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Nobel Laureate Satyarthi: "Hunger and child labour are closely interlinked"
2016
On the 10th of February 2016, José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General, and Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, discussed FAO’s role in the eradication of child labour in agriculture during a personal meeting held at FAO Headquarters, in Rome.Satyarthi is a leader in the global movement to abolish...
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Decent work indicators for agriculture and rural areas - Conceptual Issues, data collection challenges and possible areas of improvement
2016
Publications
Launch of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
2016
1 February 2016 - The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth (DJ4Y) was launched today in New York, under the auspices of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2016, with more than twenty Ministers of Youth and over 500 youth delegates in attendance. FAO has actively contributed to the development of...
News
Youth at work: Reducing rural poverty
2015
The video presents the first results achieved in Mali by the project "Youth at Work: Reducing rural poverty", launched by FAO and the Malian Ministry of Agriculture in August 2014. The project is funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) and aims at generating attractive and decent job opportunities...
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