Articles

2023

  1. Harnessing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives to address Child Labour

    30 April 2023

    The AUC-ILO Forum, that hosted thirty AU’s member states from the different sub-regions in Africa, had as main objective to support the implementation of the African Union’s “Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030)”, by promoting a continental multi-stakeholder dialogue on child labour elimination in supply chains.

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    EAC moves to protect migrant workers from abuse

    29 April 2023

    Tthe East African Community (EAC) is pursuing the harmonisation of labour migration policies to curb exploitation and abuse of migrant workers. The initiative being spearheaded by the International Labour Organisation and the EAC secretariat is targeting to strengthen regional integration to safeguard the lives of those who seek greener pastures in key labour destination countries.

  3. New ILO programme visits factory to understand best practices in the apparel sector

    14 April 2023

    ILO team accompany Swiss delegation for a factory visit in Ghana with a sustainable and ethical business model at its core

  4. ACCEL Africa Interview Series: Uniting for a Common Goal -Fighting Child Labour Across Africa

    07 April 2023

    Behind the scenes of the ACCEL Africa regional knowledge sharing workshop we have produced this exclusive interview series, where we had the privilege of sitting down with some of our project partners to discuss their contributions to the fight against child labour across Africa.

  5. The 8.7 Accelerator Lab joins the COTECCO project to reinforce the impact of the Private Sector Working Groups in two key mining provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    31 March 2023

  6. Digital Technology: A Game Changer in the Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda's Agriculture Sector

    30 March 2023

    To support the design of financial services coupled with non-financial productive and welfare services in selected agricultural supply chains. The project integrates child-sensitive measures in financial services to reduce the risk of child labour within their operations and plays an active role in the fight against child labour.

  7. ACCEL Africa sur l'élimination du travail des enfants en Côte d'Ivoire

    24 March 2023

  8. The ACCEL Africa Project to hold Capitalisation Workshop to Highlight Success in Eliminating Child Labour in Nigeria

    20 March 2023

  9. Dialogue on Wellness, Health, and HIV/TB interventions for World of Work

    17 March 2023

    in Lesotho

  10. Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions

    16 March 2023

    Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).

  11. ILO Intensifies Efforts To Eliminate Child Labour In Nigeria

    10 March 2023

    The International Labour Organisation (ILO) under the Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa) project, has completed the renovation of Oke Agunla Community School, Ondo State, and enrolled in school, a total of 110 children at risk of child labour in the community.

  12. Generating Data for Monitoring and Reporting Sustainable Development Goals in Zanzibar

    09 March 2023

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) supported the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar through the OCGS to review and develop the administrative data collection tools; analyse the available surveys, including the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS), Household Budget Survey (HBS) and Integrated Labour Force Survey(ILFS) and develop metadata for the 117 of the localized SDGs indicators.

  13. Decent apprenticeship training for children of working age in Egypt

    07 March 2023

    Within the framework of supporting the promotion of the training and vocational progression to combat child labour as part of the “National Action Plan for Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Egypt and Supporting Family (2018-2025)”, ACCEL Africa in partnership with the "Technical Support for the Comprehensive Technical Education Initiative with Egypt” (TCTI) Project implemented by GIZ Egypt successfully provided awareness training on decent apprenticeship for more than 500 apprentices of the dual education system in Beheira, Alexandira, Sharkia and Fayoum governorates.

  14. Knowledge-sharing as a pathway for strengthened intra-African collaboration and accelerate action for the eilimination of child labour in supply chains.

    28 February 2023

    The “Regional Conference: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains” focused on showcasing what has worked to advance the countries and regional agendas on the elimination of child labour.

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    As a refugee, my new skills have given my family hope

    28 February 2023

    When her husband was killed in 2009, Angelique Kahindo fled the Democratic Republic of Congo with her children to a refugee settlement in Uganda. For years she had no income, but a new opportunity for an apprenticeship has given her the skills and courage to set up her own tailoring business.

  16. Training for Private Sector Companies in Uganda on Documentation of Child Labour Remediation Procedures

    22 February 2023

    The training aims to strengthen the capacity of private sector companies to improve compliance, due diligence, and remediation on child labour.

  17. Good Practices: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains

    31 January 2023

    ACCEL Africa documented 14 good practices in the fight against child labour, which emerged from the ACCEL Africa project implementation in 6 countries: Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda.

    Hayat Osseiran, International Consultant, with the technical supervision of Angelica Munoz ILO M&E and Knowledge Sharing Officer, prepared the good practices collection. The ACCEL national teams and partners developed and shared technical information, inputs and visual materials.

  18. ILO urges East African countries to harmonise labour laws

    27 January 2023

    The ILO’s East African office gathered government and labour rights experts in Zanzibar to push for a common agenda on adopting labour standards as provided by the global workers’ organisation. And as countries in the neighbourhood work towards free movement of labour, the ILO says a common policy on migrant labour can help protect the workers as well as ensure only the needed labour is available.

  19. ACCEL Africa partners unite to share vital knowledge on combating child labour in Cocoa and Gold Mining value chains in Cote d’Ivoire

    27 January 2023

    The objectives of the knowledge sharing event were to review the project's interventions, share knowledge, lessons, best practices, and challenges related to the implementation of the ACCEL Africa project, and develop roadmaps and recommendations.

  20. Due Diligence training to eliminate child labour in Uganda

    27 January 2023

    Through the training, participants were able to reflect on the specific challenges that they face and learned how to use different practical tools to implement in practice the different steps in a child labour due diligence process by which companies identify, prevent, manage and account for the negative impact occurring in their operations or value chains.