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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...

From Salta to Buenos Aires

ILO presents six stories to highlight the problem of child labour in the agricultural sector

Lead by the ILO Country Office for Argentina's project "Offside: ¡Marcando la cancha!", these testimonies showcase diverse experiences related to the efforts to prevent and eradicate child and adolescent labour in rural areas of Argentina.

The 8.7 Accelerator Lab joins the COTECCO project to reinforce the impact of the Private Sector Working Groups in two key mining provinces...

Digital Technology: A Game Changer in the Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda's Agriculture Sector

To support the design of financial services coupled with non-financial productive and welfare services in selected agricultural supply chains. The project integrates child-sensitive measures in financial services to reduce the risk of child labour...

Child labour

Samoa holds national consultation on child labour workplan and launches follow-up rapid assessment on street vendors

These initiatives aim to ensure compliance with ratified international conventions and to provide children with formal education and early childhood learning benefits.

The ACCEL Africa Project to hold Capitalisation Workshop to Highlight Success in Eliminating Child Labour in Nigeria

ILO participates in the Belize Child Labour Sensitization Training Session for Frontline Workers

This event was imparted by the Child Development Foundation Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant and Facilitator, Ms. Diana Shaw, who sensitized and educated participants responsible for monitoring and reporting on child laws.

Brazil and ILO announce new project to foster the Promotion of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work among Latin American and African...

The new initiative has a total budget of 4 million dollars and is scheduled to begin in March.

Labour migration

International Women’s Day 2023: Migration as an opportunity for women

ILO, IOM, UNODC and UN Women join forces to generate knowledge on the challenges women migrant workers face during their migration journey

Breaking the Cycle of Child Labour: ILO-ACCEL Africa Project Renovates School and Enrolls 110 Children at Risk of Child Labour in Nigeria's...

With the renovation of six classrooms and eight toilet facilities in the school premises, the Head Teacher of the school disclosed that the enrolment figure of the school has already increased.

Decent apprenticeship training for children of working age in Egypt

Within the framework of supporting the promotion of the training and vocational progression to combat child labour as part of the “National Action Plan for Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Egypt and Supporting Family (2018-2025)”, ACCEL...

ILO continues to promote International Labour Standards in Afghanistan

Workshop brings together ILO constituents as efforts continue to improve labour standards in the country despite crisis situation.

Joint ILO-UNICEF report

Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new joint ILO-UNICEF report warns.

Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally – ILO and UNICEF

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new report warns.

Knowledge-sharing as a pathway for strengthened intra-African collaboration and accelerate action for the eilimination of child labour in...

The “Regional Conference: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains” focused on showcasing what has worked to advance the countries and regional agendas on the elimination of child labour.

Director-General's mission to Côte d'Ivoire

ILO Director-General welcomes Côte d'Ivoire's action on social protection

During his visit to Abidjan, ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, stressed the need to promote decent work in the cocoa sector.

Media Advisory

ILO/UNICEF to release report assessing levels of social protection for children

Training for Private Sector Companies in Uganda on Documentation of Child Labour Remediation Procedures

The training aims to strengthen the capacity of private sector companies to improve compliance, due diligence, and remediation on child labour.

Promotion of social dialogue

Bipartite dialogues improve productivity of the palm oil industry and make business more resilient

Upholding the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining is found to be a foundation for improving productivity and increasing number of workers joining trade unions that lead to the advanced protection of workers’ rights in palm oil...

Advancing decent work for social justice – a high-level event in Tashkent

Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted a high-level event with the participation of the representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), government, workers’ and employers’ organizations to touch basis on achievements, challenges and...