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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.

Prospects to achieve decent work in cocoa supply chain

In a closing address to the 5th World Cocoa Conference, the ILO addressed challenges and opportunities to make the cocoa supply chain more sustainable, based on its decent work approach.

ILO achieved the inclusion of Standard Clauses against Child Labor in five collective agreements

Workshops in Uzbekistan for cotton growing communities, constituents, farmers’ council and concerned civil society organizations on...

A bitter harvest: Child labour prevalence on tobacco farms

According to 2020 ILO/UNICEF Global Estimates, half of the over 160 million children in child labour are in sub-Saharan Africa, with 70 per cent of them in agriculture. In Zimbabwe, a week before a 2019 Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social...

ILO launches new project in Kenya targeting child labour in Kenya's tea and coffee sectors.

Inside story

Malawi child labour committees: Generating results in community-based child labour monitoring

According to Malawi National Action Plan on Child Labour 2020-2025, Child labour remained a complex issue because of its mixed root causes that range from the basic lack of understanding to poor enforcement of the law and plain poverty that...

Child labour

Potatoes and perseverance

With resources and training on cultivating high-quality organic potatoes, a cancer survivor and mother is planting the seeds of hope for her three children’s future.

Making innovation work for decent work

The ILO 8.7 Accelerator Lab launches vision for innovation, knowledge sharing and scaling up

The ILO 8.7 Accelerator Lab gathers a group of innovators from different countries and projects of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work branch to apply the ILO Strategy on Knowledge and Innovation to the work of the branch.

The ILO and NBS Collaborate to Train Stakeholders on Child Labour and Social Protection Statistics

To be able to gather and use data for informed decisions in the implementation of the Global Accelerator Lab (GALAB) project, The ILO Country Office Abuja, with the collaboration of the National Bureau of Statistics, organized 3-day training on...

Launch of the first global strategic compliance plan in Abidjan

This crucial initiative, designed to cover the three years 2023-2025, aims to address significant challenges in respecting and realizing the rights of workers in Côte d'Ivoire, with a particular focus on the agricultural, commerce, industry, as well...

Empowering youth, eradicating child labour: ACCEL Africa's impact in Malawi

Through the project’s efforts, 282 youths, comprising 193 boys and 89 girls, graduated from various vocational skills trades in January 2023. These trades include motorcycle mechanics, tailoring and designing, bricklaying, carpentry, and joinery, as...

ILO inaugurates Community Child Labour Monitoring Committees in 10 Cocoa communities in Ondo State

In an initiative-taking effort to combat the prevalent issue of child labor in Ondo State, and in accordance with the State Action Plan for the elimination of child labour, ILO, through the ACLAWA, has taken a significant step. It has inaugurated...

Child labour and forced labour

Asia-Pacific partners revitalize collaboration to tackle child labour and forced labour in the region

Regional stakeholders emphasize rights-based strategies and collaborative efforts to tackle the pervasive issues, supported by international partnerships and innovative solutions.

Regional Media Competition

Voices against child labour: A media competition

Deadline extended - 10 May, 2024 (12h Abidjan time)

Kisii and Kericho counties in Kenya take bold steps against child labour

Accelerating TOGETHER Action Against Child Labour in Ghana

The launch was done jointly with other child labour projects by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the theme “Accelerating TOGETHER Action Against Child Labour in Ghana”.

Accelerating TOGETHER Action Against Child Labour in Ghana

Empowering communities, combating child labour in Uganda

Towards a future without child labour: Profiling and community mobilization in Grand-Zattry and M’Batto as part of ACCEL Africa 2nd phase