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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...

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, ILO and UNICEF commit to ending Child Labour in Somalia

Mogadishu, 12 June 2021 – To commemorate the 2021 World Day against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund...

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

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

Somalia recognizes decent work for women and men as the foundation of peace and resilience

Somalia’s ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and six more ILO Conventions was marked in a virtual ceremony with the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

IGAD region Labour Market Assessment reports: eight upcoming reports

Communicating on labour migration: Improving media coverage and quality of reporting on labour migration in the IGAD region

Participants thought about the Labour Migration Analysis virtual meetings

ILO Webinar Examines Impact of COVID-19 on African Migrant Workers in the SADC and IGAD Regions

In response to impacts of COVID-19 to migrant workers, the ILO encourages countries of origin and destination to develop mechanisms to implement policy responses that support the protection of migrant workers’ rights.

ILO Voices | Gender equality

Five steps to help women entrepreneurs cross the business gender divide

Women entrepreneurs tend to be stuck at the lower end of the business value chain, while their male counterparts make more profits at the high end. The ILO has developed a five step model to help women cross the business gender divide.

ILO strengthens the effort of labour migration governance experts in the IGAD region

IGAD Member States Labour Migration Experts testimony to FMPT project capacity building support

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...

Towards building the capacity of labour migration analysts in the IGAD region

FMPT project publishes eight Assessments of Labour Migration and Mobility Governance in the IGAD Region reports

FMPT supported the establishment of IGAD region employers confederation (CIE)

Tripartite workshop on ILO Conventions related to labour migration and mobility