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Tripartism in action: Strengthening workers' rights through collaboration
Yvonne Toklo highlights the importance of tripartite collaboration between workers, employers, and governments in promoting fundamental principles and rights at work. It emphasizes the role of trade unions in ensuring that collective agreements...
Tackling child labour in Mali: The challenges and the way forward
This article discusses a video featuring Soumaila Hamida Meiga, a key advocate from the Syndicat National de l'Éducation et de la Culture (SNEC) in Mali, where he addresses the ongoing challenges of child labour in the country. In the video,...
Addressing child labour and workers' rights in Africa
In this video message, Teresa Wabuko speaks about the challenges and opportunities in integrating fundamental principles and rights at work in Africa, with a particular focus on child labour and workers' rights. Wabuko underscores the urgent need to...
Workplace rights are human rights: FPRW are the core principles we must uphold
Fundamental principles and rights at work ensure dignity, equality, and safety for all workers. In this short interview Olaolu Olaitain explores key workplace rights, including the elimination of child labour and forced labour, non-discrimination,...
Fundamental principles and rights at work: A pillar of development in Africa
This article highlights the importance of fundamental principles and rights at work as key drivers of respect, equity, and human rights in the workplace. It explores opportunities in Africa, particularly in Côte d’Ivoire, where civil society plays a...
Strengthening workers' rights through OSH and the right to organize
Mr Artlibert Makori speaks about the integration of fundamental principles and rights at work in Kenya.
ILO Inaugurates Advisory Board for ACCEL Africa and GALAB Projects in Ghana
Financial education: A catalyst for transformation for cotton producers and artisanal gold miners in Mali
In Mali, financial education is becoming a powerful tool for cotton producers and artisanal gold miners. In November 2024, in Sikasso, the ILO and the ACCEL Africa project launched an initiative aimed at strengthening communities’ financial...
CLEAR Supply Chains project in Uganda
Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop for labour inspectors and OSH officers successfully concludes in Uganda
A two-week ILO training workshop in Jinja, Uganda, brought together 20 labour inspectors and OSH officers to tackle child labour and improve workplace safety in coffee and tea supply chains. Key outcomes included a Strategic Compliance Plan and...
Leveraging financial inclusion and livelihood opportunities to combat child labour in Nigeria
The article highlights the launch of the Social Finance Component of ACCEL Africa Phase 2 in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 7, 2024, as a crucial step in addressing the socio-economic root causes of child labour.
The BARA fair: United voices to protect the future of children
The BARA Fair in Soubré, Côte d’Ivoire, highlighted the link between youth employment and eradicating child labour. Organized by the ILO and partners, it brought together stakeholders to connect job seekers with employers and showcase innovative...
Children should learn not earn
This article highlights the story of Ekaette Ibout, a Nigerian journalist and passionate advocate against child labour. Written by her fellow participant, Carolyne Tomno, during the ACCEL Africa regional media training, it explores Ekaette’s journey...
Celebrating success in Malawi: A Call for action
The Secretary General of the Confederation of Cotton Producers' Cooperative Societies at the Agricultural Insurance Workshop
Voices of ACCEL Africa beneficiaries in Ivory Coast
ACCEL Africa
Training application: Voices against child labour
The ACCEL Africa Project is inviting journalists to take part in a training designed to equip them with the skills and knowledge to effectively report on child labour in African supply chains, with the aim of amplifying efforts to eradicate child...
Child labour
ACCEL Africa fights against child labour in Mali's gold mine
In the Kayes region of Mali, the ACCEL Africa project is working to eradicate child labour in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sites. Through professional training and economic support initiatives, the project made it possible to remove...
ILO Voices | Child labour
Better working conditions help us to fight child labour
Yabao Oumarou, a cocoa farmer in Côte d'Ivoire, was accustomed to fatigue and illness from his tough working conditions. Through training, he discovered there is a link between improved safety and health at work, and reducing child labour.
ILO ACCEL Africa collaborates with TUC and CFAN to curb child labour among cocoa farmers
To ensure the cooperation of cocoa farmers of Nigeria to effectively support the fight against child labour among cocoa farmers in Nigeria, ILO ACCEL Africa Project Phase II mobilized key stakeholders to work together to unionize to tackle child...
Communications guidance for staff and implementing partners - ACCEL Africa