News on forced labour

ILO announces the winner of the 3rd ILO Skills Innovation Call on Preventing forced labour in Africa

15 November 2021

The winner of the 3rd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call has been announced, and the USD 30,000 prize has gone to a youth entrepreneurship network in Comoros.

Announcing the finalists of the 3rd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on Preventing forced labour in Africa

27 October 2021

The finalists will be invited to present their ideas to a panel of experts during a virtual pitch event.
Ugandan stakeholders adapt the ILO media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment for use in Uganda

15 October 2021

Following consultations with various stakeholders and desk reviews that informed the adaptation of the media toolkit, Ugandan stakeholders, with support from ILO, convened on 14th-15th October 2021 to review and validate the adapted media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment. The adapted toolkit will be used to build capacity of media practitioners, for improved reportage and effective engagement issues of on forced labour and fair recruitment.
Finalists of the 3rd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on Preventing forced labour to be announced on 27 October

15 October 2021

The finalists will move on to the next stage of the evaluation process and will be invited to present their ideas to an independent panel of judges.

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.
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.

Malawi’s Ministry of Labour pledges to accelerate efforts for the eradication of child labour

01 April 2021

The Deputy Minister of Labour, Malawi, Honourable Vera Kamtukule has joined the African Union and its Member States, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and other stakeholders in adding her voice in pursuit of the global target to eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025.

New partnership between the Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization to improve working conditions in Malawi’s tobacco sector

08 December 2020

This new project is well aligned to the strategic priorities of development cooperation between Norway and Malawi, which include a focus on the agriculture sector and respect for human rights, as well as with Norway’s global development cooperation priorities regarding the elimination of modern slavery and child labour.

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