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19th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners

Ministerial declaration presented at the 19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practioners

17 African Ministers and Representatives recognize infrastructure is key for inclusive economic and social development, stressing the need to benefit youth, women, and people with disabilities from construction activities.

19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Ministerial Declaration from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

The Declaration amongst other recognizes that “infrastructural development is key for successful inclusion, integration, economic and social development and it is essential to ensure the benefits from construction activities benefit young men and...

19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Participants Statement from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

Tripartite Dialogue on labour and Mixed Migration Governance

The International Labour Organization, Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) programme and Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) project, in collaboration with the IOM, and UNHCR, UNODC is organizing a High-Level meeting under the theme...

Namibia on the way to standardize employment contracts for its fishermen.

After a series of activities that included a deep-dive research study of the fishing industry, sensitization on occupational health and safety and basic decent working conditions aboard fishing vessels; inspection of fishing vessels and the Work in...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Elizabeth Nzilani Peter – Machakos Cooperative Union

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme South Africa

The ILO supports BRICS discussion on Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work

In May, the ILO participated in the second meeting of the BRICS Employment Working Group under the South African Presidency to explore the bidirectional relationship between productivity growth and decent job creation.

Meaningful youth engagement

Refugee and host community youth call for more than a ‘seat at the table’ at UN Youth Forum

The ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF organized a side-event on the margins of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023 where refugee and host community youth advocated for a greater say in issues that affect them.

Opportunities for decent work for women and youth and improved productivity for MSMEs in the Zimbabwe construction sector

The project seeks to improve the productivity of micro, small and medium construction enterprises, and to contribute towards addressing decent work deficits among vulnerable workers through decent working conditions and putting onto effect their...

First tripartite social dialogue within the fishing sector

building decent working and in South Africa

From Education to Empowerment: How McLeod Russel Uganda Limited is Supporting the Fight Against Child Labour in the Tea Industry

McLeod Russel Uganda Limited (MRUL) is a tea growing, manufacturing, and exporting established in Uganda. The company owns six tea estates in the country: Bugambe and Kisaru Tea Estates in Kikuube District, Muzizi Tea Estate in Kagadi District,...

STRENGTHEN2

STRENGTHEN2 reinforces employment impact assessment capacity for national stakeholders and international partners in Namibia

AUC-ILO Africa Forum on Child Labour

Harnessing Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives to address Child Labour

The AUC-ILO Forum, that hosted thirty AU’s member states from the different sub-regions in Africa, had as main objective to support the implementation of the African Union’s “Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human...

ILO provides training on cooperatives in Bo City, Sierra Leone

The training of trainers (ToT) workshops took place under the ILO’s Opportunity Salone project utilizing Think.Coop, Start.Coop, and My.Coop training packages.

Organized private sector in Nigeria engaged on labour migration and rights of migrant workers

Organised private sector in Nigeria, led by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) initiated engagement with national stakeholders focusing on improved governance of labour migration and protection of migrant workers’ rights.

Mobile phones, digital training and financial education to address child labour in rural West Africa

The power of technology is being harnessed in Mali to deliver free audio messages on child labour, including new content specifically relating to financial education, to address one of the major root causes of child labour: poverty. The financial...

Meaningful youth engagement

Mentoring host and refugee youth in Ethiopia to become future leaders

The ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF facilitated a Youth Leadership Academy for members of the Youth Network Committee in Ethiopia to assist them in organizing and leading social development and advocacy initiatives in their communities.

New ILO programme visits factory to understand best practices in the apparel sector

ILO team accompany Swiss delegation for a factory visit in Ghana with a sustainable and ethical business model at its core

Joint ILO – IFAD event

ILO calls for strengthened partnerships to promote decent work for youth in rural Africa

The ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) gathered Governments’, workers’ and employers representatives from Africa and key stakeholders to discuss how integrated agribusiness hubs can support decent jobs for young...

ACCEL Africa Interview Series: Uniting for a Common Goal -Fighting Child Labour Across Africa

Behind the scenes of the ACCEL Africa regional knowledge sharing workshop we have produced this exclusive interview series, where we had the privilege of sitting down with some of our project partners to discuss their contributions to the fight...