News and Press releases

July 2014

  1. MPs, media and communication experts sensitized to labour standards in Rwanda

    07 July 2014

    A creative awareness-raising workshop on ILO-promoted international labour standards for Parliamentarians, journalists and institutional communicators in Rwanda.

  2. Extra-ordinary meeting of SADC Ministers and social partners responsible for employment and labour

    07 July 2014

    An Extra-Ordinary Meeting of SADC Ministers and Social Partners Responsible for Employment and Labour Sector (Employment and Labour Sector) has started in Victoria Falls 7 - 11 July 2014. The purpose of the meeting is to receive and consider drafts of the SADC Labour Migration Action Policy and Action Plan, the Employment and Labour Sector (ELS) Monitoring and Evaluation Tools, a Draft Code on TB in the Mining Sector, and the Draft SADC Youth Employment Plan.

  3. First Zambia Business Roundtable on Disability and Employment

    01 July 2014

    The ILO and the Zambian Federation of Employers are organizing a high-level roundtable to address the issue of unlocking the economic potential of people with disabilities.

June 2014

  1. Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council Gala dinner.

    27 June 2014

    20 years of democracy:Taking stock and moving forward.

  2. © Johan Ordonez / AFP 2024

    ILO: Social protection helps people living with HIV keep their jobs

    27 June 2014

    New ILO study shows that social protection plays a key role in helping people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow treatment.

  3. Sustainable Enterprises Development in Southern and Eastern Africa

    26 June 2014

    The ILO supports countries in Southern and Eastern Africa to tackle the jobs crisis with an enterprise development project portfolio of around 60 million US Dollars.

  4. President Uhuru Kenyatta meets Aeneas Chuma, ILO Regional Director for Africa

    25 June 2014

    H.E. President Uhuru Kenyata and Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, exchanged views and ideas at the National State House in Nairobi, Kenya.

  5. No sustainable development without green and decent employment

    25 June 2014

    The impact of green and decent jobs promoted by the ILO and its partners is essential to make the new set of global sustainable goals a reality worldwide.

  6. Aeneas Chuma, ILO Head for Africa on official visit to Kenya and Tanzania

    22 June 2014

    The Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, paid a working visiting from 22 – 28 June 2014 to two East-African countries to strenghten a win-win cooperation.

  7. Ban urges greater investment to tackle global epidemic of youth unemployment

    18 June 2014

    At a time when the international community is struggling to generate more jobs, especially for young people, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Governments to invest more in youth employment initiatives and promote decent work for all.