News and Press releases

April 2014

  1. ILO Regional Director for Africa on official visit to Zimbabwe

    28 April 2014

    Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, the new ILO Assistant-Director General and Regional Director for Africa, is on his first official visit to Zimbabwe to meet the leadership of the country, key representatives of UN agencies and development partners.

  2. ILO Head for Africa meets Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare

    28 April 2014

    Mr Aeneas Chuma, ILO Regional Director for Africa met Honourable Nicholas T. Goche to discuss strategic partnerships on youth employment, women empowerment, strenghtening social security and up-scaling ILO's support to technical cooperation projects.

  3. ILO Regional Director for Africa on official visit to Zimbabwe

    28 April 2014

    Mr Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is in the country on his first official visit.

  4. Focus on job-rich growth for Africa's Development Strategy, says A. Chuma

    25 April 2014

    High levels of youth unemployment call for more pro-employment policies to promote a job-rich growth in Africa, said ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas C. Chuma

  5. The AU holds a Special Session on Ouaga+10 in Namibia

    23 April 2014

    The ILO attends the Special Session of the AU Labour and Social Affairs' Commission to evaluate the implementation of the 2004 Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action on Employment Promotion and Poverty Alleviation in Africa.

  6. Interface between law enforcement agencies and social partners

    15 April 2014

    The ILO Commission of Enquiry suggested seven recommendations for the Government of Zimbabwe on Freedom of Association and the Right to Organize Convention, and the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention.

  7. Angola presents the Brasilia Declaration on combating child labour through South-South cooperation on behalf of the CPLP

    15 April 2014

  8. “Men cannot do what I am doing!”

    10 April 2014

    Ester Karikoga, a young mother of two from the high density suburb Glen View in Harare, was left by her husband and found herself being a struggling single mother with no income:

  9. Omar Faruk Osman: “The ratification of ILO core Conventions means a lot for the Workers of Somalia”

    10 April 2014

    According to Omar Faruk Osman, the General Secretary of the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU), by ratifying ILO Core Conventions on Freedom of Association (No.87)and Collective Bargaining (No.98), Somali workers were given the legal right to organize and bargain collectively in accordance with the ILO core labour standards. In this interview, Mr Osman explained the role of trade unions in the implementation of these Conventions and the importance of social dialogue to improve Workers’ situation in Somalia.

  10. ILO joins UN Women, UNDP and UNFPA in the country’s first Joint Programme for Gender Equality

    10 April 2014

    On 27 February 2014, the United Nations in Zimbabwe launched the country’s first Joint Programme on Gender Equality. Funded through the generous support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the programme brings together government, UN agencies, development partners and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Sida contributed US $5.3 million to the programme which aims to accelerate the country’s advancement towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.