News and events
2021
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Press release
International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) partner to eliminate child labour through school improvements and access to education
01 October 2021
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) have entered into a new partnership to accelerate the fight against child labour in Malawi through school improvements and better access to education. The partnership, valued at more than MWK 150 million (circa. USD 185,000), has been established under the ILO ‘ACCEL Africa’ project, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. The project aims at accelerating the elimination of child labour in global supply chains in Africa. The new partnership provides for ILO technical and financial support to TUM for school improvements and better access to education for child labourers and children at risk of child labour in tea and coffee growing communities in five districts in the country, namely Chitipa, Mulanje, Mzimba, Ntchisi and Thyolo.
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News
Innovative technology lets partners witness impact of flexible resources on Decent Work in Egypt
15 September 2021
A delegation of development partners virtually toured the ILO’s country programme
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Press release
THAMM programme holds first regional conference on labour migration re-sponses to COVID-19 crisis in European and North African countries
09 July 2021
In close collaboration with the European Commission (EC), the International Labour Or-ganization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) co-organized a virtual regional conference – from 5 to 7 July – on Labour Migration Responses to COVID-19 in European and North African Countries. It was the first regional meeting under the “Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Mobility in North Africa” (THAMM) Programme.
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Publication
Informality and the Potential for South-South Cooperation between BRICS
01 July 2021
This publication aims to promote South-South cooperation between the BRICS countries on the transition to formality from informality.
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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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ILO GREEN WEEK
Climate Action for Jobs initiative launches in Africa
22 April 2021
ABIDJAN (ILO News) – Government ministers joined workers’ and employers’ organizations as well as labour and environmental experts to launch the Climate Action for Jobs initiative in Africa.
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Press release
The Swedish Government and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launch Skills for Energy in Southern Africa (SESA) project
08 April 2021
The Swedish Government and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched the implementation of Skills for Energy in Southern Africa (SESA) project. The Project is a US $ 3.8 Million partnership agreement to be executed over a three- and half-year period.
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Press release
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.
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Press release
Japan and ILO to support environmental and socio-economic resilience of Sudan
31 March 2021
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.9 million to the ILO’s dual response to recent flooding and the COVID-19 pandemic in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Press release
The Government of Japan partners with the ILO to support disaster resilience through waterworks restoration in Ethiopia
15 March 2021
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.1 million to the ILO’s response to enhance disaster resilience through the employment-intensive restoration of waterworks in the city of Jijiga and among refugee-hosting communities of Kebribeyah in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.