School in Herat, Afghanistan. In just 3 months, the ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programme renovated it, giving 150 students a safe, dignified place to learn.

Under the STFA Durable Solutions Programme, ILO Afghanistan trained 180 women entrepreneurs from Nangarhar and Laghman on GET Ahead, to strengthen their business skills and livelihoods. #ILO #UNDP #UN-Women #IOM #STFA #MSMEs #GET Ahead Training # Eastern Afghanistan

In November 2025, under the STFA Durable Solutions Joint Programme, ILO trained 133 women and 138 men business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs from Nangarhar and Laghman through the SIYB (Start and Improve Your Business) training. #ILO #UNDP #UN-Women #IOM #STFA #MSMEs #SIYB

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In Nov 2025, ILO trained 60 women-led agriculture businesses introduced by FAO in the Eastern Region under the Durable Solutions Joint Programme, enhancing cooperative and business management skills for resilient livelihoods.

In Dec 2025, under the UN Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan Joint Programme in Nangarhar & Laghman, ILO trained 118 women and men MSME owners in Emergency First Aid-boosting workplace safety, emergency response, and workers’ health. International Labour Organization UNDP Afghanistan UN Women Afghanistan Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan

Learning #NewSkills and developing business ideas are helping men and women in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 rebuild their lives after drug dependency and stronger communities through the REE-EEI South-eastern Project 2025. 🔗tinyurl.com/y32h6623 Tite Habiyakare ILO Afghanistan