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Voices of Action - Child labour
In Peru, a mother’s decent job becomes her daughter’s path out of child labour
Guadalupe, a 15-year-old girl from Lima, managed to move away from child labour, a reality that still affects more than 600,000 children in Peru. Her story shows how the ILO’s strategies, from promoting decent work for adults to strengthening...
High-level training strengthens negotiation capacity for public service social dialogue in Lesotho
The initiative brings together senior government leaders to enhance negotiation skills in line with international labour standards and recent public service reforms.
Our impact, their story
From child labour to skilled work: Orifa Taiwo’s journey
Forced to drop out of school at the age of ten, Orifa Taiwo spent his childhood working on farms to help his family survive. Today, he is a tailor with his own shop and a renewed sense of purpose. In this first-person story, Orifa shares how the...
Voices of Action - Child labour
Farm work threatens Egyptian boy’s dream of becoming an engineer
Every dawn, 14‑year‑old Islam heads to the fields in rural Egypt to help feed his family. The long hours of agricultural labour leave him exhausted in the classroom and push him further from his dream of becoming an engineer — a dream he refuses to...
ILOSTAT blog
New global estimates reveal that 2.1 billion people volunteer monthly
The latest global estimates challenge the idea that volunteering only happens through organisations and demonstrates the impact of everyday, informal, and unpaid civic action worldwide.
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Let’s talk it out
At Sri Lanka Railways, workplace forums based on social dialogue are creating a positive shift on-the ground.
Nigeria strengthens capacity to analyse child labour data using Labour Force Survey evidence
A ten-day workshop in Nigeria strengthened national capacity to analyse child labour data using annual Nigeria Labour Force Survey data. Supported by the EU-funded FMM (West Africa) II Project and co-implemented by the ILO, the workshop was held in...
Skills Development
ILO–China skills training sees Cambodian youth shine on international stage
A Cambodian trainee’s journey from local classrooms to international recognition shows how advanced skills training can open doors, transform careers, and inspire a new generation.
Voices of Action - Child labour
Tourism boom exposes child labour risks in Viet Nam’s northern highlands
Children from ethnic minority communities like 13-year-old Phang Ca work on perilous trails popularized by adventure tourism to help support their families.
M’Batto: ACCEL Africa strengthens youth employability by promoting decent work
In M’Batto, Côte d’Ivoire, the ACCEL Africa project is strengthening youth employability through poultry training that combines technical skills with the principles of decent work. By addressing the root causes of child labour, the initiative...
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Ian Adderley, Technical Specialist, Mutual Societies Development Unit of the Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators and social and solidarity economy (SSE) actors from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on the cooperative,...
Our impact, their story
Sewing, a new path for Aminata
This is the story of Coulibaly Aminata, 18, who recounts how sewing training supported by the ILO's ACCEL Africa project helped her overcome a difficult period in her childhood and build a professional future in Côte d'Ivoire. Discover her journey...
Platform economy
Can platform work be made more decent?
The expansion of the platform economy demands urgent, coordinated policy action by constituents to ensure that new forms of work deliver decent work outcomes.
Fourth Labour Migration Advisory Group meeting reinforces sustainable Labour Migration Governance in East and Horn of Africa
Shifting toward long-term ownership, institutional integration, and the development of a clear sustainability roadmap for labour migration governance in the region.
Addressing the impacts of extreme heat through social protection
International stakeholders at the Global Labour Market Conference (GLMC) in Riyadh explored how social protection can help protect workers, including migrant workers across the GCC-South Asia corridor, from the growing impacts of extreme heat.
South Sudan Trade Unions Strengthen Action on Migrant Worker Rights
Embedding migrant worker protection within national trade union structures in South Sudan
Questions and Answers
From papers to people: How employment policies shape lives and jobs
Dorothea Schmidt, Chief, ILO’s Employment Policy, Labour Market and Youth (EMPLAB) branch, explains how well-designed employment policies can turn the promise of decent work into lived reality. She reflects on the role of social dialogue,...
ILO Voices | Digital skills for youth
Digital skills revived my mother’s food business and our family bond
Rafael Meza is a student from Colombia, one of more than 60,000 young people who are benefitting from the ILO-supported SENATIC project. Through the programme, he is learning digital marketing skills that are helping him boost his mother’s food...
Tanzania Charts Path Forward for Labour Migration Governance in Dodoma
Fifth National Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on Labour Migration in Dodoma, Tanzania to review progress, address implementation challenges, and promote the programme’s exit strategy for long-term impact.
Voices of Action - Child labour
From hazardous work to school: How the Philippines is breaking the child labour cycle
In Bangsamoro's shadow of dump sites, children swap hazardous scavenging for education and family mushroom farms ahead of the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, paving paths to brighter futures.
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