11 June 2024
ILO Bulletin No. 4 – Impact of the war in Gaza on the labour market and livelihoods in the OPT
Listen to the full Interview of Aya Jaafar
Eight months into the war in Gaza, families have been forced to adapt to what humanitarians often call “negative coping strategies” to survive, as unemployment reaches a staggering 80 per cent.
For many in the Gaza Strip, this has meant sending their children out to work, despite the dangers, the UN labour agency, ILO, has warned.
Details of this worrying development the wider devastating economic impact of the conflict in Gaza and the West Bank are outlined in a new report from the agency.
With more, here’s ILO economist Aya Jaafar, speaking from the Regional Office for Arab States in Beirut, with UN News’s Nancy Sarkis in Geneva.
Document Type: Interview, UN news item
Document Sources: International Labour Organization (ILO), UN News, United Nations Department of Global Communications
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Children, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Living conditions, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 11/06/2024
URL source: https://news.un.org/en/audio/2024/06/1150926
Document Sources: International Labour Organization (ILO), UN News, United Nations Department of Global Communications
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Children, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Living conditions, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 11/06/2024
URL source: https://news.un.org/en/audio/2024/06/1150926