Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. © Muse Zerihun / ILO 2024
    We won’t need to beg for water anymore

    Yasin Muhumad Faarah, an Ethiopian farmer, lost all his cattle in a recent drought. Without a regular supply of water, his future livelihood and that of other members of the community was in jeopardy. Together they built a water collection basin that promises a viable future for them all.

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

    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.

  3. ILO and Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia launch a project to enhance disaster resilience in Kebribeyah and Jijiga town

    Addis Ababa; Ethiopia; 25 May – The International Labor Organization (ILO) together with the Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia organized an official launching workshop on the project to enhance disaster resilience through employment intensive water works, supported by the Government of Japan, in Jijiga town, Somali regional state, Ethiopia.

  4. Desk review of research on HIV/AIDS in the world of work

    This desk review was conducted by ILO/AIDS as part of the Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV workplace policies/programmes and private sector engagement (IATT/WPPS). It is based primarily on the research documents shared by the IATT members, covering vulnerability studies, stigma and discrimination studies, impact and cost-benefit studies.