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Private employment agencies in EHoA establish a Regional confederation to advance fair recruitment
The establishment of a regional confederation of private employment agencies from six East and Horn of Africa countries to promote fair recruitment, strengthen cooperation and enhance migrant worker protection.
Tujibidiishe SACCO Creates New Pathways for Kenya's Returned Migrant Workers to Build Sustainable Livelihoods
Supporting the sustainable reintegration of returned migrant workers in Mombasa through a SACCO model that combines entrepreneurship, cooperative development, savings, and access to finance to help build stronger and more resilient livelihoods
Journalists Across Eastern Africa Forge a Common Path on Migration Reporting
Strengthening ethical, accurate, and evidence based migration reporting across Eastern Africa while fostering regional media collaboration on labour migration, fair recruitment, and countering misinformation
Taking labour migration to the classrooms in Dar es Salaam
Raising youth awareness of labour migration governance, fair recruitment, and regular migration pathways through public lectures that equip students in Dar es Salaam with practical knowledge for informed employment and migration decisions.
Tanzania Launches First Migrant Resource Centre to Protect and Empower Migrant Workers
Strengthening protection and support for migrant workers in Tanzania through the launch of the country’s first Migrant Resource Centre, providing accessible services on safe migration, fair recruitment, and reintegration
Tanzania Journalists Capacity Strengthened to Promote Safe and Fair Labour Migration Reporting
Strengthening responsible, accurate, and evidence based reporting on labour migration in Tanzania while fostering closer collaboration between the media, government, social partners, and the ILO on safe and fair migration issues.
Institutionalising Overseas Employment Training at Assela TVET College
Strengthening overseas employment training in Ethiopia by enhancing Assela TVET College’s capacity, improving access for migrant workers, especially women, and demonstrating how institutional investment and income generation can support sustainable...
East and Horn of Africa Labour Attachés Strengthen Capacity to Advance Rights-Based Labour Migration Agreements
Strengthening the capacity of Labour Attachés and Consular Officials from the East and Horn of Africa to negotiate, implement, and monitor rights based bilateral labour migration agreements and better protect migrant workers in Gulf destination...
Kenya Validates National Strategy to Support Sustainable Reintegration of Returning Migrant Workers
Validating Kenya’s draft National Return and Reintegration Strategy to strengthen coordinated support for returning migrant workers and help them access livelihoods, services, and sustainable reintegration pathways.
Building a Safety Net for Uganda's Returning Migrant Workers
Validating Uganda’s draft National Return and Reintegration Framework to strengthen coordinated support for returning migrant workers and improve access to reintegration services, skills development, and livelihoods.
Werabe Polytechnic College and the Case for Operational Excellence in Pre-Departure Training
The case study examines how Werabe Polytechnic College strengthened the quality and delivery of overseas employment training for potential and returning migrants in Ethiopia. It highlights the college’s operational reforms, expanded training offer,...
Building Practical Guidance to Strengthen Ethiopia's Overseas Employment System
Developing practical guidance to help translate Ethiopia’s overseas employment laws and procedures into clear, user friendly steps for institutions, implementers, and prospective migrant workers.
African Migrant Resource Centres strengthen cooperation to better support migrant workers
The International Labour Organization and its partners have agreed on a regional framework to strengthen cooperation among Migrant Resource Centres across Africa, helping improve access to information, protection, referrals and support services for...
Dignity in Service: Transforming Domestic Work through skills development in Tanzania
Validating Tanzania’s proposed domestic work curriculum to give greater structure, recognition, and standards to a sector that employs many women and young people.
Somalia's Advances Implementation of New Labour Migration Policy Framework
Raising awareness and strengthening coordination for the implementation of Somalia’s National Labour Migration Policy and Private Employment Agencies Regulations.
ILO entrepreneurship training helps Ethiopian returnee rebuild after tragedy
After surviving a fire while working abroad, Semira Maye returned to Ethiopia facing debt, injury and uncertainty. Through the ILO-supported SIYB programme, she launched a clothing business and regained financial independence.
Kenya Establishes Foundation for Evidence-based Labour Migration Governance through First National Statistics Report
Over 103,800 Kenyans worked abroad in 2024/2025, sending home USD 4.9 billion. Yet until now, the data behind that movement lived in silos. Kenya is changing that.
Ethiopia and South Africa Exchange Lessons on Strengthening Labour Market Information Systems
Ethiopia's labour market information system exists. The question is how to make it work better. Four days in South Africa offered some answers.
Migrant Workers Gain a Voice in South Sudan's Trade Union Movement
Thousands of migrant workers in South Sudan build homes, staff hotels, and trade in local markets. Most have no union to turn to. That is starting to change.
South Sudan Journalists Strengthened their Capacities to Report on Labour Migration with Depth and Accuracy
Labour migration in South Sudan is under-reported, often misunderstood, and rarely told from the perspective of the migrant workers themselves. A media roundtable in Juba aimed to change the starting point.