News on forced labour

April 2021

  1. 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.

June 2017

  1. Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa

    21 June 2017

    “In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference aims to agree on concrete continental actions in preparation for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour (November 2017, Argentina).

November 2015

  1. Southern African countries urge ratification of international treaty to end modern slavery

    18 November 2015

    A tripartite meeting of Southern African Development Community countries has issued a communiqué calling on African nations to ratify the International about Organization’s Forced Labour Protocol.

September 2009

  1. Launch of the EU Funded Joint Programme on Human Trafficking in Zambia

    28 September 2009

    On 28th September 2009, Lameck Mangani, Home affairs Minister, launched the EU funded UN Joint Programme on Human Trafficking, together with Gerry Finnegan, ILO Representative for Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Lotta Sylwander, UNICEF Resident Representative and Andrew Choga, IOM Chief of Mission, at the ILO Zambia Office

May 2009

  1. Zambia: From labour exploitation to forced labour: a fine line

    11 May 2009

    Forced labour is a crime that requires severe punishment. But clear guidance is needed, to determine the often thin dividing line between labour exploitation and forced labour. Zambia is one of the African countries to have taken steps both to understand the problems through research and to instigate measures to combat them. The case illustrates some of the dilemmas.

  2. From labour exploitation to forced labour: a fine line

    11 May 2009

    Forced labour is a crime that requires severe punishment. But clear guidance is needed, to determine the often thin dividing line between labour exploitation and forced labour. Zambia is one of the African countries to have taken steps both to understand the problems through research and to instigate measures to combat them. The case illustrates some of the dilemmas.

September 2008

  1. New report "Investigating forced labour and trafficking: Do they exist in Zambia?"

    24 September 2008

    A new report has just been pusblished which looks into the possible existence of forced labour practices in Zambia.

August 2008

  1. Taking the fight to the stage - Hip hop used to counter human trafficking in Zambia

    14 August 2008

    Young people in Zambia will soon be learning important messages about human trafficking while dancing to a new beat. The four minute ‘bounce-to-the-beat’ hip hop track, sung in English interspersed with three local Zambian languages, warns young people of the illegal trade in human beings and of how traffickers lure their victims with false promises of a ‘better life’.

  2. Song "Break the Chain" of Human Trafficking

    14 August 2008

    The four minute ‘bounce-to-the-beat’ hip hop track, sung in English interspersed with three local Zambian languages, warns young people of the illegal trade in human beings and of how traffickers lure their victims with false promises of a ‘better life’.