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  1. South-South Interreligious Dialogue for Decent Work

    13 December 2013

    The first international meeting for interreligious dialogue and cooperation on decent work was held from 9-12 December in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  2. Ryder: Time to turn Africa’s dynamism into social progress

    13 December 2013

    In his first official visit to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder stresses the importance of youth employment, social dialogue and green jobs in the future development of Africa.

  3. Managing Labour Force Survey Data in SADC Countries

    12 December 2013

    An interactive workshop hosted by the ILO to strengthen the technical capacity in the use of survey data for labour market information and analysis in SADC countries.

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    More and better jobs for inclusive and green growth in Zambia

    12 December 2013

    New ILO-led programme aims to create 5,000 new green jobs by 2017.

  5. First Authors’ Workshop on the Global Labour History of Africa

    As part of the Century Project, the ILO and the International Institute of Social History are hosting the first-ever authors’ workshop on the General Labour History of Africa.

  6. First Maritime Labour Academy in Africa

    A sub regional workshop on national legal implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) to be held for the first time in Africa.

  7. ILO chief to visit Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia

    04 December 2013

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, will make an official visit to Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia from 4 to 12 December 2013.

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    Decent jobs for youth should be at the top of African Development agenda, says ILO

    03 December 2013

    Informality and vulnerable employment remain the reality for the vast majority of young workers in the region, says a new ILO report prepared for the Work4Youth Regional Conference that is taking place this week in Addis Ababa.

  9. Labour market transitions of young women and men in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Constituents from eight Sub-Saharan countries are to share and discuss the findings of school-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) conducted in their countries within the Work4Youth (W4Y) project.

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    ILO report calls for job-centred growth policies in Kenya

    02 December 2013

    Kenya needs to adopt a coherent national employment strategy to achieve a more equitable economic growth, says the ILO.

  11. Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Worst Forms of Child Labour

    30th Nov - 6th Dec 2013. The sub regional knowledge sharing workshop on worst forms of child labour especially hazardous forms of child labour was held at Sarova Stanley in Nairobi.

  12. Growth with employment for inclusive and sustainable development

    20 November 2013

    Growth in the Least Development Countries has not been inclusive and its contribution to poverty reduction has been limited. It has not generated enough “quality” jobs especially for the youth.

  13. Job Creation and Entrepreneurship: key engines to accelerate industrialization in Africa

    20 November 2013

    On Africa’s Industrialization Day (AID), the ILO promotes job creation and entrepreneurship as key engines to support regional efforts towards achieving an inclusive and sustainable industrial development.

  14. Africa needs new solutions to combat forced labour, human trafficking and slavery

    20 November 2013

    “Those who benefit from exploitation need to be swiftly punished; those who suffer abuse and coercion need to be empowered to raise their voice,” said ILO Acting Regional Director for Africa, Hans Hofmeijer, at the opening of a two-day high-level conference in Zambia. The conference aims to agree on concrete actions to combat forced labour, human trafficking and slavery in the continent.

  15. ILO Tripartite Conference to Combat Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Slavery in Africa

    A first regional policy consultation process to share best practices, strengthen advocacy and advise on a way forward to combat forced labour and human trafficking in Africa.

  16. Women entrepreneurs received training in managing their business

    18 November 2013

    ILO conducted training to assist Women Entrepreneur Associations (WEAs) to manage and improve their associations.

  17. Focus on labour data excellence for Africa’s development goals

    18 November 2013

    On African Statistics Day, the ILO encourages countries to strengthen national labour market information systems to better plan and provide evidence-based policy formulation on employment.

  18. Workplace Rights to Constitutional Rights in South Africa

    The ILO has facilitated a roundtable discussion to review the struggle against apartheid leading to the process of democratization and change in South Africa. Looking at the role the Organisation played throughout this period which eventually brought unions and employers together in challenging the apartheid state.

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    Building Modern and effective Labour Administration and Labour Inspection system in Zimbabwe

    The ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe has organised this five day training workshop for labour inspectors in Zimbabwe. It is based on the training curriculum for labour inspectors developed by the International Training Centre (ITC) of the ILO in collaboration with the ILO Labour Administration and Inspection Programme.

  20. First ILO/ACERWC joint training to improve child rights in Africa

    The ILO and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) shaped a training platform to effectively engage the constituents, facilitate partnerships and networking for advocacy around children’s rights in Africa.