All resources: Malawi

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...

ILO and JICA Co-organize Online Study Session on Child Labour and Business

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) jointly organised an online study Session on Child Labour and Business on how to strengthen the collaboration in the area of child labour in order to...

Safety and Health at Work Can Save Lives and Help Stop the Covid-19 Pandemic

As the world celebrate this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work, commemorated on 28 April each year, there is need to address the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the world’s workplaces. In Malawi, the International Labour...

Following international child labour conference in the Netherlands, Jessie Chingoma plans to advocate for increased public funding for...

My name is Jessie Chingoma and I work as the Deputy Director of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MTCU), a national trade union centre that promotes the growth of the trade union movement in Malawi. MCTU currently has more than two dozen...

Child labour

Next steps to end child labour in global supply chains

A major conference takes place this week in the Netherlands that aims to set out the next steps in ending child labour in global supply chains. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder took part in a panel discussion at the conference, which has been...

International Labour Standards

Malawi renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

Wages in Africa

Recent trends in average wages, gender pay gaps and wage disparities

This publication depicts the evolution of real average wages since the global economic crisis of 2008, offering insights into the economic context for Africa and also presenting an overview of existing wage disparities within countries, including...

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.

Stepping up the fight against child labour

GENEVA (ILO News) – A large gap remains between the ratification of Conventions on child labour and the actions countries take to deal with the problem, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report marking the tenth anniversary of...

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | MALAWI - “Life would have been much better if I had received my compensation on time”

The ILO currently supports efforts to create an efficient employment injury scheme in Malawi so that people like Harry Dymon can get their compensation money on time.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | MALAWI – “The ILO project will contribute to the elimination of child labour in Malawi’s tea and coffee supply...

Malawi is one of the six countries covered by a new ILO project to accelerate the elimination of child labour in African supply chains. It is likely to have a major impact on thousands of children’s lives throughout the country.

In Malawi, bolstering youth and women's employment through sectoral skills strategies

This article looks at skills development strategies implemented in the agricultural sector in Malawi, and consider some of the lessons that can be drawn for aid for trade initiatives more broadly.

ACCEL Africa holds its first regional consultation meeting in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

National project coordinators and tripartite representatives from six countries covered by the Accel Africa project, participated in its first regional consultation meeting held in Abidjan.

Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa)

Understanding child labour and youth employment in Malawi

This report examines the related issues of child labour and youth employment in Malawi. Guided by observed outcomes in terms of schooling, work activities and status in the labour market, the report considers the economic as well as the social...

Malawi Social Protection Platform Communique - 2018 Social Protection Week

The Malawi Platform for Social Protection is a network of organizations and individuals operating at national and district levels aimed at strengthening commitment to promoting and strengthening the social contract between the state and the...

Institutional Coordination of Social Protection in Malawi: An Analysis of Coordination Structures and Options - Full Report

Despite efforts to create a harmonised and coordinated approach to social protection, challenges remain with regards to the integration of the various social protection programmes, which continue to operate in relative isolation both at the...

Institutional Coordination of Social Protection in Malawi: An Analysis of Coordination Structures and Options - Executive Summary

Despite efforts to create a harmonised and coordinated approach to social protection, challenges remain with regards to the integration of the various social protection programmes, which continue to operate in relative isolation both at the...

Policy brief - Local Economy Impacts and Cost-benefit Analysis of Social Protection and Agricultural Interventions in Malawi

Using rural economy-wide impact simulation methods and cost-benefit analysis, this study examines the impacts of individual and combined social protection and agricultural interventions in Malawi on incomes, poverty and production. The goal of this...

Local Economy Impacts and Cost-benefit Analysis of Social Protection and Agricultural Interventions in Malawi

Using rural economy-wide impact simulation methods and cost-benefit analysis, this study examines the impacts of individual and combined social protection and agricultural interventions in Malawi on incomes, poverty and production. The goal of this...