News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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Article
How can individuals act to eliminate child labour in their communities?
04 June 2021
We children and youth of today, need to be well educated, we need to dream, we need to be healthy so that we can good leaders tomorrow, and all this is only possible if you, our dear parents, allow us to do so.
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Article
Journalists have a key role to play in the collective effort to eliminate child labour
04 June 2021
Through the Accel Africa Reporting on child labour in Africa course, learners are introduced to a number of different issues, including international labour standards, ethical reporting of child-related information, or collecting testimonies from vulnerable sources of information. They also learn about the relevant context of child labour in agricultural supply chains, such as in the tobacco, cotton or cocoa industries.
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News
Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
21 March 2020
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working in displacement contexts.
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News
Promoting rural women economic empowerment through cooperatives in Upper Egypt
25 January 2018
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COOP Champions
Badra Alawa, ILO DWT/CO-Cairo
23 August 2017
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
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News
Cooperative development initiative on "Socio-economic justice for Bedouin women" in Egypt
05 January 2015
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Cooperatives
Egypt’s farmers: Sowing the seeds of an agricultural revolution
07 February 2013
Agriculture will be critical to future economic growth in Egypt, says the ILO – but only if the laws on farmers’ co-ops are reformed.