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Establishment of the National Union of Malagasy Domestic Workers (SENAMAMA)

Promising practices for fair recruitment

Establishment of the National Union of Malagasy Domestic Workers (SENAMAMA)

This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).

Madagascar alignment of labour code to newly ratified conventions

Promising practices for fair recruitment

Madagascar alignment of labour code to newly ratified conventions

This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).

Stories of Change

Stories of Change

Between 2020 and 2021, nine countries actively engaged in the implementation of Strategic Compliance Plans across various economic sectors. These efforts resulted in a 39% increase in labour law compliance in targeted sectors and the improvement of...

We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic

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...

New schools and new teachers in southern Madagascar

ILO in action

New schools and new teachers in southern Madagascar

In the latest in the ILO in Action series of video stories, ILO national project coordinator, Holiarivony Ramiarintsoa, explains how a joint ILO, UNICEF and WFP programme in southern Madagascar aims to increase school enrolment, improve the quality...

ILO and Finland sign cooperation agreement on Trade for Decent Work

ILO and Finland sign cooperation agreement on Trade for Decent Work

On Monday 19 July, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland to further support the application of the ILO Fundamental Conventions in EU trading partner countries through...

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

#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.

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

#EndChildLabour2021

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

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...

Ten Year Action Plan on the Eradication of Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery In Africa (2020-2030): Agenda...

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....

Fiche d'information sur le projet

Des chaînes d’approvisionnement durables pour mieux reconstruire

Fiche d'information sur le projet

Le Programme européen pour l'emploi et l'innovation sociale (EaSI) s'est associé à l'OIT pour une intervention conjointe qui utilise les chaînes d'approvisionnement mondiales comme point d'entrée pour faire progresser le travail décent.

Textiles in Madagascar fact sheet

Textiles in Madagascar fact sheet

From prison to a better life
A young man, Sergio Razafindramanana, looks directly at the camera with his hands placed on a set of cement bricks

ILO Voices | Skills for Youth

From prison to a better life

In Madagascar, Sergio was arrested and jailed when he was 16 for stealing vanilla. Thanks to vocational training he’s learned to be a bricklayer and no longer engages in petty crime.

Improving Occupational Safety and Health in the textile and construction value chains in Madagascar

Improving Occupational Safety and Health in the textile and construction value chains in Madagascar

Full Version - Improving OSH in the textile and construction value chains in Madagascar

Full Version - Improving OSH in the textile and construction value chains in Madagascar

The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation

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 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 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...

ILO/Germany programme to protect garment workers affected by COVID-19

Multi-donor programme

ILO/Germany programme to protect garment workers affected by COVID-19

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is giving €14.5 million to an International Labour Organization (ILO) multi-donor programme to help garment sector workers in seven countries who have been affected by...

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

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...