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ILO Voices

ILO's multimedia storytelling editorial platform that highlights first-person stories of people at the heart of the world of work.

Alfredo Carrasco is a 27-year-old farmer in Chile and founder of FarmHability, a project which promotes the inclusion of people living with disabilities in Chile’s agricultural and rural sectors. © ILO Francisco Castillo
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The ILO Voices reveal the value, passion and dignity that work brings to our lives. 

Some stories show the critical work that the ILO is carrying out on a range of issues, from child labour to skills training to employment creation and more. Others feature people who, through their work, are making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable populations.

Explore the Voices to learn how ILO's work impacts people's lives.

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Between Spain and Morocco, I built my independence
A portrait of Fatima Laanieg in her grocery store in Morocco. Food lines the shelves around her. (2025)

ILO Voices | Women's entrepreneurship

Between Spain and Morocco, I built my independence

Our community now sees the value of care work
Indigenous woman Yoraima Cristina Navarro stands in a circle of children and adults holding hands. They are outside and there are leafy green trees in the background. (2025)

ILO Voices | Care economy

Our community now sees the value of care work

How my data collection work empowers Ghana’s farmers
Kalian Sampoa Gumah conducts a survey with a male farmer. They are seated on large white bags of grain in a grain storage shed. (Ghana, 2025)

Voices story | Labour market data

How my data collection work empowers Ghana’s farmers

A savings group helped me to keep my children in school
A portrait of Rebecca Nakayega Wandegge. She stands in a rural area, smiling, next to her two daughters who are wearing their school uniforms. (Uganda, 2025)

ILO Voices | Child labour

A savings group helped me to keep my children in school

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