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Data file (PDF) Kenya course financial inclusion

Course concept note: Making financial inclusion work for refugees and host communities

ILO strengthens the effort of labour migration governance experts in the IGAD region

Fatuma Bashir's Story: A small business affected by COVID-19 but still focused on business development

In July- August 2020, an assessment was conducted on the impact of COVID-19 on labour markets in Garissa County. The story of Fatuma below illustrates how small businesses have been impacted by the pandemic, and provides critical information on key...

Empowering youth through welding training and job placements

The Turkana County Government, in collaboration with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the East African Institute of Welding (EAIW), will offer a five-month industrial welding skills programme to youth from the refugee and host...

Investing in youth employment: how the PROSPECTS Partnership aims to boost the labour market outcomes for refugees and their communities in...

Child’s Play

The case for developing childcare services to boost women’s economic empowerment

Child’s Play

The case for developing childcare services to boost women’s economic empowerment

Emerging Insight: A digital health wallet to help millions of Kenyans access healthcare

The potential of skills development and recognition for regulated labour mobility in the IGAD Region: A scoping study covering Djibouti,...

IGAD Member States Labour Migration Experts testimony to FMPT project capacity building support

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...

Towards building the capacity of labour migration analysts in the IGAD region

IGAD Member States labour migration experts capacity building in collaboration with ITCILO

Social protection in action: Exploring public options of social health protection for refugees in West and Central Africa

Since 2014, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have worked together in line with their respective mandates to strengthen access to decent work among refugees, especially as...

Extending Micro Finance Services to Refugees and Host Communities in Kenya

In December 2019, the ILO working closely with UNHCR organized a scoping mission to the two refugee camps in Kenya (Kakuma and Dadaab) to enable five Kenyan Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to assess business viability in the refugee hosting areas.

ILO and SDC launch new programme to protect migrant workers in vulnerable situations in the Arab States, with a focus on workers from Africa

The FAIRWAY Programme, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by ILO, responds to the need to ensure decent work for migrant workers, including in sectors where they are at high risk of exploitation, such as...

Executive summary: Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement

Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working...

Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement

Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working...