Articles

2023

  1. ACCEL Africa sur l'élimination du travail des enfants en Côte d'Ivoire

    24 March 2023

  2. The ACCEL Africa Project to hold Capitalisation Workshop to Highlight Success in Eliminating Child Labour in Nigeria

    20 March 2023

  3. Generating Data for Monitoring and Reporting Sustainable Development Goals in Zanzibar

    09 March 2023

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) supported the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar through the OCGS to review and develop the administrative data collection tools; analyse the available surveys, including the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS), Household Budget Survey (HBS) and Integrated Labour Force Survey(ILFS) and develop metadata for the 117 of the localized SDGs indicators.

  4. Decent apprenticeship training for children of working age in Egypt

    07 March 2023

    Within the framework of supporting the promotion of the training and vocational progression to combat child labour as part of the “National Action Plan for Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Egypt and Supporting Family (2018-2025)”, ACCEL Africa in partnership with the "Technical Support for the Comprehensive Technical Education Initiative with Egypt” (TCTI) Project implemented by GIZ Egypt successfully provided awareness training on decent apprenticeship for more than 500 apprentices of the dual education system in Beheira, Alexandira, Sharkia and Fayoum governorates.

  5. Knowledge-sharing as a pathway for strengthened intra-African collaboration and accelerate action for the eilimination of child labour in supply chains.

    28 February 2023

    The “Regional Conference: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains” focused on showcasing what has worked to advance the countries and regional agendas on the elimination of child labour.

  6. © AVSI Foundation 2023
    As a refugee, my new skills have given my family hope

    28 February 2023

    When her husband was killed in 2009, Angelique Kahindo fled the Democratic Republic of Congo with her children to a refugee settlement in Uganda. For years she had no income, but a new opportunity for an apprenticeship has given her the skills and courage to set up her own tailoring business.

  7. Training for Private Sector Companies in Uganda on Documentation of Child Labour Remediation Procedures

    22 February 2023

    The training aims to strengthen the capacity of private sector companies to improve compliance, due diligence, and remediation on child labour.

  8. Good Practices: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains

    31 January 2023

    ACCEL Africa documented 14 good practices in the fight against child labour, which emerged from the ACCEL Africa project implementation in 6 countries: Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda.

    Hayat Osseiran, International Consultant, with the technical supervision of Angelica Munoz ILO M&E and Knowledge Sharing Officer, prepared the good practices collection. The ACCEL national teams and partners developed and shared technical information, inputs and visual materials.

  9. Due Diligence training to eliminate child labour in Uganda

    27 January 2023

    Through the training, participants were able to reflect on the specific challenges that they face and learned how to use different practical tools to implement in practice the different steps in a child labour due diligence process by which companies identify, prevent, manage and account for the negative impact occurring in their operations or value chains.

  10. © Moses Sanita/ ForumCiv 2023
    Education empowered me to fight for women’s rights in Kenya

    27 January 2023

    When Mary Nkisonkoi was given an opportunity to advocate for women’s rights in her Maasai community, she aimed high and now represents women’s community groups across the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.

  11. Request for Quotation: Support the design and development of a multi-country monitoring, evaluation and knowledge learning system for ProAgro YOUTH

    17 January 2023

    The ILO is seeking to recruit a service provider (firm) to support the design and development of a multi-country monitoring, evaluation and knowledge learning system for the “ProAgro YOUTH: Support to integrated agribusiness hubs in Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar and Malawi” project.

2022

  1. Stories behind our work: Industrious leaders in Ethiopia’s industrial parks

    22 December 2022

  2. © Muse Zerihun / ILO 2023
    We won’t need to beg for water anymore

    21 December 2022

    Yasin Muhumad Faarah, an Ethiopian farmer, lost all his cattle in a recent drought. Without a regular supply of water, his future livelihood and that of other members of the community was in jeopardy. Together they built a water collection basin that promises a viable future for them all.

  3. Message from the ProAgro Ethiopia Project Chief Technical Advisor

    19 December 2022

  4. Malawi employers launch revised employers guide and employers code of conduct on the elimination of child labour

    15 December 2022

    The International Labour Organization's ACCEL Africa Project supported 3rd Employer of the Year Awards and Gala Dinner 'Relevant skills for Business, towards improved competitiveness and productivity'.

  5. ECAM Launches Revised Employers Guide and Employers Code of Conduct on the Elimination of Child Labour

    15 December 2022

    The International Labour Organization's ACCEL Africa Project supported 3rd Employer of the Year Awards and Gala Dinner 'Relevant skills for Business, towards improved competitiveness and productivity'.

  6. Women in Nigeria are highly interested in becoming entrepreneurs, but face unique challenges to do so, such as barriers to access financial and business development services that are critical to formalizing and growing their businesses.

    08 December 2022

    Women in Nigeria are highly interested in becoming entrepreneurs, but face unique challenges to do so, such as barriers to access financial and business development services that are critical to formalizing and growing their businesses.

  7. ILO Constituents Re-affirm the Importance of Social Dialogue as a path towards formalization and Decent Work for Youth in the Middle East and North Africa region

    29 November 2022

    The ILO Constituents agreed to a framework for action in the region on the 2nd day of the first regional meeting of the Social Dialogue for Formalization and Employability in the Southern Neighbourhood Region (SOLIFEM) Project, which took place in Algiers, in collaboration with the Algerian Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security. SOLIFEM is co-financed by the European Union and the ILO.

  8. Eswatini Decent Work Country Programme

    25 November 2022

    EDWCP 2022-2025

  9. Uganda launches innovative and inclusive Social Finance model to fight Child Labour

    24 November 2022

    The ACCEL Africa project, financed by the Netherlands, is supporting the design of innovative financial (and non-financial) services aimed at supporting workers in lower tiers of the coffee and tea supply chains in Kikuube, Hoima, Buikwe, Mbale, Sironko, Bulambuli and Kabarole, Uganda.