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Equipping domestic workers for decent work through training

After winning the 2020 ILO Skills Innovation Challenge Call, Mendy Lerato Lusaba’s Domestic Workers Association Centre has not only enhanced capacities of domestic workers to be more fit for purpose, but she has also expanded their skills to enable...

A Turnaround Journey — From School Dropout to Entrepreneur, Chabala Msukwa's Story of Transformation

Today, Chawala Msukwa operates his own carpentry business, earning approximately K60,000 per month — an income he never could have imagined during his days of picking coffee berries.

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Ghana

Young Ghanaians receive training on quality improvement in textile and garment sector

An ILO-GIZ collaboration equips Ghana’s young workers with practical skills to promote quality improvement and advance productivity growth.

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ILO PROSPECTS skills programme trainee shines at WorldSkills Kenya

Zeitun Said Omar, the only female candidate enrolled at the ILO PROSPECTS supported welding training course at Garissa Vocational Training Centre participated at the WorldSkills Kenya competition and stood second making her community and trainers...

Meaningful youth engagement

Young refugee leaders demand more decent work opportunities

ILO PROSPECTS and the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth collaborated with the Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN) to organise a virtual experience-sharing event to disseminate innovative solutions promoting decent jobs for forcibly...

Partnerships in Action - Private Sector Engagement in Promoting Quality Education to Eliminating Child Labour in Supply Chains

Stepping Forward: Malawi's Deep Dive into Child Labour Data within Tea and Coffee Supply Chains

Railways sector

Promoting safe and sustainable railways through social dialogue

An ILO sub-regional tripartite workshop focused on advancing social dialogue in the railways sector; a sector crucial to supply chains and mobility

Social protection

The Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU) is being set up in Burkina Faso

Five decrees implementing on the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU) adopted by the Council of Ministers

ITCILO Builds the Capacity of Social Partners and Stakeholders on Just Transition, under the ILO Social Dimension of Ecological Transition...

The training programme was oriented along the recommendations provided in the ILO Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all. Participants gained a better understanding on how to reflect...

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 project concluded its third mission to Malawi

Promoting quality apprenticeship in India, South Africa, China, Ethiopia and Switzerland

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ILO Voices | Entrepreneurship

Sweet success for a honey trailblazer in Côte d’Ivoire

When crisis hit Côte d’Ivoire, Cissé Marbré’s education hopes were dashed. Undeterred she persevered, and with the help of ILO business training is now a prize-winning entrepreneur producing honey sold across the country’s supermarkets.

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ILO and meaningful engagement with young people

This video launched on the occasion of International Youth Day 2023, explains the need to engage with youth in a right based approach by ensuring their participation in matters that affect them and their future and advocates for their inclusion in...

Improving Labour Migration Statistics in Tanzania

Training in Labour Market Indicators and Labour Migration Statistics for Tanzania

Reinforced social dialogue in Malawi

The ILO Bureau of Employers ACTEMP and the Bureau of Workers ACTRAV support cooperation between workers and employers in Malawi

ILO Hosts Privates Sector High Level Meeting

The HIV pandemic has become one of the most critical workplace issues of our time. In addition to its devastating impact on working women and men and their families and dependents, HIV affects the world of work in many ways.

Ghana's development gains momentum as the ILO and Government formulate Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) III

The Decent Work Country Programme aims to achieve three priorities in Ghana: more sustainable jobs, broader social protection coverage, and enhanced workers' rights leading to a prosperous nation for all.

EU-Funded Opportunity Salone Programme, Supports Entrepreneurs for Job Creation

The Opportunity Salone is set up to promote the creation of decent jobs and increase livelihoods of the Sierra Leonean Youths, Women, and Persons living with disabilities across the districts of Bombali, Port Loko, Bo, and Kenema districts...

Encouraging entrepreneurs

ILO launches business plan competition to boost entrepreneurship in Ethiopia’s Somali region

The competition offers financial support and specialized training to promising business ideas, aiming to stimulate entrepreneurship and sustainable economic growth among refugees and their hosts in the Somali region.