All news: Gambia
Encouraging formal entrepreneurship for decent employment: The impact of the PROMEFI project on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs
In a world where women’s entrepreneurship plays a key role in economic and social transformation, the formalization of activities remains an essential lever to ensure business growth and access to decent employment. For the International Women’s...
Business Formalization
Gambia moves towards business formalization
The ILO assists the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in launching a digital platform on formalization
The Gambia and Sao Tome and Principe ratify the 1986 Constitutional Amendment
ILO Voices | Women in management
I want to be a leader for Gambian youth
At the age of 22, Sainabou Jammeh is one of the first women in The Gambia to be managing Director of a construction company. She co-founded the company after participating in the ILO’s Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP).
#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...
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...
The Gambia: ILO’s EIIP project participants obtain a contract from the Government
Community Road Development and Maintenance (CODEM), an enterprise established through the ILO project, has successfully secured its first contract from a municipal council to rehabilitate a drainage system in the city centre, after the project...
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | THE GAMBIA - “People with disabilities should have equal opportunities to work and contribute to society”
An unemployed female worker with a hearing disability explains how she was offered to successfully join an ILO public work programme and develop her skills.
Maritime Labour Convention
Gambia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
Gambia is the 89th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention
Employment creation for youth to build sustainable peace in The Gambia: Launch of the employment-intensive construction works
The project creates employment opportunities for the youth in The Gambia through ILO’s employment-intensive construction approach with a focus on equal and decent work opportunities
Japan to support youth employment to build stability and peace in The Gambia
New project will support jobs for youth through infrastructure works with local resources, skills training and entrepreneurship promotion, with a strong focus on returnees and women.
The ILO Pledges Support for Implementation of the Gambia Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its constituents in The Gambia on Wednesday 14 October, 2015 launched the Gambia Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2015-2017. Programme prioritises Employment creation as one of its key objectives...
New database for Labour Market Information System in ECOWAS Region
The ILO seeks to improve labour market information systems and the coordination of the public employment services database for ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania.
International Workers' Day observed in Gambia
Gambia confirms to tackle employment challenges through Social Dialogue, during the International Workers' Day