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The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...
Our impact, their voices
“Why not me?” Young people from Kinshasa start their own businesses
Thanks to an ILO programme, young Congolese women and men from modest backgrounds have been trained in entrepreneurship – sometimes with significant results.
Our impact, their voices
Former combatants from DR Congo are rebuilding their lives thanks to entrepreneurial training
An ILO programme offers entrepreneurial training to demobilized Congolese combatants, who were often forcibly recruited by armed groups.
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Statement by H.E. Amira Elfadil at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Statement by Aeneas C. Chuma at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa
“In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference...
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Addis Ababa to host a regional consultation on Child and Forced Labour in sub-Saharan Africa
From 22 to 23 June 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Alliance 8.7 will host a two-day consultative meeting on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa, in preparation for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour...
From war to peace: Socio-economic reintegration of ex-combatants in the DRC
Providing assistance to support the transition from military to civilian life is a central component of ILO’s work in post-conflict situations in order to rebuild communities.
World Investment Forum 2014
Foreign Direct Investment: Getting it right
Together with UNCTAD, the ILO has organized a dialogue on how best to ensure that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) benefits everyone through the creation of quality jobs.
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
When indigenous and world leaders meet, what does it mean for the ILO?
A historic meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York is set to bolster further ratification of the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.
Job for former child soldiers
The ILO is pursuing its efforts to strengthen the economic component of reintegration programmes for former child soldiers in countries concerned. Two new projects have started in 2012.
Belgium and ILO signed agreement on youth employability in Congo
On 3 April 2012, the ILO and the Belgian minister for Development Cooperation signed an agreement on promoting employability and enhancing job creation for young people in Katanga, Congo.
ILO consults African youth on jobs crisis
The ILO dedicates the month of March 2012 to hold national events in 12 African countries from the five sub-regions to hear young people’s views on the alarming youth employment situation.