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Uganda launches innovative and inclusive Social Finance model to fight Child Labour

The ACCEL Africa project, financed by the Netherlands, is supporting the design of innovative financial (and non-financial) services aimed at supporting workers in lower tiers of the coffee and tea supply chains in Kikuube, Hoima, Buikwe, Mbale,...

Launch of ILO Social Finance Model- A Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a Social Finance Model through its Project-Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa” (ACCEL Africa). The launch of the Social Finance Model is in...

FUE and ILO launch “NEXT Normal: The Next Normal: The Changing Workplace in Uganda”

The Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) launched earlier this month at the quarterly CEO Forum (November 2022) a new Report “NEXT Normal : The Next Normal: The Changing Workplace in Uganda” that looked at the impact of COVID 19 on Ugandan...

ProAgro Ethiopia project 3rd Technical Advisory Groups (TAG) meeting- from the meeting note

Unchartered waters: ILO signs MoU with the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea

The ILO joins forces with the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) through a Memorandum of Understanding focused on the need to promote decent work and the elimination of forced labour in the fishing industry.

The Ten Year (2023-2032) Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Strategy for Africa validated at African Union Tripartite Meeting

The Tripartite Consultative Meeting took place in Cape Town, South Africa on 3-4 November 2022. It brought together tripartite constituents from across the continent to discuss the ten year SSE strategy and its implementation plan. The Strategy has...

ILO Training in occupational safety and health for the fisheries industry in Namibia

The training on occupational safety and health provisions on fishing vessels aimed to equip participants with knowledge on the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006).

ILO launches a new report on decent work for a fair, resilient, and sustainable textile and clothing supply chain in Madagascar

A new report, launched in November 2022 in presence of ILO tripartite constituents and other key stakeholders of the sustainable textile and clothing supply chain in Madagascar, offers insight into the opportunities and challenges faced by the...

Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in Malawi: Human stories

Government commits to ratifying the Convention concerning the elimination of Violence and Harassment in the world of work

Zimbabwe is on course to ratify C190 following a common position by the tripartite partners at a social dialogue forum

Support of AfDB to ILO work is growing

The AfDB has availed funding for yet another four-year project aimed at adding value to horticultural produce and gemstones in three districts, establish safe markets for women in urban centres and support access to markets by rural dairy farmers.

Law enforcement officers sensitized on Freedom of Association and the Right to Strike to organize and collective bargaining conventions

Since 2015, the ILO Supervisory Bodies received cases of arrests of trade union leaders and their members during their conduct of trade union business related to mainly demonstrations and or strike action. Sixty-nine law enforcement officers were...

Women entrepreneurs and formalization in Nigeria: Study on barriers and opportunities validated by tripartite constituents and informal...

“A key outcome of the ILO assessment is to develop recommendations which can be turned into concrete actions which benefit women entrepreneurs." Vanessa Phala, Director of the ILO Country Office for Nigeria, made this point during a validation...

Women entrepreneurs and formalization in Nigeria: Study on barriers and opportunities validated by tripartite constituents and informal...

“A key outcome of the ILO assessment is to develop recommendations which can be turned into concrete actions which benefit women entrepreneurs." Vanessa Phala, Director of the ILO Country Office for Nigeria, made this point during a validation...

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STRENGTHEN2 hosted the 2nd symposium with IFIs on measuring quality of employment and long-term employment impact

Building a coherent and coordinated approach for the promotion of sustainable and responsible investments and business practices for the...

A roadmap for the promotion of sustainable, responsible and inclusive investments and business practices for the realization of decent work in Egypt, built upon the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and...

Produce Responsibly, ILO Urges Businesses in Nigeria as NECA Launches Child Labour Guidance Tool

Photo-‘Collaboration is Nigeria’s Competitive Advantage over Child Labour’ - ECOWAS

Following the submission of the Nigeria Government by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2021, the ECOWAS Commission is evaluating Nigeria's response to the global child labour crisis, with a view to sharing knowledge and implementing...

Produce Responsibly, ILO Urges Businesses in Nigeria as NECA Launches Child Labour Guidance Tool

ILO and NECA Launch Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria

The newly launched Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria is an addition to concerted efforts by the ILO, tripartite and social partners through the Dutch Government funded ACCEL Africa Project, to improve and enforce legal structures,...

Produce Responsibly, ILO Urges Businesses in Nigeria as NECA Launches Child Labour Guidance Tool

Photo-ILO and NECA Launch Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria

The newly launched Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria is an addition to concerted efforts by the ILO, tripartite and social partners through the Dutch Government funded ACCEL Africa Project, to improve and enforce legal structures,...

‘Collaboration is Nigeria’s Competitive Advantage over Child Labour’ - ECOWAS

Following the submission of the Nigeria Government by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2021, the ECOWAS Commission is evaluating Nigeria's response to the global child labour crisis, with a view to sharing knowledge and implementing...