Kenya: Resources on child labour

2021

  1. Press release

    L'UA, l'OIT et l'UNICEF marquent la Journée mondiale contre le travail des enfants en Afrique

    18 June 2021

    L'Union africaine, l'OIT et l'UNICEF ont organisé un événement continental virtuel pour marquer la Journée mondiale contre le travail des enfants. L'événement a réuni des acteurs clés pour discuter des stratégies de lutte contre le travail des enfants, en adoptant une approche holistique et systémique basée sur l'estimation globale du travail des enfants pour 2020 et les recommandations connexes, qui ont été lancées par l'OIT et l'UNICEF le 10 juin

  2. Press release

    AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

    18 June 2021

    The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based on the 2020 Global Estimates on Child Labour and related recommendations, which had been launched by the ILO and UNICEF on 10 June.

  3. #EndChildLabour2021

    Africa marked the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa and the Day of the African Child!

    The African Union, ILO and UNICEF held a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, who discussed strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based on the 2020 Global Estimates on Child Labour and related recommendations, which had been launched by the ILO and UNICEF on 10 June.

2020

  1. World Day Against Child Labour

    Message from ILO Regional Office for Africa to mark the World Day against Child Labour 12 June 2020

    12 June 2020

    Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social protection, while at the same time ensuring continued education for children. The ILO is also expediting action to strengthen the capacity of government, including labour inspection and law enforcement, as well as organizations of workers and employers.

  2. Statement

    COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

    12 June 2020

    Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social protection, while at the same time ensuring continued education for children.

  3. Event

    World Day Against Child Labour: Protecting forcibly displaced and host community children

    On 12 June 2020, the PROSPECTS programme joins the rest of world in marking the World Day Against Child Labour. Tackling child labour among forcibly displaced or host populations is critical in ensuring all children are protected from exploitation and abuse, have access to education and can aspire to a fulfilled, safe and happy childhood among their families, peers and communities.

2015

  1. Good Practice

    Children and journalists rise up against child labour in Kenya

    22 January 2015

2014

  1. Newsletter

    Taking child labour problem on in Turkana County in Kenya

    13 May 2014

    The 3-year project "Strengthening human security in the border communities of Turkana" (Kenya), is aimed to address the human security concerns of pastoralists living in extreme hardship and vulnerability to numerous threats in Turkana county of northern Kenya. The project is undertaken in the context of UN inter-agency coordination and is implemented by UNDP, FAO, WHO, IOM, UNICEF and ILO, in partnership with local community-based organizations, peace committees, local governments and the Governmental National Drought Management Authority.

  2. Publication

    Findings of the follow-up study on former child labourers trained on entrepreneurship and apprenticeship - The cases of Kisumu and Nairobi cities, Kenya

    25 March 2014

    This study sought to find out if there was any added advantage that entrepreneurship skills training had on the trainees and it compares post training progression between trainees who had received entrepreneurship training to those who in addition received business start-up kit.

  3. News

    Strengthening Human Security in the border communities of Turkana, Kenya

    14 January 2014

    The project launched in 2012 proposed activities aim to improve human security in a context of UN inter-agency coordination including UNTFHS, UNDP, FAO, WHO, IOM, UNICEF, and ILO-IPEC.