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Informal Economy and Gender Equality

Empowering African women to break out of informality

Promoting women’s empowerment as one way to facilitate transition from the informal to the formal economy and address a major development challenge worldwide.

Informal Economy and Gender Equality

ILO at OATUU Women Conference in Kenya

The Organisation of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) to hold a regional conference on women and informality under the theme “Organizing informal economy workers into trade unions”, 16-17 September in Nairobi, Kenya.

Maritime Labour Convention

Kenya ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Kenya is the 64th ILO member State and the tenth African State – after Liberia, Gabon, Benin, Togo, Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Congo – to have ratified the MLC, 2006.

President Uhuru Kenyatta meets Aeneas Chuma, ILO Regional Director for Africa

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyata and Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, exchanged views and ideas at the National State House in Nairobi, Kenya.

Aeneas Chuma, ILO Head for Africa on official visit to Kenya and Tanzania

The Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, paid a working visiting from 22 – 28 June 2014 to two East-African countries to strenghten a win-win cooperation.

Kenya elected Vice-President of the International Labour Conference

Mrs Jacqueline Mugo, Executive Director of the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE), will be acting as one of the Vice-Presidents during the 103rd annual International Labour Conference.

Interview

Francis Atwoli: “We need to create more sustainable jobs for youth in Africa”

Africa needs more sustainable jobs for youth who represent the majority of African population, says Francis Atwoli, the newly elected president of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) and vice president of the global International Trade Union...

Strengthening Human Security in the border communities of Turkana, Kenya

The project launched in 2012 proposed activities aim to improve human security in a context of UN inter-agency coordination including UNTFHS, UNDP, FAO, WHO, IOM, UNICEF, and ILO-IPEC.

ILO report calls for job-centred growth policies in Kenya

Kenya needs to adopt a coherent national employment strategy to achieve a more equitable economic growth, says the ILO.

Green entrepreneurs showcase their businesses at a regional knowledge sharing workshop in Kenya

The ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) programme, which aims to create job opportunities for young people in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, organized a three-day regional knowledge sharing workshop for key project partners, stakeholders and...

New ILO Child Labour Report calls for strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million. But Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest...

Tackling Child Labour through Education in Kenya

The Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) - in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union (EU) – implemented a programme on “Tackling Child Labour through Education” where adopting a school was one of the...

Microinsurance Business Strategies for East African Markets

Cenfri in collaboration with the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the African Insurance Organization hosted an innovative training program aiming to provide participants with the tools and resources to form the foundation for a business...

Green entrepreneurship on the rise in Kenya

Launched in November 2012 through the ILO-YEF partnership, this annual Business Plan Competition in Kenya attracted 183 entries spread across 4 categories. The overall winner, Michael Odhiambo, came from the green and ecological category. Michael is...

Youth entrepreneurship

From slum living to company director

One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.

Message of solidarity from the Workers' Group of the ILO Governing Body in support of Kenyan Union Leader Atwoli

Kenya: Interview with Francis Atwoli

Questions and answers with Francis Atwoli, General Secretary Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU-Kenya) and member of ILO Governing Body.

Japan pledges renewed support to reintegrate criminal and at-risk Somali youth back into communities

Empowering Somali youth by providing opportunities for work and education was identified as a Government of Japan priority when it announced the renewal of its support to a UN-led programme steering 'at-risk' youth away from violent or criminal...

New Initiative on Youth Employment for Sustainable Development launched in Kenya

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Government of Japan and the Government of Kenya have jointly launched a new project - the Youth Employment for Sustainable Development Project (YESD) - aimed at addressing the escalating youth...

Domestic Workers ask Parliament for the ratification of Convention 189