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Malawi’s Tripartite Labour Advisory Council deliberates on child labour
Lilongwe, 21 September 2020 – The Honourable Ken Kandodo, M.P. Malawi’s Minister of Labour, opened a meeting of the country’s Tripartite Labour Advisory Council (TLAC) on Thursday 17 September 2020 stating that: “The role of the Tripartite Labour...
Malawi commemorates World Day Against Child Labour 2020
Malawi joins the work in commemorating World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) with a focus this year on the impact of COVID-19 on child labour, under the slogan: COVID-19: Protect Children from Child Labour, now more than ever!
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...
Safety and Health at Work Can Save Lives and Help Stop the Covid-19 Pandemic
As the world celebrate this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work, commemorated on 28 April each year, there is need to address the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the world’s workplaces. In Malawi, the International Labour...
Japan supports ILO and Mozambique in socio-economic recovery after cyclone Idai
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 545,454 to ILO’s response to cyclone devastation in Mozambique. This support will help restore damaged rural roads and create local jobs, providing better access and improving resilience in the Manica...
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZAMBIA - “I hope to further expand my company to offer more jobs for young people in my community”
What started as a dream for 28-year-old Abraham Susiku has now become a lucrative agri-business partly thanks to an ILO project.
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZAMBIA - “I was 11 when I started to work in tobacco farms. Now I am skilled and became a tailor”
Simasiku Ngenda is one of the Zambian teenagers who have been supported by an ILO-sponsored project so that they can leave child labour and learn a trade.
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Reviewing the impact of Social Protection
The ILO, Government ministries, UN Partners, Donors, civil society and media embark on a Joint Annual Review to assess the impacts of Social Protection programmes in Zambia.
Director presents credentials to COMESA
ILO Director Presents Credentials to COMESA Secretary General
The ILO Director has presented his credentials to COMESA Secretary General as special representative for the regional grouping.
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ILO Director visit Luapula Province
The ILO Director has embarked on the familiarization tour of Development Cooperation projects to meet partners, stakeholders, and beneficiaries of the projects.
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZAMBIA - “I turned my farm into an agribusiness and now I am an example in my community”
Farming is a major source of livelihoods in rural Zambia, but a lack of skills and knowledge often limits young farmers to subsistence agriculture. However, 27-year-old Felix Mulenga still managed to turn his farm into a real business thanks to an...
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZAMBIA - “Staying away from child labour will benefit the entire family, not just the child”
Febby Kahale is a 17-year-old girl who did not finish her schooling because she was working in tobacco fields. However, she and other children involved in child labour are now slowly going out of poverty thanks to an ILO project.
ILO’s Contribution to National Development
Permanent Secretary extols ILO’s Contribution to National Development
On 5 July 2019, the ILO Country Office Director Mr George Okutho paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of National Development Planning Permanent Secretary for Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Mushuma Mulenga.
UNCT Meeting
ILO hosts UNCT Meeting
The ILO Lusaka Country Office hosted the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) meeting.
2019 World Day Against Child Labour
Zambian Children Call for a Stop to Child Labour
The 2019 World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) was commemorated under the theme: ‘Children should not work in the fields, but on dreams’. In Zambia, multitudes of youths assembled at Lusaka’s Olympic Youth Development Centre to mark the day.
ILO100 Celebrations
ILO Lusaka Country Office Launches Centenary Celebrations
The event to mark the 100 years of existence of the ILO, as well as 50 years of operation in Zambia was attended by several high ranking officials among them, cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, ambassadors and high commissioners, donors and...
Skills development
ILO and Sweden sign Skills Development for Renewable Energy Sector (SKIDRES) Pilot Project
The International Labour Organization Country Office for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), will support Kafue Gorge Regional Centre (KGRTC) implement a pilot project for skills...
The first roll-out of My.Coop in the Northern Province of Zambia
My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package has been translated into Bemba and rolled out for the first time in the Northern Province of Zambia.
Our impact, their voices
I escaped child labour and can now help others
On the eve of International Week of the Deaf we profile a deaf Zambian man who, with ILO help, escaped child labour and discrimination and built a successful career as a teacher in the US.
2019 Social Protection Public Discussion
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partners are organising a Social Protection Public Discussion under the theme ‘Implications of National Debt on Social Protection Financing and Sustainability’.
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