Resources on social protection

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

    21 October 2023

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

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

    18 October 2023

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

  3. The ILO BRMM Programme Digital Publication

    05 October 2023

    The ILO Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme Phase I progress review, from September 15, 2021, to June 30, 2022

  4. Promoting decent work in the African cultural and creative economy

    24 July 2023

    The report identifies the challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work in the African cultural and creative economy (CCE).

  5. We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic

    15 December 2021

    ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the ILO in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

  6. The cooperative statistics component of the ILO project on Strengthening SSE Knowledge Base in Asia was featured at the third Social Economy Fair in Korea

    29 July 2021

    The ILO presentation at the third Social Economy Fair, held in Gwangju from July 2 to July 4, focused on statistics of cooperatives component of the second phase of the project on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia.

  7. AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

    18 June 2021

    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.

  8. Maternity income protection in Southern and Eastern Africa. From concept to practice

    02 December 2019

    This publication is part of a collaboration of the ILO with the Eastern and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA) to encourage the move from employer liability systems to social insurance based systems and to provide universal and comprehensive coverage.

  9. Reaching Men under the National Test and Treat campaign in Tanzania

    27 November 2019

    Only 45 per cent of men living with HIV know their HIV status in Tanzania, as against 56 per cent of women living with HIV. The Prime Minister, involving all stakeholders, launched a national HIV Test and Treat campaign on 19 June 2018. Coming together as one UN, the ILO expanded its ongoing VCT@WORK Initiative in collaboration with its partners - the Ministry of labour, Association of Tanzanian Employers and Trade Union Congress of Tanzania.

  10. Tanzania: Gender-responsive public works as a key building block of social protection for all

    06 March 2019