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ILO and TAML collaborate to advance children’s rights in Malawi
Through the new programme, TAML will promote best practice tea estate policies and codes of conduct through inclusive business models with smallholder farmers on child labour, engage with smallholder farmers for improved compliance throughout the...
International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour — beyond commitments to action
An interview with Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, on the occasion of the launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, which took place on January 21, 2021.
ILO and ECAM collaborate to fight child labour in Malawi
The new action programme will see ECAM establish a National Employer Taskforce Against Child Labour, promote child labour elimination policies and practices across the private sector, and facilitate more and better Corporate Social Responsibility...
New partnership between the Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization to improve working conditions in Malawi’s...
This new project is well aligned to the strategic priorities of development cooperation between Norway and Malawi, which include a focus on the agriculture sector and respect for human rights, as well as with Norway’s global development cooperation...
The Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group held its second Strategic Workshop from 14 to 15 May 2019 in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire.
The second strategic workshop of the Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group was organized in Abidjan on 14 and 15 May 2019 under the patronage of the First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire with funding from the governments of the Netherlands (through the...
World Aids Day
Advocating for an all-inclusive, inter-sectoral COVID-19 response in the world of work in Malawi
COVID-19 exacerbated inequalities in a short time. Groups already marginalized ran the risk of being further left behind. The world of work response in Malawi was built around the SDG commitment of leaving no one behind. As part of the UN country...
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
Malawi’s Tripartite Labour Advisory Council deliberates on child labour
“The meeting gives employers great confidence in the Minister’s leadership. Social dialogue is the bedrock of labour and employment. When social dialogue takes place reliably and consistently, this can contribute greatly to the development of the...
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...
Saved from the Shackles of Child Labour
Iveta started working at the age of 15 as a domestic worker, with a salary that could not support herself and her family. The ILO enabled her to get out of child labour and learn some tailoring skills. Today, she is building a modern house for...
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...
ILO and JICA Co-organize Online Study Session on Child Labour and Business
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) jointly organised an online study Session on Child Labour and Business on how to strengthen the collaboration in the area of child labour in order to...
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...
Following international child labour conference in the Netherlands, Jessie Chingoma plans to advocate for increased public funding for...
My name is Jessie Chingoma and I work as the Deputy Director of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MTCU), a national trade union centre that promotes the growth of the trade union movement in Malawi. MCTU currently has more than two dozen...
Child labour
Next steps to end child labour in global supply chains
A major conference takes place this week in the Netherlands that aims to set out the next steps in ending child labour in global supply chains. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder took part in a panel discussion at the conference, which has been...
International Labour Standards
Malawi renews commitment toward International Labour Standards
Stepping up the fight against child labour
GENEVA (ILO News) – A large gap remains between the ratification of Conventions on child labour and the actions countries take to deal with the problem, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report marking the tenth anniversary of...
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | MALAWI - “Life would have been much better if I had received my compensation on time”
The ILO currently supports efforts to create an efficient employment injury scheme in Malawi so that people like Harry Dymon can get their compensation money on time.