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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...
Op-Ed
New normal? Better normal!
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare in the cruellest way, the extraordinary precariousness and injustices of our world of work, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
COVID-19: Protecting workers
Occupational safety and health tips for workplaces
Adequate safety and health measures at work can play a crucial role in containing the spread of the disease, while protecting workers and society at large. Governments, employers and workers all have a role to play in tackling COVID-19 crisis, and...
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups
Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.
Technical cooperation activities to Combat Child Labour in Portuguese Speaking Countries in Africa, Brazil and Timor-Leste (CPLP):...
In the framework of this programme, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) agreed with ILO Lisbon to fund technical cooperation activities to combat child labour in CPLP countries in 2010. Its contribution was used to cofinance other IPEC-related...
The twin challenges of child labour and educational marginalisation in the ECOWAS region - An overview
As part of the efforts to address the present urgent situation, Governments and regional institutions have developed the ECOWAS Child Policy and the accompanying Strategic Plan of Action for the ECOWAS Child Policy, as well as the West Africa...
Angola presents the Brasilia Declaration on combating child labour through South-South cooperation on behalf of the CPLP
Workers and Employers from Portuguese-speaking countries adopt Brasilia Declaration on combating child labour through South-South...
Representatives from the Business Confederation of the CPLP (CE-CPLP) and the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Portuguese-speaking Countries (CSPLP), signed the Brasilia Bipartite Declaration in August 2013 reaffirming the commitment of the...
Study on the application of ILO Conventions No. 138 and No. 182 and its recommendations on the national legislation of the CPLP countries
This study aims to analyze the application of ILO Conventions Nos. 138 and 182 in different national policies and plans adopted by the Member States of the CPLP.
ECOWAS Regional Action Plan for the elimination of Child Labour - Especially the worst forms (Second version - including Accra Simposium...
The current ECOWAS Regional Action Plan for the Elimination of Child Labour aims at ensuring that children are shielded from activities that are detrimental to their physical, social or psychological well-being.
Study on capacity building
Building the Capacity of Relevant ECOWAS Units for the Elimination of Child Labour in West Africa
The objectives of the study is to understand the child labour situation in the ECOWAS region; analyze and estimate the capacity of the technical units of ECOWAS to work for the elimination of child Labour in the region and build the capacity of the...
Building the Case for Business Collaboration on Youth Employment: Good Practice from West Africa
This report, which examines eight case studies of intersectoral partnership on youth employment, illustrates the importance of collective action to build partnerships between public and private insitutions, harnessing each of their core capabilities...
Buinee-Bissau - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition...
Buinee-Bissau - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)
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With ILO’s support through the ACTION/Portugal project, the Course on Social Protection Statistics kicks-off
A course on social protection statistics kicked off today in Praia, Cabo Verde, bringing together members of the Interinstitutional Working Groups on Social Protection Statistics (GITEPS) from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São...
Project for a Rational and Sustainable Development of the Fishing Sector
#EndChildLabour2021
Africa marked the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa and the Day of the African Child!
The African Union, ILO and UNICEF held a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, who discussed strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based on...