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Addressing the invisible labour behind the cobalt mining industry
An event held at the United Nations Headquarters on April 15 shed light on the harsh realities of the working conditions in the cobalt mining sector, marking the beginning of a concerted effort to promote global and sustainable changes in the industry.
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Tripartite Regional Workshop to Validate Study & Roadmap
ECCAS Member States, Stakeholders Convene to Validate Study Findings and Roadmap for Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers in the Region
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.
Governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations validate the AU-ILO youth employment strategy for Africa
A collaborative effort between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Union Commission (AUC), YES-Africa is a guiding framework to shape the future world of work for the continent's youth.
Tiny but mighty voices against child labour in cobalt mining
Children in mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) expressed in artistic forms to their communities the child labour-free future they want through the ILO's Supporting Children's Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media (SCREAM) training provided by the 8.7 Accelerator Lab Initiative.
Sustainable supply chains
EU and UN agencies join forces to address root causes of child labour
A new EU-funded action will tackle the root causes of child labour in supply chains, focusing primarily on coffee and leveraging existing efforts on cobalt. Under the leadership of the ILO, the project will be jointly implemented with FAO and UNICEF, in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC).
Call for expressions of interest
The ILO and the AU launch calls for expressions of interest for mapping studies on the social and solidarity economy in select countries in Africa
The 8.7 Accelerator Lab joins the COTECCO project to reinforce the impact of the Private Sector Working Groups in two key mining provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A first step in building the capacity of the labour inspectorate in the Democratic Republic of Congo
PRESS RELEASE - PROJECT DRC/21/03/USA – SPNT
PILOT STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OF LABOUR STANDARDS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (SPNT/DRC)
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the pilot strategic planning workshop for the labour inspectorate of the Democratic Republic of Congo was held from January 9 to 20, 2023 as part of the SPNT/DRC project. This 40-month project, funded by the US Government through its Department of Labour (USDOL), aims to provide technical support to the Government of the DRC and social partners to make progress on issues of compliance with labour standards.
Training of trainers workshop on cooperative development tools in the DRC
A training of trainers on ILO cooperative development tools was held in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 12 to 23 December 2022.
#EndChildLabour2021
Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director for Africa at the event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
I commit the Office to work as one ILO to mainstream child labour issues into all relevant areas of work of the Abidjan Declaration implementation plan, in order to maximize our contribution to ending child labour in Africa. We will work closely with our tripartite Constituents to do so
AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa
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.
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Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit held in February 2020. This initiative resonates well with the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour which is reaching its universal ratification.
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit held in February 2020. This initiative resonates well with the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour which is reaching its universal ratification.
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit held in February 2020. This initiative resonates well with the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour which is reaching its universal ratification.
Our impact, their voices
“Why not me?” Young people from Kinshasa start their own businesses
Thanks to an ILO programme, young Congolese women and men from modest backgrounds have been trained in entrepreneurship – sometimes with significant results.
Our impact, their voices
Former combatants from DR Congo are rebuilding their lives thanks to entrepreneurial training
An ILO programme offers entrepreneurial training to demobilized Congolese combatants, who were often forcibly recruited by armed groups.
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa
“In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference aims to agree on concrete continental actions in preparation for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour (November 2017, Argentina).
Child Labour and Forced Labour
Addis Ababa to host a regional consultation on Child and Forced Labour in sub-Saharan Africa
From 22 to 23 June 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Alliance 8.7 will host a two-day consultative meeting on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa, in preparation for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour scheduled for November 2017 in Argentina.