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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...
« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | RWANDA - “The project helped national policies to reduce poverty and create jobs”
An ILO-led programme helped the government and social partners to make sure job creation goes along with economic growth.
ILO and UNDP host youth and women economic empowerment training in Kigoma
The programme focuses on building the business literacy of 289 beneficiaries of which 85% are women.
Labour Administration
Rwanda ratifies the Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150)
ILO Head for Africa on official visit to Rwanda
ILO Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon aims to strengthen ILO-Rwanda cooperation during the International conference on youth employment which takes place in Kigali, Rwanda.
ILO Head for Africa on official visit to Rwanda
The Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon will undertake a working visit from 20- 21 August 2018 to Kigali, Rwanda to take part in the International Conference on Youth Employment in the agricultural sector and strengthen...
My.Coop adapted in Rwanda with sugar cane farmers
My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package gets another adaptation in Rwanda.
Statement by:Mr. Wellington Chibebe ILO Director for United Republic of Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda on the occasion of...
ILO and Sida sign USD 3.2Million agreement for project on promoting decent work in Rwanda's informal economy.
The cooperation agreement was signed on 23 November 2017, by Her Excellency Ambassador Jenny Ohlsson for Sida, and Mr Jealous Chirove, Officer in Charge of ILO Office in East Africa.
Validation workshop on the Promotion of Decent Work in Rwanda’s Informal Economy
Project to address decent work deficits in the country’s informal economy
Project Documents Review and Validation Workshop Kigali, Rwanda 10 August 2017
Promotion of Decent Work in Rwanda’s Informal Economy Project
ILO conducts SIYB Trainings for Business Development Fund (BDF) in Rwanda
More than 70 BDF staff trained and qualified as trainers in SIYB
Specialists meet to develop Labour Migration Policy Framework for East Africa
Partner States to smoothen movement of labour and harmonize labour policies, programmes and legislation as required by the EAC’s Common Market Protocol (CMP)
Technical meeting to review and validate the final draft of the Rwanda decent work country programme
The government of Rwanda in collaboration with the employers’ and workers’ organizations has organized a technical workshop to validate their draft DWCP for the period 2017 -2021.
A Local Project Team Established to Oversee Project Implementation
ILO to strengthen Collective Bargaining in Rwanda
ILO works with the Government of Rwanda to improve social dialogue and collective bargaining among workers’ and Employers’ organizations.
Rwanda: ILO welcomes the launch of a new maternity leave benefits scheme
The International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomed Rwanda’s decision to provide paid maternity leave and health benefits by law, which offers better protection for working women who become pregnant and are often confronted with the threat of job...
Rwanda hosts a sub-regional employment forum
Prime Minister Anasthase Murekezi of Rwanda called for joint efforts to tackle youth unemployment in East Africa
Leveraging urbanization for development in Africa
The ILO is taking part in a regional expert group meeting to review the challenges and opportunities of rapid urbanization in Africa.