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Young trafficking survivors in Peru are enhancing their socio-emotional skills to facilitate better coexistence and social reintegration

The National Comprehensive Program for Family Welfare (INABIF), with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), provided training to adolescent girls in shelters on stress management, crisis resolution, and interpersonal conflict...

Youth entrepreneurship fairs: a key initiative for the economic reintegration of young survivors of trafficking in persons

Peruvian professionals from the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations shared their experiences on entrepreneurship fairs, as a tool to empower young survivors of trafficking in persons and support them in finding their way to a decent job.

More Peruvian professionals are trained in mental health care to assist child and adolescent survivors of trafficking in persons

This new group increases to almost 500 the number of mental health professionals trained since 2022.

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Pakistan moving closer to ratifying Protocol 29 to ILO’s Forced Labour Convention

Consultations agree on the important benefits that ratification of the ILO instrument would bring to the lives of Pakistani workers.

Training for civil society activists involved in independent monitoring of the 2023 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

On 4-6 September 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) delivered a 3-day training for civil society activists engaged in independent monitoring of 2023 cotton harvest.

ILO teams up with University of Diponegoro in a bid to combat forced labour in the fishing industry

The ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme has embarked on a joint venture with the University of Diponegoro to bolster the battle against forced labour in the fishing sector.

Stepping Forward: Malawi's Deep Dive into Child Labour Data within Tea and Coffee Supply Chains

Partnerships in Action - Private Sector Engagement in Promoting Quality Education to Eliminating Child Labour in Supply Chains

Identifying and investigating forced labour cases: a training for state labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

On 23 and 24 August 2023, further to a request from the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the ILO Integrated Programme on Cotton, Textile and Apparel sector delivered a two-day online training on identifying...

Ship to shore

ILO, EU, Stella Maris partner to protect Filipino migrant fishers

The ILO, with support from the European Union, and Stella Maris join forces to capture experiences of return migrant fishers and develop a comprehensive pre-departure orientation in the Philippines to combat abuses, forced labour and human...

ILO Voices | Modern slavery

They were taking nearly everything I earned, I lived in fear

Modern slavery affects 28 million people worldwide. Behind these statistics are millions of harrowing human stories. Jonas was deceived, trafficked to the UK and pushed to the brink.

ILO launches Phase II of the Bridge Project to continue its support in addressing forced labour in Nepal

The Bridge project, supported by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) aims to support global and national efforts to combat forced labour, promoting ratification and implementation of ILO Protocol 29 on Forced Labour.

ILO supports Indonesia’s joint labour inspection in the fishing sector to prevent forced labour at sea

The ILO through its 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme has supported Indonesia to improve working conditions of fishers and prevent forced labour through the establishment of joint labour inspection system and strengthened coordination between labour and...

Peruvian justice operators updated their knowledge to punish traffickers and grant an effective remedy to the victims

The workshops were carried out in Loreto, Madre Dios, Cusco, Puno and Lima, which are the regions with the highest number of trafficking cases reported in Peru.

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An Indonesian student warns her community of the risks of forced labour at sea

The communications trainings of the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme have inspired a 20-year-old communications student to campaign about labour rights of fishers in her fishing community to break the longstanding myth about working at sea.

Adolescent survivors of trafficking head towards socio-economic integration in Cusco

The National Comprehensive Program for Family Welfare (INABIF) has trained these adolescents using the ILO's GET Ahead and Financial Education methodologies, which has provided them with effective tools to start their own businesses and reach...

ACCEL Africa Paves the Way for Change in Cote d'Ivoire's Cocoa and Gold Mining Value Chains

The ACCEL Africa project recently concluded its capitalization workshop, marking an important milestone in its goal to accelerate action or elimination of child labour in the cocoa and artisanal gold mining value chains in Côte d'Ivoire.

ILO launches a new initiative to eradicate forced labour in Mongolia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United States Department of Labor have commenced "The Bridge Project II" to combat forced labour in Mongolia, aiming to enhance the national capacity by engaging with the government, social...

Gender and Entrepreneurship Trainers promote economic empowerment and decent work in Peru

The First National Meeting of Trainers from the “Get Ahead Peru” Network reaffirmed the commitment of these professionals with the development of entrepreneurship skills among vulnerable population, using the ILO Get Ahead Methodology.

Brazil and the ILO sign new South-South Partnership programme to promote social justice in the global South

The launch of this new South-South Cooperation Programme brought together representatives of the ILO, the Brazilian Government and workers’ and employers’ organizations in Geneva.