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ILO Commemorates the 2018 World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Collaboration with the Government of Nigeria

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment launches safety regulations under the Factories Act in commemoration of the 2018 World day for Safety and Health at Work with its theme; “Generation Safe and Healthy: Occupational Safety and Health...

Improving the Safety and Health of Young Workers

Generation Safe & Healthy - PPT Presentation

Child Labour Statistics

Jamaica Youth Activity Survey 2016 Report

The Jamaica National Youth Activity Survey (JYAS) 2016 is the product of a partnership between the Statistical Institute of Jamaica and the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is the first stand-alone survey of children’s activities...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Tajikistan: Workshop for Regional Trade Union Inspectors on Prevention and Elimination of Forced...

A two-day workshop for 43 labour inspectors was organised on 25 -26 April 2018 by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Tajikistan (FITUT) in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Caring gold mining in the Philippines

Convening Actors to Develop and Implement Strategies to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Artisanal and Small-Scale...

The CARING Gold Mining Project in the Philippines will address the problem of child labour and poor working conditions in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) operations by supporting the sector towards setting-up of legal and regulated...

Brief: The ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Within the framework of the Regional Refugee Response and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. It aims to preserve...

Our impact, their voices

Tackling commercial sexual exploitation of children on Madagascar’s beaches

Poverty and lack of employment prospects make many teenage girls in coastal areas of Madagascar vulnerable to becoming trapped in commercial sexual exploitation. An ILO project supports community efforts to fight against the problem, one of the...

Madagascar: A way out of child sexual exploitation through apprenticeships

In Madagascar, extreme poverty and lack of opportunities push many adolescent children into prostitution. In the city of Tulear, the International Labour Organization (ILO) along with UNICEF, SOS Children’s Villages, and employers’ and workers’...

Child Labour Statistics

Ethiopia National Child Labour Survey (NCLS) 2015

The Ethiopia NCLS 2015 was conducted by the Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency (CSA) in May 2015 and collected information on the demographic characteristics of the population, including their education, health, employment, migration, and housing...

Child Labour in Asia and the Pacific

Employment Promotion in Asia and the Pacific

ILO supports the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Eliminating Worst forms of Child Labour in Nigeria

ILO supports Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment with capacity building to enhance the application of the National Reporting Template on the elimination of Child Labour across all the Six Zonal Labour Offices in Nigeria.

Alliance 8.7 in action: driving innovation to address child labour in Kyrgyzstan

On March 23-25, 2018 the Central Asian Coalition on Promotion of the Rights of Women and Children and the “League on protection of Children Rights” Public Fund organized here the Central Asian Hackathon “Generation Z: wellbeing of children” in...

Protection of domestic workers

Indonesian performer, Super Emak, to promote decent work for domestic workers

An Indonesian performer, presenter and dangdut artist who is also known as Super Emak (Super Mom in English) was taking part in the ILO’s campaign on the promotion of decent work for domestic workers. Before at least 100 homemakers from the...

Empowerment through music

B-roll: From child labour to the Presidential Palace

Lebanon has a new children’s choir – but this is a choir with a difference. All its members have, at some point in their lives, engaged in child labour – some in its worst and most hazardous forms. The choir is made up of Lebanese as well as Syrian...

Child Labour

B-roll: From child labour to the Presidential Palace

Former child labourers are empowered through music, and have taken their talents to Lebanon’s Presidential Palace for their first performance.

Lebanon’s President launches National Choir against Child Labour

Children who have a history of child labour are empowered through music, and have taken their talents to Lebanon’s Presidential Palace for their first performance, marking National Children’s Day.

We Have the Same Right Campaign for Domestic Workers

Promoting rights of domestic workers to women community groups

Around 100 homemakers from women community groups in South Jakarta participated in the interactive screening and informative sessions of the ILO’s ‘We Have the Same Right’ Campaign, aimed to promote decent work for domestic workers.