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  1. High Level Stakeholder Dialogue Event– Zambia’s Way Forward: Job Creation to Promote Inclusive

    This jointly hosted two-day conference will address the issue of job creation and how to promote inclusive growth. The conference will involve international and Zambian speakers, including ministers and government officials, academics and researchers, cooperating partners, civil society, and business men and women from the private sector. They will all come together to present, discuss, share ideas, and agree on how best to support inclusive growth and job creation.

  2. Introductory meeting on ‘Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the Zambian Mining Sector’

    This meeting will focus on promoting sound industrial relations and compliance with Fundamental principles and rights at work in the Zambian mining sector.

  3. Make jobs a central goal of the post-2015 development agenda, says ILO

    05 November 2013

    At the Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals, the ILO urged Member States to make full and productive employment and decent work a central goal of the post-2015 development framework

  4. Invest in the youth, the future of Africa!

    01 November 2013

    On the fourth edition of African Youth Day (AYD), the ILO joined its partners to call for more investment and promotion of the youth as key agents for social change, economic growth and sustainable development.

  5. Follow up mentoring support provided to Women Entrepreneurs, Somalia

    31 October 2013

    After completing training on entrepreneurship skills, financial management skills, and business plan development skills, about 20 internally displaced women received a small capital to get them started with their business.

  6. Labour Force Survey Launch in Somaliland

    Hargeisa, ILO News- The Government of Somaliland launched the Labour Force Survey for Somaliland at Maan-soor Hotel, Hargeisa

  7. West African countries review national frameworks to combat Child Labour

    The ILO is sharing knowledge and technical expertise to facilitate the implementation of National Action Plans to fight Child Labour in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Cap Verde, DRC, Niger and Togo.

  8. Equal pay – Moving beyond discrimination to action in Africa

    21 October 2013

    Equal pay is a recognized human right! The ILO released a step-by-step guide to provide practical guidance for governments, trade unions and the private sector.

  9. Sustainable Media Capacity Enhancement Project for Journalists in Zimbabwe

    The ILO is holding a two -day interactive training platform for Zimbabwean journalists to strengthen the strategic role of media advocacy on the world of work and social development issues

  10. Connect with African delegates at ILO Governing Body

    African Ministers of Labour, reps of workers’ and employers’ organizations are attending the 2013 final session of the ILO executive body to review labour rights, social protection, technical cooperation and post-2015 development agenda.

  11. Top Action Plans to stop Child Labour in Africa

    The ILO is providing technical assistance to build the capacities of Child Labour Units (CLUs) and National Steering Committees (NSC) of African countries to strengthen their implementation of National Action Plans to promote education and fight Child Labour in the region.

  12. International Labour Standards for African Supreme Courts

    The ILO is sensitizing twenty five Supreme Court judges from the Northern, Western, Eastern, Central and Southern African regions to the judicial use of international labour law sources at national level.

  13. ILO launches global campaign to end child labour

    10 October 2013

    Hollywood actors and international athletes support the ILO's Red Card campaign.

  14. Child labour is no child’s play

    08 October 2013

  15. Africa: How to focus on HIV interventions in AU Peace Support Operations

    The ILO is joining the African Union and partners into the first consultative workshop on how best to mainstream HIV into AU Peace Support Operations and develop a plan of action for AU Peacekeepers and staff on the ground.

  16. Combating gender-based discrimination in East Africa

    The ILO organized a workshop aimed at professional upgrading for judges and registrars from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania on combating gender-based discrimination in the workplace in East Africa. Participants were sensitized on the use of ILO’s labour standards and supervisory bodies and their potential for enforcing national laws on gender equality.

  17. Communicating Labour Rights: A training course for African media professionals at ITC-ILO

    African media professionals are trained on how best to use International Labour Standards and the work of the ILO supervisory bodies to increasingly report and raise public awareness of human and labour rights and their relevance to social development issues.

  18. Understanding the drivers of the youth labour market in Kenya

    03 October 2013

    A new ILO research paper highlights key factors of youth unemployment in Kenya with a focus on labour market conditions and major policy recommendations geared towards the improvement of the youth employment content of economic growth.

  19. Poverty Reduction through Tourism in Africa

    26 September 2013

    More than 50 million people visit Africa yearly. That's about 5% of all international travel, but on World Tourism Day, these low figures do not reflect the vast role tourism plays in many African economies. One out of every 20 jobs in Africa is in the hotel, tourism and travel industry.

  20. ILO, IIDA and the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs launch EU funded gender project

    23 September 2013

    The International Labour Organization (ILO), IIDA (Women’s Development Organisation) and the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs launch an important new project aimed at supporting the promotion of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in Somalia.