All news: Ghana

African cooperative leaders explore the diverse businesses of Japanese cooperatives

From 29 August to 6 September, The 8th ILO/JCCU study tour was organized in Tokyo and Shizuoka, Japan. This year four participants from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Swaziland and representatives of ICA Africa and ILO COOP Unit joined the tour to...

ILO and Government of Ghana Are Committed to Fighting Child Labour

In commemoration of 2017 World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL), ILO supports Government of Ghana in organising Stakeholder Forum to Discuss Child Labour Interventions in Ghana, collaboration and resource mobilization for the recently validated...

Equality for all = Success for all

International Womens Day 2017 marks the launch of our new gender equality campaign in the workplace “Equality for all = Success for all”.

ILO to support Ghana to eliminate child labour in the gold mining sector

Through the Caring Gold Mining project, ILO commits to provide support to Ghana to eliminate child labour and improve working conditions.

ILO and Ghana launch STRENGTHEN

ILO launches STRENGTHEN - “Strengthening the Impact on Employment of Sector and Trade Policies” (STRENGTHEN) in Eastern Ghana.

ILO Launches Strengthening the Impact on Employment of Sector and Trade Policies (STRENGTHEN) project: Ghana

ILO in close collaboration with Ghana Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI), and funding from the European Union work to strengthen the employment dimension in sectoral and trade policies and...

Public-Private partnership in Ghana

Making Health and HIV information for young people available on a mobile application

The ILO will support Oasis Websoft in further developing their online health application to provide information and advice on labour rights and HIV for young people in Ghana.

ILO to sensitize West African Trade Unions on Decent Work and Future of Work Initiative

The first strategic planning meeting of the Organization of Trade Unions of West Africa held in Abuja focused on raising awareness of workers on ILO’s Future of Work Initiative and the sub regional Decent Work program.

Ghana sets up a committee to oversee the national employment policy

The Interim National Employment Coordinating Committee of Ghana met in Accra to coordinate the implementation of the ILO-supported national employment policy.

ILO and ECOWAS to develop a Decent Work Programme for West Africa

The ILO and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) agreed to formulate a first Sub-Regional Decent Work Programme.

Regional Forum on green entrepreneurship in Africa

A knowledge sharing event for Africa with 80 participants including ILO constituents to be held from 9 – 13 November 2015 in Accra, Ghana.

First Annual Forum for Regional Consultations on Migration in Africa

Ghana to host from 16 - 18 September a Joint Forum on how to promote dialogue and foster regional cooperation on migration among African countries, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and development partners.

Assessing labour immigration in Ghana

The ILO, the OECD and Ghana will hold a national consultation to assess the economic contribution of labour immigration in the West-African country.

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to support the implementation of Ghana’s National Employment Policy

At the Ghana Jobs Summit in Accra, the Director-General of the ILO, Mr Guy Ryder assured the Government and Social Partners of its support in the implementation of the country’s first ever National Employment policy.

ILO to support Ghana’s first-ever National Employment Policy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is ready to back the implementation of the country’s first ever comprehensive policy on employment, announced the Director-General Guy Ryder at the Ghana Jobs Summit in Accra.

ILO Director General statement to the Ghana Job Summit

New database for Labour Market Information System in ECOWAS Region

The ILO seeks to improve labour market information systems and the coordination of the public employment services database for ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania.

ILO Director-General to attend the 2015 Job Summit in Ghana

The first-ever National Job Summit in Accra, Ghana will kick off on 15 April in the presence of H.E. President John Dramani Mahama, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma

How to support the informal sector in Ghana

The United Nations sensitize the informal sector on maternity protection and hands over a refurbished youth friendly centre to Odawna garage workers for provision of HIV & AIDS services.

Promoting social security systems through ILO Ghana-Luxembourg Social Trust Project

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Ghana-Luxembourg Social Trust (GLST) project has officially been closed. The project represented a concrete implementation in a delimited setting of the ILO’s Global Social Trust concept which saw the...