News
February 2022
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News
Kenya ratifies key international labour standards for fishers and seafarers
21 February 2022
The Government of Kenya has ratified two international labour standards that will promote decent work for the country’s seafarers and fishers. It has also submitted notification of acceptance of amendments to a third, already ratified, maritime labour Convention.
November 2021
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ILO in Action
We open opportunities for persons with disability in the workplace
16 November 2021
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Pauline Swagi, speaks from Nairobi about the Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) programme, which is developing, testing, and sharing effective ways to engage and retain persons with disabilities in waged employment in the private sector in Kenya. The programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) UK and is implemented in Kenya and Bangladesh.
August 2021
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International Youth Day 2021
Digital labour platforms offer young refugees a possible route to decent work
12 August 2021
Digital labour platforms have the potential to transform how young refugees make a living, according to a new ILO report, but coordinated action is needed to help them access the gig economy and decent digital jobs.
May 2016
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African Employers’ Summit
Guy Ryder: Employers are powerful drivers of economic and social well-being in Africa
07 May 2016
The ILO Director-General highlighted the key role employers play in addressing urgent economic and social issues on the continent during the African Employers’ Summit in Kenya.
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Press release
Africa: No economic growth without structural transformation and decent jobs, says ILO
05 May 2016
Creating sustainable decent jobs through structural transformation for Africa’s youth is a central role to be played by the business community alongside governments and workers’ organizations in the region: ILO
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Press release
First African Employers’ Summit in Kenya
04 May 2016
A first event of its kind that brings together employers’ organizations and private and public sector decision-makers of the region to design an entrepreneurship-led employment strategy for Africa.
September 2014
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Informal Economy and Gender Equality
Empowering African women to break out of informality
16 September 2014
Promoting women’s empowerment as one way to facilitate transition from the informal to the formal economy and address a major development challenge worldwide.
April 2014
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Interview
Francis Atwoli: “We need to create more sustainable jobs for youth in Africa”
02 April 2014
Africa needs more sustainable jobs for youth who represent the majority of African population, says Francis Atwoli, the newly elected president of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) and vice president of the global International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In this interview, Atwoli gives his views about the role of unions in helping young workers in Africa. As Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU-Kenya), Atwoli also discusses workers’ complaints in his country.
December 2013
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News
ILO report calls for job-centred growth policies in Kenya
02 December 2013
Kenya needs to adopt a coherent national employment strategy to achieve a more equitable economic growth, says the ILO.
December 2011
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Article
From the depths of an African shantytown, a nascent youth employment movement grows
14 December 2011
In Africa’s second largest slum, youth unemployment is sky high. But cooperative projects are helping youth find work and slowly lift themselves out of poverty through such projects as raising food in community gardens, processing waste for bio-fuel or providing improved sanitation. Journalist Anne Holmes reports on how this emerging economic revival is making a small but significant dent in a major ongoing challenge.