Labour Protection Department (PROTRAV)
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Labour Protection Department (PROTRAV)

The Labour Protection Department (PROTRAV) is a department under the Social Protection Sector (PROTECT) of the ILO.

It is composed of four units:
  1. the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work (ILO/AIDS);
  2. the International Migration Programme (MIGRANT);
  3. the International Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SAFEWORK), which includes the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS); and
  4. the Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL).

PROTRAV deals with a wide range of issues relating to occupational safety and health, AIDS, international migration, and work and employment conditions.

What's new

  1. Faith’s story: living with HIV in rural Tanzania

    'I learnt that you need money or a business to generate enough income to be able to travel to town for regular check-ups and to collect antiretroviral drugs. We do not have these services at our village dispensary.” These are the words of Faith who is 61 years old and one of the estimated 730,000 women living with HIV in Tanzania

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