All news: Ethiopia

Breaking Barriers

Sustainable Poultry Farming for Ethiopian Women

The ILO ProAgro project working with partners, aims to assist farmers in creating market access by collecting eggs from growers, packing them, and distributing them to the nearest market in Addis Ababa

African Union Social Solidarity Economy Ecosystem

African Union embraces youth employment and fair recruitment strategies

The African Union and African Member States delivered on key strategies and policies that are critical to the world of work, including the social and solidarity economy, youth employment, fair recruitment, minimum wage and more.

African Union adopts a ten-year strategy on the Social and Solidarity Economy

The ILO contributed to the adoption of the strategy and its implementation plan at the fifth ordinary session of the Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment (STC-SDLE-5) of the African Union.

Advocacy event in Addis Ababa showcases Africa’s commitment to protecting vulnerable children

New course developed by ILO Vision Zero Fund initiative

Commuting safety matters: Collective action for a safe commute

PROSPECTS Partnership

ILO trains social health protection actors in Ethiopia

Social Health Protection training equips Ethiopian social health protection actors with the knowledge and experience to strengthen health financing and social health protection systems.

Workers' Rights and Care Policies

Project concludes highlighting progress in promoting care policies for gender equality, workers' rights in Ethiopia

ILO Project Concludes with Workshop Highlighting the Benefits of Promoting Workers' Rights and Care policies for Gender Equality in Ethiopia’s Garment Sector. The workshop reviewed the project's successes and lessons learned, aiming to ensure...

Empowering Ethiopian Migrant Workers

Ethiopia Strengthens Skills Framework for Migrant Workers with Harmonised Standards and Curricula

Ethiopia held a workshop to improve training standards for migrant workers in security, caregiving, hairdressing, and welding. This training will make the migrant workers more employable both at home and abroad. The new standards include...

Promoting Safe and Empowering Migration

Progress in Labour Migration Governance: Insights from Kenya and Ethiopia

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) team visited Kenya and Ethiopia to assess the BRMM programmes activities. The BRMM Programme helps migrants with skills training, business startup, and financial resources. They met with...

Paralegals and workers rights

Free legal aid service protects factory workers’ rights in Hawassa, Ethiopia

“If it wasn’t for the centre, we would just go home losing our jobs as we do not have the awareness about our rights.”

South-south learning experience on minimum wage

Discussion heightened towards setting minimum wage in Ethiopia

South-south learning experience on minimum wage in Vietnam shared among stakeholders in Ethiopia.

New Country Office Director in Addis shares his vision

Maternity Benefits

Workplace Daycare centers ensure mothers enter the workforce and continue working

The daycare centers have created a conducive working environment with, safe, stimulating, and child-friendly facilities that accommodate the needs of working mothers with infant children and toddlers in the textile and garment factories.

Press Release

Business Plan Competition Empowers Refugee, Host Communities in Ethiopia's Somali Region

AU/ILO/IOM Joint Labour Migration Programme

Urgent need to enhance labour migration governance in Tigray, Ethiopia

Enhancing Social Protection for Migrant Workers: Challenges and Strategies in the East and Horn of Africa

Africa

Stakeholders discussed on skills partnerships for demand-driven labour migration

This webinar hosted by the ILO in collaboration with the African Union Commission and African Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, discussed skills partnerships for labour migration.

Better Regional Migration Management

ILO virtual workshop evaluates skills mapping for equitable labour migration

Start and improve your business

ILO extends capacity building support to business development service providers in Ethiopia

A new batch of trainers were trained in ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme to improve self-reliance of host and refugee community entrepreneurs.

Building a Stronger Africa

AU, ILO forge partnership for decent work & social justice

The AU-ILO Joint Planning Meeting reassures strengthened collaboration and coordination between the African Union (AU) and the International Labour Organization to advance social justice in the continent.