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  1. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the 50th Anniversary of the African Union

    23 May 2013

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Mr Guy Ryder is to attend the official ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) – African Union (AU) on 25 May 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  2. African Youth Experts Meeting on Youth Employment

    16 May 2013

    Pan Africanism, Decent Work and Youth Employment are at the heart of the ILO’s participation to this African Youth Experts Meeting; a key event leading up to the African Youth Forum (22 – 24 May 2013) and to the African Union Golden Jubilee, 25 May 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Key resources

  1. Cairo Platform for Action for the Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Africa

  2. The Social Economy - Africa's response to the Global Crisis

  3. Yaoundé Declaration on the implementation of the Social Protection Floor

Stories from the field

  1. Getting across the message on male circumcision and HIV in the workplace

  2. From slum living to company director

  3. Green and fair: Cooperatives in Ethiopia

  4. Drop the gun and take a pen - Somalia

  5. Cape Verde: How social protection can help the elderly

  6. A Decent Work Country Programme to create productive employment in Zimbabwe

Video Highlights

Making the move from school to work in Malawi and Zambia;
     
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Special Focus

ILO century project

  1. The ILO will complete its 100 years of existence in 2019. The Century Project has been created to prepare for this anniversary by developing the knowledge of ILO's history and its role in specific historical moments.

    Sharing knowledge on ILO history
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