What's new

  1. Driving a sustainable and inclusive digital transformation for decent work

  2. Launch of the first global strategic compliance plan in Abidjan

    28 March 2024

    This crucial initiative, designed to cover the three years 2023-2025, aims to address significant challenges in respecting and realizing the rights of workers in Côte d'Ivoire, with a particular focus on the agricultural, commerce, industry, as well as buildings and public works sectors.

  3. Empowering youth, eradicating child labour: ACCEL Africa's impact in Malawi

    27 March 2024

    Through the project’s efforts, 282 youths, comprising 193 boys and 89 girls, graduated from various vocational skills trades in January 2023. These trades include motorcycle mechanics, tailoring and designing, bricklaying, carpentry, and joinery, as well as welding and fabrication.

  4. Voices against child labour: A media competition

    26 March 2024

    This media competition is more than just a contest; it's a call to action for media professionals and students to contribute their voices and skills to a crucial global cause, leveraging their influence to make a real difference in the fight against child labour.

  5. Call for expression of interest for a needs assessment in Uganda

    26 March 2024

  6. Challenges and opportunities of school to work transition

    25 March 2024

    ILO provides training on school to work for tourism and hospitality graduate students.

  7. International Women’s Day celebrated

    25 March 2024

    Using March 8 to call for more investment to build women's technical and leadership skills.

  8. The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia (Phase III)

    25 March 2024

    The project “Decent Work for Women” has been financed by Finland for more than 10 years and in 2023, the project concentrated on climate change as a model project of the ILO in North Africa.

  9. ECCAS Member States, Stakeholders Convene to Validate Study Findings and Roadmap for Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers in the Region

    22 March 2024

    The Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP) is a collaborative initiative between the African Union Commission (AUC), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM). Adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State, the JLMP's strategy emphasizes intra-African labour migration and aligns with the First 2023 Ten Year Plan of the AU's Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is currently implementing projects to enhance rights-based governance for labour migration and mobility in Africa, ensuring gender-responsive regulations and protections for all migrant workers; increase availability and utilization of labour migration data & statistics by MSs and RECs for evidence-based policy-making; and support MS to establish systems that promote safe, secure, and equal working conditions for migrant workers in formal and informal sectors with access to social protection and skill recognition.

  10. Kisii and Kericho counties in Kenya take bold steps against child labour

    22 March 2024

    Kisii and Kericho Counties have made significant strides in combating child labour by establishing County Child Labour Committees, marking a pioneering effort in the country. These newly formed multi-sectoral committees aim to raise awareness among stakeholders about child labour issues, conduct joint labour inspections in tea and coffee value chains, mobilize resources to eliminate child labour and monitor and evaluate related activities, including mapping child labour-affected areas in sub-counties.

  11. Accelerating TOGETHER Action Against Child Labour in Ghana

    21 March 2024

    The launch was done jointly with other child labour projects by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the theme “Accelerating TOGETHER Action Against Child Labour in Ghana”.

  12. Second Phase of PROSPECTS Launched in Ethiopia, Empowering Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities

    21 March 2024

  13. Towards a future without child labour: Profiling and community mobilization in Grand-Zattry and M’Batto as part of ACCEL Africa 2nd phase

    19 March 2024

    The missions undertaken in the sub-prefectures revealed a marked enthusiasm and significant mobilization of the communities, testifying to their interest and commitment to efforts to combat child labour. These visits not only deepened the understanding of the areas of intervention but also highlighted opportunities for action based on the challenges identified.

  14. Empowering communities, combating child labour in Uganda

    19 March 2024

    ACCEL Africa aims to support the formalization and development of cooperatives, VSLA and social business, foster partnerships and open innovation among financial services provider by creating a social finance innovation funds, support gender-intelligent products and services design, build stakeholders capacities to have extensive knowledge, tools and skills to contribute meaningfully to child labour eradication.

  15. Capacity building in data preparation and Extract Transformation Load (ETL) towards a successful implementation of the Labour Market Information Systems (LMIS) of Uganda.

    Equipping staff from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and collaborating institutions with the skills to prepare and store data for Uganda's LMIS. This training focuses on Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) procedures, a crucial step for making data usable within the LMIS platform.

  16. Charting New Horizons: Mary Wanjiru's Entrepreneurial Evolution

    18 March 2024

    "I would like to own a large hotel with branches throughout Kenya and the capacity to distribute food to most areas of Nairobi. I'd also like to employ more young unemployed youths in Kenya. Currently, I have 2 employees (a lady and a male). I would also like to establish a large chicken farm that can produce lots of eggs for my hotel(s) and a wider supply for other clients." says Mary.

  17. Collaborative Pathways for Labour Migration Governance in East and Horn of Africa

    14 March 2024

    "Strengthening the Common Approach on BLMA and Skills Development Among Labour Migration Advisory Group (LMAG) in East and Horn of Africa."

  18. Unveiling the next chapter in child labour elimination: ILO's ACCEL Africa project phase 2 workshop in Abuja

    13 March 2024

    The ACCEL Africa Project Phase 2 aims to build on the achievements of its phase 1, adopting innovative approaches to address the systemic causes of child labour in sectors such as cocoa and artisanal gold mining supply chains.

  19. An update on how productivity and decent work are being boosted in South African SMEs

    11 March 2024

    ILO's Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work programme in South Africa partners with Productivity SA and the South African Footwear and Leather Export Council (SAFLEC) to promote technical capabilities, advance productivity growth and increase exports

  20. Empowering Ethiopian youth: ILO Youth to Youth Fund winners announced

    11 March 2024

    Following a rigorous selection process, ten Youth-led organizations in Ethiopia won the ILO Youth-to-Youth Fund, a unique grant supporting them to implement youth entrepreneurship activities promoting decent work for refugee and host community.