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Tanzania Moves Forward with the Ratification of Key ILO Conventions
The ILO and the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) organized a tripartite technical meeting from February 12 to 14, 2025, in Dodoma, Tanzania. The meeting focused on establishing a technical team to drive the ratification process for ILO...
ILO Strengthens Employer Engagement in Labour Migration Governance in Uganda
A virtual workshop to validate a report on “An assessment on the role of employers in improving labour migration governance in Uganda”.
Media Professionals in Africa Equipped for Improved Reporting on Labour Migration
Promoting accurate, balanced, and gender-sensitive coverage of labour migration in Africa while strengthening regional collaboration.
Ethiopia Strengthens Diplomatic Capacity on Labour Migration
The ILO BRMM and JLMP Programmes, in partnership with the Institute of Foreign Affairs, trained 25 Ethiopian diplomats on international labour migration and legal frameworks from 22–23 April 2025. The workshop strengthened diplomats’ capacity to...
Aster Dosha’s Story of Courage and Entrepreneurship
A 33-year-old woman from Addis Ababa changed adversity into opportunity after years of hardship as a migrant domestic worker in the Gulf and Lebanon.
Tanzania Validates Revised PDO Manual and Domestic Worker Curriculum
Tanzania has strengthened its labour migration governance by validating a revised pre-departure orientation manual and competency-based domestic worker curriculum. Supported by the ILO, the initiative follows a national gap analysis and recent...
African Labour Attachés in the Gulf Strengthen Capacity to Protect Migrant Workers
African Labour Attachés from across the Gulf received training in Doha to strengthen their capacity to protect migrant workers, promote fair recruitment, and support workers, especially women, in accessing rights and remedies.
East and Horn of Africa Strengthen Labour Migration Governance Through Social Dialogue
Enhancing the Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Labour Migration Governance, the Third High-Level Labour Migration Governance in the East and Horn of Africa
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Strengthening labour migration statistics in East & Horn of Africa (EHoA)
The regional training and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing event addressed significant gaps in labour migration statistics across EHoA and strengthen institutional capacities for data collection, analysis, and dissemination.
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Building Robust Labour Market Systems and Supporting Returned Migrants in Uganda
National Strategy on Skills Development for Labour Migration launched in Kenya
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Enhancing the quality of TVET’s Programs in Ethiopia to better respond to Migrants need
The ILO BRMM monitoring missions conducted in Jima, Shashemene, Asella, and other towns highlighted the importance of integrating skills development and financial inclusion initiatives to support migrants in Ethiopia.
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Boosting Growth in Assela's Poultry Sector Through Innovation
Promoting innovation and enhancing local economic opportunities through a creative business idea competition for the poultry industry in Ethiopia.
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
A step forward in improving labour migration governance in Somalia: Labour Migration Policy validated
Refining and finalizing a policy framework in Somalia designed to strengthen labour migration governance and address existing policy gaps.
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Strengthening the Capacity of Key Migration Actors in Africa on Labour Migration
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Building Sustainable Futures: Entrepreneurship Training for Returned Migrant Workers in Uganda
Enabling returned migrants with SIYB training to engage in sustainable livelihoods through self-employment or wage employment.
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Kenya Advances Migrant Workers Welfare Fund Development through Stakeholder Consultations
Reviewing the findings of an actuarial and costings study for the Kenyan Migrant Workers Welfare Fund (KMWWF) and the draft regulations for its establishment under the Labour Migration Management Bill.
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Improving Labour Statistics for Informed Decision Making in Djibouti
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Ethiopia Successfully Developed RPL Assessment Tools in Prioritised Occupations
Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa
Towards a Rights-Based Labour Migration Framework for South Sudan
South Sudan validated the situational analysis of South Sudan’s labour migration context and developed guiding principles, vision, and mission for the National Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan.