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Employment Intensive Investment Programme

Celebrating 20 years of ILO collaboration with South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme

ILO Concludes Inter-regional Workshop on Country Programming in Dakar

Over 50 participants from came together to enhance their capacity in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating effective country programmes.

In Cameroon, ILO Director-General stresses the importance of cooperation for achieving decent work and extending social protection

During his visit, the Director-General met government officials, and representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations.

Child Labour Elimination

A Commitment to the Durban Call to Action

METI programme

Second regional technical training on employment and investment in the southern Mediterranean countries

Farmworker Indaba Highlights Social Challenges on Wine Farms

The recent Agri Worker Indaba, hosted by Fairtrade Africa in the Western Cape, illuminated the pressing social issues facing wine farms in the region.

Eswatini embarks on a safer future: Launch of the national occupational safety and health Policy

ILO trains INSS and MAPTSS professionals in Communication for Social Protection

During the training days, INSS and MAPTSS staff reinforced their techniques for communicating about social protection.

Start and improve your business

ILO extends capacity building support to business development service providers in Ethiopia

A new batch of trainers were trained in ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme to improve self-reliance of host and refugee community entrepreneurs.

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 and EIIP teams reinforce capacities in Rwanda

Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2024

The ILO at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2024

Among the various visitors to the UN Pavilion during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair was Ambassador Faranisi, now Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, students, and people from all walks of life.

ILO Interventions Lead to Improvements in the Performance of Enterprises in the Shea Sector in Ghana

Productivity improvement training, advisory services, access to technology, and support to employers’ and workers’ groups result in improvements in the performance of enterprises in the shea sector in the Northern Region of Ghana.

International best practices in labour management

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Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique celebrate Labour Day

Every year, workers across the globe meet to celebrate the International Labour Day, which falls on May 1. In Zambia, the national commemoration under the theme: ‘Building Resilience: Workers at the Heart of Zambia’s Economic Recovery’, which was...

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Malawi roll-out Agri-Lab model to co-design assistive technology

The Agri-Lab model has been rolled out in Malawi to co-design assistive technology for rural farmers with disabilities by bringing together people with disabilities, facilitators and design experts. Two International Fund for Agricultural...

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Harnessing the network of unionism to protect workers’ rights in the tobacco sector

In an effort to address the decent work deficits in the tobacco sector, the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) working with the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Addressing decent work deficits and improving access to rights in...

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Desk officers join disability inclusive social protection campaign to ‘Leave No One Behind’

Every day, in the city and district council offices in Malawi, one is likely to meet a person with disabilities seeking support from government social welfare, community development or nongovernmental organizations.

Addressing the invisible labour behind the cobalt mining industry

An event held at the United Nations Headquarters on April 15 shed light on the harsh realities of the working conditions in the cobalt mining sector, marking the beginning of a concerted effort to promote global and sustainable changes in the...

Building a Stronger Africa

AU, ILO forge partnership for decent work & social justice

The AU-ILO Joint Planning Meeting reassures strengthened collaboration and coordination between the African Union (AU) and the International Labour Organization to advance social justice in the continent.

Ministry of Labour launches a Tobacco Workers Survey Report focusing on Tenant Growers in Malawi’s Tobacco Industry

On 26 April 2024, the Ministry of Labour, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a report on the Survey of Tenant Growers in Malawi’s tobacco industry. The survey was conducted in 2022 by the National Statistical Office (NSO) of...