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Working conditions and illegal practices
Organizations join forces to tackle invisibility of South Asia’s brick kilns
Brick by Brick report highlights working conditions and practices affecting millions of people and hundreds of thousands of animals in the industry every day.
Entrepreneurship skills
Afghan women unleashing their business potential
How entrepreneurship enabled an Afghan woman to create a successful company and help other women do the same.
ILO-GIZ’s joint initiative for Pakistan, Afghanistan & Uzbekistan: Overcoming Post-Conflict Economic Challenges through Private Sector...
A new approach involving private sector to overcome economic challenges in post-conflict situation has been introduced to donors and practitioners from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Working a childhood away in Afghanistan’s kilns
Children as young as five work as brick makers in Afghanistan’s kilns, as poverty and debt keep their families in low-wage bonded labour. Tackling the issue is far more complex than just banning child labour in the kilns, the ILO says.
Employment, decent jobs needed for sustainable development in Afghanistan
Employment and decent work must be at the heart of plans for Afghanistan’s social and economic development, according to a new report on employment in the country released by the ILO.
ILO & UNHCR plan to address Decent Work Deficits of Afghan Refugee and Host Communities in Pakistan
Islamabad: The tri-partite stake holders endorsed the broad joint strategy of ILO- UNHCR to provide support to workers from Afghan Refugees and Host Communities under the Afghan Management and Repatriation Strategy.
Child & bonded labour in Afghanistan's brick kilns. New Survey highlights obstacles to ending practice
A new report on bonded labour in Afghan brick kilns found more than half of the workers surveyed were children, with the majority of these workers under the age of 14.
Unravelling the cycle of bonded labour in Afghanistan
According to a new ILO report launched in Kabul on 7 February 2012, Afghan brick kilns heavily rely on debt bondage of adults and children. Even when families make progress toward paying back loans, the perpetual need for more advances (often for...
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Buried in bricks: Bonded labour in Afghanistan
Bonded labour of adults and children in brick kilns is one of the most prevalent, yet least known forms of hazardous labour in Afghanistan. A new ILO study on the phenomenon marks the first attempt to provide a better understanding of the dynamics...
New project to improve Afghan labour laws and administration, promote decent work
(LO NEWS – Kabul) A new project to strengthen labour law and administration in Afghanistan will be launched today by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United...
Speaking notes at the launch of the Decent Work Country Programme for Afghanistan
By Mr Herve Berger, ILO Senior Coordinator/Representative for Afghanistan, 17 July 2010
Afghanistan adopts first ever Decent Work Country Programme
Afghanistan’s first Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) has been signed during a ceremony at the MoLSAMD (Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled).
Helping former Afghan fighters reintegrate
By Ingrid Christensen, Officer-in-Charge, Jacqueline Paul and Ram Gopal Parajuli, ILO Kabul. Former fighters and their families are now getting help to resume normal lives, thanks to the Afghan Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and...