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Empowering youth, eradicating child labour: ACCEL Africa's impact in Malawi

Through the project’s efforts, 282 youths, comprising 193 boys and 89 girls, graduated from various vocational skills trades in January 2023. These trades include motorcycle mechanics, tailoring and designing, bricklaying, carpentry, and joinery, as well as welding and fabrication.

Key supply chain stakeholders unite to accelerate action against child labour in Malawi’s coffee supply chain

The meeting aimed to finalize a comprehensive sustainability strategy that addresses the critical issue of child labour in the coffee industry, with a keen focus on capacity and financial implications, climate resilience, and inclusion.

Strengthening efforts to combat child labour through South-South intra-African cooperation

Key discussions during the workshop cantered around the insights and reflections gleaned from field visits, paving the way for identifying potential partnerships and strategies for effective implementation.

Tea-Triangular: Kenya, Malawi and Uganda tripartite stakeholders and tea supply chain representatives share knowledge to combat child labour in the tea supply chain.

Key stakeholders from Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda have joined forces to address the critical issue of child labour within the tea industry.

ACCEL Malawi

Combating child labour in Malawi: A collaborative field visit to Thyolo's tea estates

The primary objectives of this visit were to reinforce adherence to labour standards, bolster ongoing support from the private sector, and improve collaboration among stakeholders in promoting social justice and decent work conditions, which includes the crucial goal of eradicating child labour in the tea industry.

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

This study examines the interrelationship of child labour and informality in 22 sub-Saharan countries.

Malawi launches Alliance 8.7 Roadmap on child labour, forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking

Malawi launched the Alliance 8.7 Roadmap on child labour, forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking. The launch was done at a high-level meeting on child labour, which was organized by the Ministry of Labour in partnership with the International Labour Organization through the ACCEL Africa project.

National Alliance 8.7 Strategic Road Map 2023 - 2030

Alliance 8.7 is a global partnership fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration to support governments to achieve Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Target 8.7 calls for “immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms”. Some 231 organizations including government institutions, workers’ organizations, employers’ organizations, civil society organizations, and UN specialized agencies, funds and programmes, amongst others, are Alliance 8.7 partners.

Protecting mining workers’ safety and health through South-South Cooperation between ILO, China and Zambia

The ILO, Ministry of Emergency Management of China and key stakeholders in Zambia joined hands in making a contribution towards protecting mining workers’ safe and health in Zambia through a South-South Cooperation Programme on building the capacity of mining companies.

Information brief - Employment impact assessment of the Malawi M1 road rehabilitation project

Employment impact assessment of the Malawi M1 road rehabilitation project

Migrations

Conclusions: First-Ever African Labour Migration Conference concludes in Abidjan

ILO and social partners call to joint action to the challenges facing African migrant workers in Africa.

The unionization of informal workers: Transforming Malawi's tea and coffee sectors

Labour migration

First-Ever African Labour Migration Conference Kicks Off in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

ILO and African Union Commission join forces to protect migrant workers' rights

Newsletter issue No.12

August 2023 Newsletter

This edition features interesting articles on various topics ranging from; promotion of decent work agenda, expansion of social protection programmes, promotion of employment opportunities, elimination of child labour, and promotion of social dialogue. All these are meant to showcase the impact of our interventions in people’s lives in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique

Overcoming Obstacles Through Vocational Training: The Journey of Tisungane Elesoni

Tisungane was selected for a transformative vocational training program under the ACCEL Africa project. Implemented by the Impact Centre for Economic Empowerment and Development (ICEED) and supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Empowering Young Women Through Vocational Training: The Transformation of Gertrude Chizumira

Recognizing the urgent need to equip young people like Gertrude with vocational skills, a local organization, ICEED, launched an intensive three-month training program under the ACCEL Africa project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

Allen's Journey from Child Labor to Academic Resilience

Through ACCEL Africa, Allen was given the opportunity to return to school. The project equipped him with essential learning materials, including textbooks, thereby facilitating his reintegration into the educational system.

Empowering local communities—Chisinkha child protection committee's proactive approach against child labor in Mulanje district, Malawi

Formed under the ACCEL Africa project, the Chisinkha CPC comprises fifteen members from six villages under the jurisdiction of GVH Chisinkha.

TRANSFORM Newsletter: Issue 9

TRANSFORM Newsletter: Issue 9

TRANSFORM is an innovative learning initiative on the implementation of national social protection floors in Africa. It promotes critical thinking and builds capacity at national and subnational levels to improve the design, effectiveness and efficiency of social protection systems. To learn more, download the TRANSFORM E-newsletter.