Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment : PROGRAMME AREA

The youth constitutes the greater percentage of the African population and are often the most severely affected by unemployment, an inadequate allocation of government resources for education and training, and the exploitation and discrimination in workplace, resulting in many of them the alienation of the society in which they live in.
The relatively low level of union membership among young workers means they are often deprived of the protection, information and training provided by unions. For this, ITUC-Africa has set as its objective ‘Young workers to become an integral part of trade unions’ and have developed activities to help achieve this objective…

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17/02/2020

10th New Year School: African Trade Unions and the Future of Work

Technological advances, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are plunging the world of work today into unprecedented change. If this change promises to be beneficial for some under other skies, that is likely to strike a blow to others on the black continent, given that the (...)
17-20 Febrary 2020 Lome, TOGO Keywords : Activities; Newsletters; Climate Change And Environment; Human and trade union rights; Gender Equality; Peace And Security; Extending Social Protection ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment;
14/08/2018

National Youth Council of TUC - Ghana Calls for Safe Spaces for the Youth on International Youth Day, 2018

The National Youth Council (NYC) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana marked the 2018 International Youth Day under the Theme: *“Safe Spaces for Youth”.
12 Août 2018 Accra, GHANA Keywords : Activities; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment; Communique; Ghana;
12/08/2018

ITUC-AFRICA YOUTH STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

The Youth Committee of the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) will celebrate International Youth Day 2018 with a focus on youth contribution on ending violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work. Violence against (...)
12 August 2018 International Youth Day / ITUC-AFRICA Youth Committee Keywords : Activities; Declarations; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment;
12/08/2017

ITUC-AFRICA STATEMENT ON THE COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

On the occasion of the International Youth Day, the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) joins millions of young African workers to promote the recognition of young people as key actors for social change, economic growth and sustainable (...)
12 August 2017 Issued in Lomé, TOGO Keywords : Activities; Declarations; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment;

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24/11/2023

Empowering African Women and Youth for their effective participation in Trade and Investment Processes

As part of the lead-up to the 5th Congress of ITUC-Africa delegates, the African Labour Research and Education Institute of ITUC-Africa (ALREI), in partnership with LRS, Labour Research Service, South Africa is organising a three-day capacity building and engagement program at the Luke (...)
Keywords : Newsletters ; Gender Equality ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ; Kenya ;
27/07/2023

ITUC-AFRICA is RECRUTING

Job title: Project Finance officer Schedule: Full time Type of contract: Local Definite, 2 years Location: Lome, Togo
Keywords : Advert ; Internships and Jobs ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ;
13/06/2023

ADVERT- ITUC-Africa: Evaluation Consultancy Opportunity

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org), is inviting dedicated consultants to conduct a comprehensive capacity development on “Strengthening Financial and Administrative Management of projects”.
Keywords : Advert ; Internships and Jobs ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ;
08/06/2022

The "Durban Call to Action" on the Elimination of Child Labour

The Fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour was held from 15 to 20 May 2022 in Durban, South Africa. A host of personalities from all corners of the world attended this high-level meeting. It was noted that at the end of the conference, the participants unanimously (...)
Keywords : Newsletters ; Occupational Health and Safety ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ;
07/10/2021

WDDW 2021: Putting decent work at the heart of Africa’s social and economic development policies

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) strongly affirms that decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, (...)
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Climate Change And Environment ; Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ; Gender Equality ; Extending Social Protection ; Occupational Health and Safety ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ;

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TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY TOOL (TUOC-tool)

This guidance note presents the COS framework; it reviews the concrete steps that can be used (...)

TU DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS PROFILE TOOL

TUDEP is a learning tool meant to support trade unions worldwide in the application of the (...)

PAMPHLET ON THE SDGs

The pamphlet aims to introduce trade unionists to the 2030 Agenda and its overlap with the (...)