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Child labour and forced labour

ILO reports important progress on child labour and forced labour in Uzbek cotton fields

Monitoring team finds strong political will from central government to end fundamental labour rights’ violations during the 2017 cotton harvest: Child labour is no longer an issue, while forced labour is being systematically addressed.

Milestone attained with take-off of contractor training programme

The ERA Agro-Forestry Project seeks at capacitating 40 contractors, together with central government and municipal officials to construct and supervise rural roads within agro-forestry areas.

Promoting rural women economic empowerment through cooperatives in Upper Egypt

Our impact, their voices

Colombian coffee producers demonstrate benefits of sustainability standards

A new ILO report highlights how institutionalization of value chains can have a positive impact on working conditions, including occupational safety and health (OSH).

Rural Economy

Tripartite consultative meeting on findings of diagnostic study on Decent Work in Rural Economy in Pakistan

On 20th December 2017, the preliminary findings of the “Diagnostic Study on Decent Work in Rural Economy of Pakistan” were shared with tripartite-plus stakeholders. Serious efforts to create awareness, institutional arrangements and support...

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package adapted and piloted in Lebanon

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package got yet another adaptation when it was adapted to the Lebanese context by the ILO Office in Beirut.

Elective session on cooperatives in rural areas in the Academy on Rural Development

Child labour and forced labour

Uzbekistan ends systematic use of child labour and takes measures to end forced labour

An ILO team monitoring the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has found that child labour is no longer systematically used and that measures are being taken to end the use of forced labour. These conclusions were discussed at a roundtable in Tashkent.

Cooperating out of child labour in Malawi

In Malawi child labour is a persistent challenge. The recent estimates show that more than 2.1 million children, or about 38 per cent of Malawian children, continue to be involved in child labour. Most of these children are employed in the...

Agro-Forestry development is on the move

The ERA Agro-Forestry project organized its Inception Workshop for presentation of the progress achieved during the first 5 months of implementation.

R4D celebrates Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2017

Four awards were presented during the commemoration of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2017 in Timor-Leste for local contractors who have shown leadership in promoting women's socio-economic empowerment in the rural roads programme in Timor-Leste.

Decent work

How decent work can transform cotton production

South-South Project uses good practices in Brazil to promote decent work in cotton production in African and Latin American countries.

Vision Zero Fund

Myanmar’s ginger value chain actors meet to discuss safer practices and better production

Through the support of the ILO’s Vision Zero Fund, all actors involved in Myanmar’s ginger value chain, from production to commercialization, met in Aung Ban, Shan State to discuss the way forward to promote occupational safety and health as well as...

Looking at the past and the future of My.Coop

On 13 October, 2017 Agriterra, ITC-ILO and the Cooperatives Unit of the ILO met in Geneva to discuss the findings of a stocktaking study on My.Coop training package for agricultural cooperatives, with a view to enable more cooperatives to benefit...

National Dialogue on the Status of Contract Farming in Nepal and the Urgency of Drafting Contract Farming Legislation

A national-level dialogue on the Status of Contract Farming in Nepal and the Urgency of Drafting Contract Farming Legislation was organized in Kathmandu on 16 October 2017 by the Advocacy for Rights and Good Corporate Governance (UNNATI) programme.

Statement

"Organizing against child labour" - African Regional Workshop of rural workers’ trade unions and small producers’ organizations, Accra and...

Statement of the African Regional Workshop of rural workers’ trade unions and small producers’ organizations to exchange experiences of “Organizing against child labour” adopted in Accra, 30 September 2017, held under the auspices of the...

Our impact, their voices

How Peruvian quinoa farmers have boosted their income

The Andean Grains Programme – a joint ILO-FAO-UNESCO initiative – not only improved the livelihoods of organic quinoa producers but also contributed to the economic empowerment of women.

Improving livelihoods through cooperatives - ILO LEED project in Northern Sri Lanka

UN agencies ILO and FAO launch first Arabic-language guide for practitioners attending to child labour in agriculture

The guide offers practical and detailed information on attending to child labour in the agricultural sector in Lebanon, where the incidence of child labour has increased dramatically in recent years.

R4D-SP Capacity Development Workshop: Building the capacity of rural roads sector of Timor-Leste

The Roads for Development (R4D) Program of Timor-Leste conducted a one-day workshop on 24 August in Dili to discuss the Capacity Development Framework for Phase 2 of the R4D program. More than 100 stakeholders involved in Timor-Leste’s rural roads...