ILO COOP eNewsUpdate Issue No. 6, June 2018

02 July 2018

Cooperating out of child labour in Malawi

30 November 2017

In Malawi child labour is a persistent challenge. The recent estimates show that more than 2.1 million children, or about 38 per cent of Malawian children, continue to be involved in child labour. Most of these children are employed in the agricultural sector, and many are in hazardous forms of child labour. As part of a wider approach, the ILO is looking into the ways in which cooperatives and producer organizations can tackle the issue of child labour in agriculture.

Trade unions and producer organizations join forces to tackle child labour in agriculture

20 October 2017

In September 2017 over 20 representatives of rural workers’ trade unions, national trade union centres, and small producers’ organizations, including cooperatives, from 13 countries in Africa convened in Ghana. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss ways in which child labour can be sustainably eradicated in agriculture and rural economy at large in line with the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 8.7 on ending child labour in all its forms.

Cooperatives and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: Cooperatives and Child Labour

02 June 2017

The international community has identified the elimination of child labour as a fundamental human right at work, and in recent years there have been advances in its elimination. This note looks at the way in which cooperatives, with their significant presence in many countries, have a role to play in elimination of child labour.

ILO Resources on Cooperating out of Child Labour

17 January 2017

Cooperatives, as democratic member-led businesses, help bring about changes in the way work is organized and how wealth is distributed -- both important steps in helping bring about an end to child labour. In terms of sectors, cooperatives are strong in agriculture where 60 per cent of all child labour works. Hence they can act as critical conduits toward elimination of worst forms of child labour.

ILO Resources on Cooperating out of Child Labour

17 January 2017

Cooperatives, as democratic member-led businesses, help bring about changes in the way work is organized and how wealth is distributed -- both important steps in helping bring about an end to child labour. In terms of sectors, cooperatives are strong in agriculture where 60 per cent of all child labour works. Hence they can act as critical conduits toward elimination of worst forms of child labour.

A passion, mission - organizing waste pickers.

21 December 2016

During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Manuel Mateu an Engineer from the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) in Argentina, about his work as an organiser of waste pickers.

ILO: "Cooperatives can and must play a significant role as value driven enterprises expanding into new and innovative areas"

07 October 2014

Keynote address by Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director General for Policy, at the International Summit of Cooperatives Session on Cooperatives and Employment.

COOP NEWS UPDATE

06 October 2014

This issue of the COOP News includes articles on various events, projects, trainings and meetings related to the work of the ILO's COOP Unit between April and August, 2014.

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Cooperatives’ considerable clout in the fight against child labour

14 July 2014

The coop economy, worth around US$2.5 trillion, plays its part in helping to eliminate child labour – a problem that, although in decline, still affects 168 million children worldwide.

The UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework and Child Labour Guidance Tool

05 March 2012

This project will provide guidance on how companies can avoid child labour and contribute to child labour remediation, whether in their own operations or in their supply chains, through appropriate policies, due diligence and remediation processes.