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First awareness-raising workshop on ILS for Parliamentarians in Rwanda

Parliamentarians in charge of Labour and Social issues as well as Members of the Commission of Human Rights in Rwanda attended for the first time an ILO workshop to build national synergies on International Labour Standards (ILS).

27 February 2014: Launch and dissemination of the tripartite plan of action to promote decent work for domestic workers in Tanzania, ILO...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE), the Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) and the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) will launch the tripartite plan of action to...

9 – 10 April 2014: Tripartite workshop on the Promotion of Decent work for Domestic Workers in Zanzibar, Visitors Inn, Jambiani, Zanzibar

The ILO and it’s constituents in Zanzibar, is convening a tripartite workhop from 9th to 10th April 2014, aimed at promoting the ILO convention on Decent work for Domestic workers, No. 189 and its Recommendation No. 201.

School-to-work transition

Does investing in education pay off for African youth?

In sub-Saharan Africa, a stable, well-paid job is often an impossible dream, even for educated young people, according to an ILO report.

Tanzania launches an action plan to promote decent work for domestic workers

ILO chief to visit Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, will make an official visit to Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia from 4 to 12 December 2013.

First W4Y Regional Meeting

Decent jobs for youth should be at the top of African Development agenda, says ILO

Informality and vulnerable employment remain the reality for the vast majority of young workers in the region, says a new ILO report prepared for the Work4Youth Regional Conference that is taking place this week in Addis Ababa.

Green entrepreneurs showcase their businesses at a regional knowledge sharing workshop in Kenya

The ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) programme, which aims to create job opportunities for young people in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, organized a three-day regional knowledge sharing workshop for key project partners, stakeholders and...

What progress have we made to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016? Find out: New ILO Global Child Labour Report and launch of...

The new ILO report on child labour will be launched worldwide on Monday 23 September 2013. In Africa, press briefings will be held in Addis Ababa, Dakar and Nairobi alongside a Première in the region: the creation of the new web page for the...

The launch of the Corridor Economic Empowerment Innovation Fund (CEEIF), Dar es salaam Tanzania

The ILO-Sida HIV&AIDS vulnerability Reduction and Economic Empowerment project will launch a Corridor Economic Empowerment Innovation Fund (CEEIF) on Wednesday 18th September 2013, a facility meant to address the needs of vulnerable groups of women,...

Making decent work a reality for domestic workers in Africa

The ILO is organising a Knowledge Sharing Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 28-30 May 2013 to share good practices, practical initiatives and new policies to promote decent work for domestic workers in Africa.

Women Entrepreneurship Development Training in East Africa

An ILO-Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) training for future ILO-WED assessors in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from April 10 -12.

Youth entrepreneurship

From slum living to company director

One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.

World Teachers Day

Teachers struggle to be top of the class

Teachers face severe challenges in different parts of the world and are still under pressure to produce results. As the profession marks World Teachers Day, two teachers working thousands of miles apart tell their stories.

Japan and ILO launched new partnership on Youth Employment for Sustainable Development in Kenya

DAR ES SALAAM/ADDIS ABABA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Japan launched a new creative partnership and program aimed at promoting youth employment for sustainable development of the East-African...

ILO consults African youth on jobs crisis

The ILO dedicates the month of March 2012 to hold national events in 12 African countries from the five sub-regions to hear young people’s views on the alarming youth employment situation.

Statement by H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, at the 100th Session of International Labour...

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