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Nigeria Forced Labour Survey 2022

The main purpose of this survey is to improve information on forced labour through data collection and in-depth analysis.

Nigeria Child Labour Survey 2022

The report aims to assess the prevalence of child labour in Nigeria and analyse the interaction between child labour, schooling and children’s well-being.

Policy Brief

The African Continental Free Trade Area: An Opportunity to Promote Social and Labour Issues across the Continent?

This Policy Brief discusses the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in terms of its design, legal instruments, and the obligations of the State Parties. It looks at the impact of AfCFTA’s institutional structure on existing intra-African trade and discusses the way labour and social issues could be incorporated into the AfCFTA’s agenda.

Terms Of Reference: Assessment of Budget Allocations and Opportunities For Resource Mobilization

Report

Digital labour platforms in Kenya: Exploring women’s opportunities and challenges across various sectors

This report explores how the expansion of digital technologies such as digital labour platforms is reshaping Kenya’s economic landscape, and the experiences of workers engaged on these platforms, especially women.

The Gender Wage Gap in Egypt

This study is conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MPED)- representing the Egyptian government- and the ILO Cairo office to provide a clear perspective of the size, evolution and determinants of the gender wage gap in Egypt, using data from the Egyptian Labour Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) for the years 1998, 2006, 2012, 2018.

African Trade Unions and the Future of Work Responses, Challenges and Opportunities

This book serves the purpose of unveiling the causes and effects of violations of workers’ and trade unions’ rights, and larger implications in the world of work. It brings together perspectives of African trade unionists, researchers and academics who have collaborated with the NYS. Accordingly, the book offers an insight into the issues that matter the most to African trade unions today, particularly those affiliated to ITUC-Africa.

Digital labour platforms in Kenya: Exploring women’s opportunities and challenges across various sectors

This report explores how the expansion of digital technologies such as digital labour platforms is reshaping Kenya’s economic landscape, and the experiences of workers engaged on these platforms, especially women.

ILO Brief

Return and reintegration in Uganda: Lessons from the FAIRWAY programme

ILO Working paper 109

Working conditions of subnational government workers in selected African countries

This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the institutional and labour relations regimes in six African countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, and South Africa with a special emphasis on promoting decent working conditions for Local and Regional Government (LRG) workers.

Strategy on the Extension of Social Protection Coverage to Workers in the Informal and Rural Economy in Kenya

A Brief Review of Input-Output Approaches to Employment Impact Assessment

ILO Report

Care at Work: Investing in Care Leave and Services for a More Gender Equal World of Work

Companion Regional Report for the Middle East and North Africa

Employment impact assessments: How to measure the employment impact of guarantees

Baseline survey on the state of informality in the cultural and creative sectors in Zimbabwe

The study was conducted through a partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), under the latter’s “Regional Creatives for Development” initiative intended to promote artistic freedom and foster decent work in the cultural and creative sectors. The study was motivated by a determination to close the gaps in the patchy evidence relating to the level of informality in the cultural and creative sectors in Zimbabwe. It explores the elements of decent work that are prevalent in the informal economy, namely labour rights; employment opportunities; social security and social dialogue; adequate earnings and productive work; working time, safety and health; and equal opportunity and treatment in employment. In addition, the study broadly categorizes the drivers of informality: the macroeconomic context, the regulatory framework, public institutions and enforcement mechanisms, micro-level determinants and attractiveness to informality. Finally it offers recommendations for relevant stakeholders in the culture and creative economy in the country to build a more resilient sector and transition towards formality.

Report on the Assessment of Sources of Data on International Labour Migration in Tanzania

The assessment provided information on the national data needs, the type of data currently collected by the different institutions, their data collection, management, and dissemination practices, as well as the prospects for improving data sharing in future.

Report on the Assessment of Sources of Data on International Labour Migration in Uganda

The assessment provided information on the national data needs, the type of data currently collected by the different institutions, their data collection, management, and dissemination practices, as well as the prospects for improving data sharing in future. The study further identified challenges in the production of statistics on international labour migration and proposes remedies to the identified challenges.

Assessment of the enabling environment for the uptake of renewable energy in Botswana to mitigate the effects of climate change

Gender-responsive Just Transition country analysis

opportunities and challenges for a just transition in Botswana

Labour migration

Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) in Africa

This note outlines the ILO support to partners to deliver direct assistance to migrant workers and local communities through Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) across Africa. As of February 2024, the ILO supports the establishment and operational capacity of 25 MRCs in 7 countries in Africa.