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A Visionary Path Towards Fair and Ethical Recruitment in Africa

developing a robust Fair Recruitment Strategy designed specifically for Africa.

From Data to Action: Accelerating Labour Market and Migration Initiatives in Djibouti

Identifying existing strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities within the country's data collection and analysis frameworks

World Youth Skills Day

Creating new opportunities for youth with skills training

This video collage highlights the voices of youth from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq and Syrian refugees living in these countries explaining why skills development are key to employment.

ILO pursues its support of decent job creation in the agribusiness sector

Labour Rights are Human Rights for all Workers

After the recent tragic death in Jordan of nine agricultural workers, most of whom were refugees, the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Shaza Al Jondi and Meredith Byrne* reflect on the vital need to safeguard the right of vulnerable workers...

ILO ADDRESS project partnered with the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU)

The Re-birth of the Trade Union in the Tobacco Sector in Malawi

The ILO ADDRESS project partnered with the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) in revitalizing the Tobacco and Allied Workers Union of Malawi (TOAWUM) in the tobacco sector, that has been inactive since or before 2019. The lack of a functional...

Egypt's Multi-Faceted Approach: Digitalizing Inspections, Establishing Strong Partnerships on the Eliminating Child Labour, and Promoting...

Over the past few months, through collaborative efforts and partnerships, Egypt has made significant strides in these areas, implementing three distinct activities. Let's take a closer look at each of these initiatives.

Malawi’s Tobacco Sector (ADDRESS) project hosts the Royal Norwegian Ambassador

The Royal Norwegian Ambassador to Malawi and Zambia visits the ILO ADDRESS Project in Lilongwe-Traditional Authority Chadza

On 12 July, 2023, the ILO's Addressing Decent Work Deficits and Improving Access to Rights in Malawi’s Tobacco Sector (ADDRESS) project hosted the Royal Norwegian Ambassador to Malawi and Zambia Ms. Ingrid Marie Mikelsen together with the Minister...

Uniting Against Child Labour: A Celebration of Progress and Vision for a Future Free of Child Exploitation in Egypt

Our impact, their voices

How vocational education and training gave me the skills for success

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) can be a window of opportunity for young people searching for decent work across wide a range of occupational fields and production services.

Our work with supply chain actors!

Below is a compilation of guiding documents produced by employer organizations to support their members on mainstreaming child labour across their operations.

Sharing Results, Celebrating Impact!

Results Video: ACCEL Africa

The Results Video of the "Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa) project" 1st phase implementation presents a comprehensive account of the project's journey from November 2018 to June 2023.

ILO ADDRESS project supports the Ministry of Labour

Malawi’s Minister of Labour Launches the Advocacy and Communication Strategy on Child Labour Elimination

On 29th June 2023, Minister of Labour Honourable Ms. Agnes Nyalonje launched the first ever Advocacy and Communication Strategy on child labour elimination in Malawi. The Advocacy and Communication Strategy has been developed to raise awareness,...

Towards more resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains event

Our impact, their voices

An Indonesian student warns her community of the risks of forced labour at sea

The communications trainings of the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme have inspired a 20-year-old communications student to campaign about labour rights of fishers in her fishing community to break the longstanding myth about working at sea.

Collaborating to improve the health of shared ecosystems

Yamilett Carrillo Guerrero, Senior Program Manager for the Binational Resilience Initiative at the San Diego Foundation, San Diego, California

ACCEL Africa Paves the Way for Change in Cote d'Ivoire's Cocoa and Gold Mining Value Chains

The ACCEL Africa project recently concluded its capitalization workshop, marking an important milestone in its goal to accelerate action or elimination of child labour in the cocoa and artisanal gold mining value chains in Côte d'Ivoire.

Good practices

People living with HIV getting back to business in Zambia

The ILO, in partnership with the Network of Zambian People Living with HIV, Zambia Federation of Employers and National AIDS Council implemented an economic empowerment initiative for people living with HIV whose income was adversely affected during...

Integrating Social Dialogues in creating more decent jobs in the agro-processing sector - The ProAgro Ethiopia project experience

ILO Voices | Labour migration

A job changed my life as a refugee

War in Syria forced Syrian Abdel Halim al Qasir and his family to flee to the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Becoming a facilitator for the ILO’s Job Search Club project and helping other refugees inside the camp find new careers and job...