Fact sheets

2012

1. South Africa Presentation - MAP Meeting

   26 November 2012

2. Decent Work Country Factsheet - Tanzania

   26 April 2012

3. Decent Work Country Factsheet - South Africa

   26 April 2012

4. A spatial analysis of market systems in South Central Somalia, North-Eastern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia

   14 March 2012

   A spatial analysis of market systems in South Central Somalia, North-Eastern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia highlighting the collective endeavour needed to address challenges and maximise opportunities for empowerment through employment creation.

2011

1. Ethiopia: Women with disabilities harness the power of entrepreneurship

   23 November 2011

   Despite the role of empowerment in improving the livelihoods of poor people, there is still a huge gap between the theory of empowerment and its practice. To help bridge this gap and provide guidance, this story describes real-life empowerment made possible by the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme on disability which set out to provide and promote entrepreneurship training for disabled women in Ethiopia, in partnership with local organizations. It is part of a series of stories of empowerment produced by the Development Co-operation Directorate - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Poverty Reduction of the OECD.

2. Fact sheet on Poverty Reduction Through Tourism

   05 July 2011

3. Global and regional estimates on domestic workers

   27 May 2011

   This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.

4. 

   Issue brief: The ILO and Social Justice

   18 February 2011

5. Policy options to support young workers during economic recovery

   14 February 2011

   This policy brief presents lessons learned from initiatives taken in past crises.

2010

1. Green Jobs Country Brief: East Africa

   01 December 2010

2. Fact sheet on Youth Employment 2010

   11 August 2010

3. 

   Facts on Child Labour (2010)

   07 May 2010

   For over a decade, child labour has been recognized as a key issue of human rights at work together with freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, the abolition of forced labour, and non-discrimination in occupation and employment...

4. Promotional flyer:The fundamentals of labour administration

   04 February 2010

2009

1. Forced Labour: Facts and Figures - The Cost of Coercion, Regional Perspectives: AFRICA

   12 May 2009

   Forced labour has tended to receive less attention in Africa than in other regions, in part because of difficulties in collecting reliable information about the extent and nature of the problem. Nonetheless, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the third highest incidence of forced labour in relation to population, after Asia and Latin America. And serious abuses have been reported in a number of countries.