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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.

ILO Consults African Youth on Job Crisis

The ILO is dedicating 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.

IGAD and ILO signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Employment for Peace in the Horn of Africa

ADDIS ABABA - The Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and the International Labour Organization committed to deepen their collaboration and cooperation in jointly promoting employment for peace, stability and sustainable development...

From the depths of an African shantytown, a nascent youth employment movement grows

In Africa’s second largest slum, youth unemployment is sky high. But cooperative projects are helping youth find work and slowly lift themselves out of poverty through such projects as raising food in community gardens, processing waste for bio-fuel...

International Year of Cooperatives: In Kenya, working hand in hand with the ILO to create cooperatives and jobs

Cooperatives provide some 100 million jobs around the world. Many of these jobs provide for basic human needs, such as the dairy farms of Kenya. Today, some 13,000 cooperatives in Kenya have some 9 million members. As the United Nations launches its...

Kenya: Regional Seminar on the Role of Trade Unions in Rural Development and Youth Employment in Africa

Planning a green economy in Kenya

The first inter-ministerial workshop on Green Economy was held on Friday, 24 June 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. This meeting, organized jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, aimed at initiating...

World AIDS Day 2006 The workforce and HIV/AIDS: Employment is a crucial lifeline

In 2005, more than 3 million labour force participants worldwide were partially or fully unable to work because of illness due to AIDS. A new ILO report on HIV/AIDS and work ( Note 1) shows that both prevention and treatment could bring significant...