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#EndChildLabour2021

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

#EndChildLabour2021

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...

Labour migration

ILO FAIRWAY supports returning Ethiopian migrant workers

The ILO and its tripartite constituents launched a Decent Work Country Program (2021-2025) for Ethiopia

3 June 2021, Addis Ababa; Ethiopia: The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia together with the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Union (CETU) & Confederation of Ethiopian Employers Federations...

IGAD launches the process towards the establishment of a sectoral committee on labour and employment

World Environment Day 2021 – Reimagine, recreate, restore

SCORE Training re-imagined and equipped to help SMEs build back greener

The COVID-19 crisis has forced all companies to re-imagine their ways of doing business in order to ensure the continuity of their activities and the health of their employees. SCORE Training has not been spared the changes in the working...

ILO and Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia launch a project to enhance disaster resilience in Kebribeyah and Jijiga town

Addis Ababa; Ethiopia; 25 May – The International Labor Organization (ILO) together with the Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia organized an official launching workshop on the project to enhance disaster resilience through employment intensive water...

UN Agencies and IGAD Secretariat launch a regional initiative to address migration and climate change in East Africa

Strengthening tripartism at IGAD Region

International Labour standards for sound labour relations in Ethiopia

ILO collaborates with International Training Centre of the ILO(ITCILO) and Ethiopia’s First Instance Court to provide training on ILS for judges and lawyers.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021

SCORE Training adapts to help SMEs respond to the health crisis and implement occupational health and safety measures

COVID-19 has brought occupational health and safety to the forefront of the world of work. All stakeholders have had to adapt to remain safe and resilient. On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the importance of investing in resilient...

A knowledge exchange with ILO Ankara: Learning from each other and sharing experiences to support the creation of decent work opportunities...

The ILO Office in Turkey and the PROSPECTS programme jointly organized a webinar to exchange knowledge and experiences on how to foster an enabling environment for the socio-economic inclusion of refugees and vulnerable host community members.

Our impact, Their voices

How capacity building and greater employee involvement can address low productivity in the Ethiopian garment sector

The textile and garment sector in Ethiopia is undergoing a substantial boom right now, and this growth needs to be accompanied by improvements in working conditions and productivity. This case study shows how SCORE Training helps SMEs address the...

The Government of Japan partners with the ILO to support disaster resilience through waterworks restoration in Ethiopia

The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.1 million to the ILO’s response to enhance disaster resilience through the employment-intensive restoration of waterworks in the city of Jijiga and among refugee-hosting communities of Kebribeyah in the...

IGAD region Labour Market Assessment reports: eight upcoming reports

International Women's Day 2021

SCORE Training adapts to continue promoting gender equality despite COVID-19

While the priority in 2020 was health and safety, the SCORE Programme adopted several strategies to meet gender equality objectives. On this International Women's Day, let's look back at SCORE Programme activities that helped ensure progress on this...

National Mobilization Conference on the protection & suppression of human trafficking & smuggling held in Addis Ababa

A national conference on prevention and suppression of human trafficking and smuggling of person in Ethiopia has been officially launched on March 3, 2021 at Sheraton Addis hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world: Women in the garment and textile industry

The garment and textile industry is one of the sectors hit hard by Covid-19, affecting thousands of factory workers. As the industry slowly reopens, the ILO Siraye programme continue to deliver its programme intervention and reach more female...

ILO Voices | Agriculture

5 ways governments can support agriculture insurance

Agriculture provides jobs to 1.3 billion people, which is close to 40 per cent of global employment, most of them working poor. Agricultural insurance can play an important role in securing farmers’ livelihoods and boosting the efficiency of the...