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Training of trainers workshop on cooperative development tools in the DRC
A training of trainers on ILO cooperative development tools was held in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 12 to 23 December 2022.
ILO in action
We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic
ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project...
ILO in action
We work to end child labour in DR Congo’s cobalt mines
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Josée Blandine Ongotto, speaks from the field about the COTECCO Project, which is combating child labour in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with funding from the US Department of Labor.
AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa
The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...
#EndChildLabour2021
World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...
#EndChildLabour2021
Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.
Ten Year Action Plan on the Eradication of Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery In Africa (2020-2030): Agenda...
The Action Plan seeks to contribute to and support the acceleration of progress towards the achievement of the Agenda 2063 – SDG 8.7 target. This involves ending child labour by 2025 and forced labour, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030....
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...
World Day Against Child Labour
Message from ILO Regional Office for Africa to mark the World Day against Child Labour 12 June 2020
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...
ILO tripartite technical workshop for the SADC region Investing in the health workforce: employment and decent work in the health sector -...
The ILO tripartite technical workshop was organized in collaboration with WHO and SADC and with the support of the ILO-OECD-WHO Working for Health Multi-Partner Trust Fund.
Our impact, their voices
“Why not me?” Young people from Kinshasa start their own businesses
Thanks to an ILO programme, young Congolese women and men from modest backgrounds have been trained in entrepreneurship – sometimes with significant results.
Summary report: Cooperatives’ competitiveness potential for trade in SADC countries
The objectives of the research are to determine what opportunities exist for agricultural cooperatives to export, with what products, and to which markets from which SADC countries. The external constraints to increasing cooperative share of export...
Our impact, their voices
Former combatants from DR Congo are rebuilding their lives thanks to entrepreneurial training
An ILO programme offers entrepreneurial training to demobilized Congolese combatants, who were often forcibly recruited by armed groups.
Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
Case studies on youth employment in fragile situations
Under the aegis of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, this joint report by ILO, UNDP and UNHCR presents examples of good practices from around the world, showcasing innovative approaches to youth employment that help to build peace and...
Studies on employment and extractive industry-dominated African countries
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 221
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa
“In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference...
Child labour and forced labour in Sub-Saharan Africa
Child labour and forced labour in Sub-Saharan Africa: Preparation of the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour...