Articles

2019

  1. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZAMBIA - “I hope to further expand my company to offer more jobs for young people in my community”

    09 October 2019

    What started as a dream for 28-year-old Abraham Susiku has now become a lucrative agri-business partly thanks to an ILO project.

  2. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZAMBIA - “I was 11 when I started to work in tobacco farms. Now I am skilled and became a tailor”

    08 October 2019

    Simasiku Ngenda is one of the Zambian teenagers who have been supported by an ILO-sponsored project so that they can leave child labour and learn a trade.

  3. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | SOUTH AFRICA - “This was one of the best events of its kind on job creation and the future of work”

    07 October 2019

    The ILO in South Africa successfully developed a series of innovative knowledge-sharing and capacity development events for SMEs.

  4. ILO Centenary Congress

    07 October 2019

    ILO100

  5. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “The ILO training was a real life-changing experience”

    20 September 2019

    Max – a young man from Dar es Salaam – changed his mind about trainings when he attended an ILO entrepreneurship programme that led him to start his own business.

  6. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “I can see a new person in me because of the apprenticeship training”

    20 September 2019

    ILO’s support for quality apprenticeships is increasingly making decent work a reality for young people in Tanzania, such as Said Musa Selemani.

  7. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZIMBABWE - “The Green enterPRIZE competition aligns with our vision”

    20 September 2019

    The ILO’s Green enterPrize helps support green and growth-oriented small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe. Several winners say the competition has been a big help for their companies.

  8. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZIMBABWE - “The ILO project came to rescue us so that we can sell our bananas for a fair price”

    20 September 2019

    An ILO project focussing on the food production sector and gold ore processing made it possible for people like Weldone Mupita to improve their income.

  9. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZIMBABWE - “Whatever it is that I can do, a woman is also capable of doing it”

    20 September 2019

    An ILO Project on gender equality in Zimbabwe helped traditional leaders like Madamombe to understand the benefits of involving women in economic and social activities.

  10. The Green Jobs Assessments Institutions Network (GAIN) establishes its First Training Hub in Africa

    19 September 2019

    GAIN Training Hub in Africa

  11. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ETHIOPIA - “The training helped me to understand the importance of team work which is critical to improve productivity”

    05 September 2019

    An ILO project is contributing to the development of a socially sustainable textile and garment industry in Ethiopia through improved labour relations, productivity, wages and working conditions.

  12. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | KENYA - “Our programme combines HIV testing and social protection awareness for workers in the informal economy”

    05 September 2019

    An innovative ILO programme increases awareness of workers in the informal economy to get tested on HIV and to join social protection schemes.

  13. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ETHIOPIA - “Getting myself through college is my priority”

    05 September 2019

    As Ethiopia embarks on the journey of industrialization, more and more young people are joining the garment and textile industry to make ends meet.

  14. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ETHIOPIA - “Nothing compares with working in your own country”

    05 September 2019

    How a migrant domestic worker from Ethiopia found an alternative to migration after attending an ILO training programme.

  15. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | NIGERIA - “The ILO project will contribute to the elimination of child labour in Nigeria’s supply chains”

    04 September 2019

    Nigeria is one of the six countries covered by a new ILO project to accelerate the elimination of child labour in African supply chains.

  16. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | NIGERIA - “I was an experienced trainer before but I am even more since I completed the training on cooperatives”

    04 September 2019

    An ILO training for trainers made it possible for Mailafiya Stephen Jock to learn new skills and train more people on agricultural cooperatives.

  17. US delegation visits ILO projects addressing child labour in cocoa-farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire

    04 September 2019

    Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 3, 2019 – A delegation of staff members from the United States House of Representatives visited a cocoa-growing community, which benefited from four International Labour Office (ILO) projects aimed at eliminating child labour and improving occupational safety and health (OSH) for young farmers and communities in Côte d’Ivoire.

  18. « 100 YEARS – 100 LIVES » | BOTSWANA - “ILO action has led to a complete review of labour laws in Botswana”

    04 September 2019

    Botswana has started a complete review of its labour laws to make them compatible with international labour standards.

  19. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “The training in tailoring made it possible for me to leave drug addiction for good”

    03 September 2019

    Saleh Awadhi managed to leave the drug rehabilitation house and open his own tailoring business after attending an ILO training.

  20. « 100 Years – 100 Lives » | RWANDA - “The project helped national policies to reduce poverty and create jobs”

    03 September 2019

    An ILO-led programme helped the government and social partners to make sure job creation goes along with economic growth.