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Emerging Insight: The best of 2023

Child Labour and Human Trafficking

Strengthening Collaboration Against Child Labour and Human Trafficking"

On February 22nd, 2024, the ILO CAPSA Project Team, together with the Directorate of Children’s Services – Kajiado and esteemed project partners such as the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse (ANPPCAN Organization)...

Tea-Triangular: Kenya, Malawi and Uganda tripartite stakeholders and tea supply chain representatives share knowledge to combat child...

Key stakeholders from Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda have joined forces to address the critical issue of child labour within the tea industry.

Tackling water woes: ILO’s vocational training success in Kenya

With support from the Government and partners, ILO PROSPECTS introduced a skill development programme supporting maintenance of water sources and supply systems in a drought prone community of Garissa, Kenya. The first batch of trained Water System...

Human Trafficking

Awareness Against Human Trafficking Vital Role in Anti-Trafficking Efforts

The Global Coalition for Social Justice and our collective responsibility

Equality of access to education, healthcare, and decent work, including workplaces free of harassment and violence, are the foundations upon which a just society is built. By guaranteeing these pillars, we can aspire to a society where equal...

Disability Inclusion

Forty persons with disabilities receive job offers at groundbreaking national job fair

The Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) organized their largest post-COVID National Job Fair for Persons with Disabilities on 19 February resulting in 40 participants receiving jobs offers pending successful background checks.

ILO SCORE Training

Innovation in action: A Chinese infrastructure company’s journey towards productivity growth and decent work

This company leveraged SCORE Training to reshape their operations to enhance safety and service quality, and foster a continuous cycle of improvement to boost competitiveness and growth.

ACCEL Africa leads transformative M&E training in Entebbe to combat child labour

The event was marked by robust participation from project implementers, government officials, and SCO partners, all focused on enhancing their skills in applying the Results-Based Management (RBM) methodology, within the project and for their own...

National Policy

Stakeholder Validation Workshop: Draft National Policy and Action Plan

In a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the International Labour Organization (ILO) CAPSA Project, the ILO convened a stakeholder validation workshop which was held on February 16th, 2024, at the Nairobi...

ILOSTAT blog

Behind the mic: exploring employment patterns in radio broadcasting

Radio broadcasting is an industry with a rich history and valuable contribution to human connection, to the sharing of knowledge, information, and culture. It is an industry that has persisted despite many changes and challenges, particularly...

Navigating hardship: Lebanon's agricultural workers in the absence of social protection

No rest in old age. The story of Chawki Boustani, who is still farming at 91

Empowering futures: Celebrating Child Achievements in the SCREAM Programme in Egypt

ILO Voices | Crisis response

My work with earthquake survivors in Türkiye gives me purpose

When multiple earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023, Jin Dawod set to work matching survivors with therapists through her platform Peace Therapist. A Syrian refugee living in Türkiye, she knows first-hand how critical psycho-social...

Our impact, their voices

After the earthquake: ILO projects contribute to recovery in Syria

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping communities in the city of Aleppo to rebuild after the earthquake in 2023.

Our impact, their voices

How second chances ignite learning, improve skills for indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples like Perlisa often have limited school access, which dampened her spirits to boost her family’s income until she took the chance to complete basic education and acquire new skills in food processing.

Accelerating the elimination of child labour in Africa: Key takeaways from the county stakeholders forums in Kenya

Key objectives of the forums included the establishment of contacts with government officials and stakeholders, identification of child labour challenges specific to the coffee and tea sectors, and the development of coordinated mechanisms for...

Highlighting the progress and challenges encountered by cocoa producing communities in Ivory Coast as part of an ACCEL Africa monitoring...

Privatizing coverage: Emerging threats to universal healthcare in Lebanon

ILO Voices | Entrepreneurship

How entrepreneurship helps me stay resilient in Ukraine

Alla Zhuravel runs her husband’s business in Ukraine while he serves with the armed forces. She also teaches entrepreneurship skills to Ukrainians whose livelihoods have been affected by the ongoing conflict. It’s rewarding work and it helps to...