Resources on Rural economy

  1. Press release

    Gender equality through improved labour standards compliance in the Philippines

    04 April 2022

    A dialogue on gender equality and labour standards highlighted the need to strengthen efforts to promote rights at work and improve working conditions for women through social dialogue to ensure compliance with general labour standards, including occupational safety and health, and access to social protection and other existing programmes and services.

  2. Publication

    HAMETIN - ERA Agro-Forestry Project newsletter March 2022

    31 March 2022

    To share news and information on ERA-AF project activities which are funded by the European Union (EU) and being implemented by the ILO as a component of the Partnership Support for Agro-Forestry (PSAF) Ai ba Futuru.

  3. ILO in action

    How to combine better income and food security

    31 March 2022

    Fabrice Leclerq, Chief Technical Advisor of an ILO project in Haiti explains how it aims to improve the living conditions of 1000 small producers, half of which are women, by using two products growing abundantly on the island: cocoa and breadfruit.

  4. News

    ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project Empowers Cooperatives in Nigeria’s Cocoa Value Chain

    30 March 2022

    In Nigeria, the ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project is extending partnerships for the elimination of child labour and forced labour. The project strengthens support systems for farmers especially in the cocoa value chain, where child labour is prevalent.

  5. News

    The ILO focuses on coordinated efforts in realizing decent work in Indonesia’s fishing industry

    30 March 2022

    The ILO initiates a coordinated consultation meeting for its fishery sector to strengthen its supports to realize decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.

  6. Event

    Visit of Tanzanian delegation of ministries and insurance industry officials to Uganda

    From 31 January to 4 February, Social Finance facilitated a “study tour” of Tanzanian delegates to Uganda. The study tour helped participants learn from interactions with Ugandan ministries, the central bank, the regulatory authority and different insurance companies.

  7. Migrant workers

    Cost of recruitment in the Indonesia–Malaysia migration corridor: Employer perspectives from participating plantation companies

    15 March 2022

    This study looks into the recruitment costs borne by select companies that employ migrant workers in Malaysian palm oil plantations. It examines the companies’ roles and the processes involved in the recruitment of migrant workers; identifies the costs borne by these companies; and identifies good practices and areas for improvement.

  8. Publication

    Social Finance Brief: Segurísimo

    15 March 2022

    Segurísimo is a low-cost insurance product, developed by Seguros Mundial in 2020 and aimed at the vulnerable, rural or traditionally excluded people in Colombia. This brief gives a history of the development and characteristics of this inclusive insurance initiative.

  9. © Peretz Partensky 2022

    Child labour - Forced labour

    ILO welcomes lifting of Cotton Campaign boycott of Uzbekistan

    14 March 2022

    Agricultural and economic reforms have led to the eradication of systemic child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest.

  10. © id.undp.org 2022

    International Women's Day

    ILO urges the government to heed the rights of female workers in oil palm plantations and fisheries

    10 March 2022

    The ILO Worker’s Rights in Rural Sector with Focus on Women Project and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta held a media webinar regarding women workers in rural areas, in conjunction with the International Women's Day.