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Meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite Working Group

On April 14, the second meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite Working Group created within the framework of the ILO project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy. Partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation” took place in a conference hall of...

Women trade union leaders from Central Asia discuss promotion of equal opportunities

From February 23 to 27 Moldova’s capital Chisinau hosted a seminar entitled “Decent labour rights of women and promotion of equal opportunities: best practices and prospects.”

Three countries discuss Disability Inclusion

A Workshop on “Inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market” was held in Sochi, Russian Federation, on 24-26 February 2015.

Azerbaijan to analyze Tajikistan’s youth employment policy

“Azerbaijan will hold a peer review of Tajikistan’s youth employment policy,” Mikhail Pouchkin, ILO Moscow Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS”, told a conference focusing on macroeconomic policy...

Results of the first-ever child labour survey presented in Tajikistan

On December 19, ILO constituents and international experts saw in Dushanbe a presentation of the data from the first-ever child labour survey conducted in Tajikistan in 2012-2013 by the Statistics Agency under the President of Tajikistan in close...

Maternity protection and the childcare systems in Central Asia: national studies in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan

ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia; International Labour Organization. – Moscow: ILO, 2014

Tajikistan approves national programme to eliminate worst forms of child labour in 2015-2020

The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) takes comprehensive efforts to stop child labour in the Republic of Tajikistan, involving all branches of power. These efforts yield significant results.

Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action

The ILO-IPEC Project “Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action” organized two sub-regional workshops for tripartite participants from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

Opportunities for upgrading training programmes in Tajikistan’s education system

n October 7, Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of Population hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss opportunities for upgrading training programmes and curricula in Tajikistan’s education system.

Getting Started (migration in Tajikistan)

Surveys have revealed that about 30% of external labour migrants from Tajikistan have no profession. About 60% of Tajik labour migrants do not work in their area of skills. The lack of skills makes it difficult for these migrants to defend their...

Combating Child Labour in Central Asia

There is a deep tradition of putting children to work in Central Asia. Across the region, hundreds of thousands of children can be found working in the markets, in agriculture and in dangerous, unsafe conditions. But a new initiative in three...

Working against Child Labour In Tajikistan

The economy in the central Asian republic of Tajikistan is recovering after a devastating civil war, but a persistent problem remains - tens of thousands of children are trapped in child labour. But a coordinated effort to identify children in, or...

ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Tackling Child Labour in Central Asia

In Central Asia, a program supported by the ILO is bringing government, trade unions and employers together to successfully fight the worst forms of child labour.

Tajikistan approves list of hazardous work prohibited to children under 18 years old

Tajikistan approves the list of hazardous work prohibited to children under 18 years old. The relevant decree was adopted by the Tajik government in March and signed by Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon.

ILO-IPEC contributions to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Tajikistan 2005-2013

Tajikistan is among the countries in Central Asia that are seriously affected by the worst forms of child labour. According to this survey, child labour is used mainly in agriculture (98 per cent), in trade (0.9 per cent), in the processing industry...

Tajikistan

Number of Tajik citizens in Russia exceeds 1.1 million - statistics

As of the beginning of January 2014, the number of Tajikistan's citizens in Russia is 1,111,791.

From the crisis towards decent and safe jobs in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project RER/09/05/FIN - Evaluation Consultant: Alex Kuzmin

Russian Duma ratifies accord on Tajik labour migrants' stay in country

Russia's State Duma ratified an agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on regulating Tajik citizens' stay in Russia. The agreement was signed by the two sides in Moscow on 8 February 2013.

Protocol to pact to protect Tajik labour migrants in Russia signed in Moscow

A protocol to introduce changes to the agreement between the Tajik and Russian governments on Tajik citizens' employment and protection of their rights in Russia, dated 16 October 2004, was signed in Moscow today.