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In May 2016, the International Labour Organization released the annual World Employment and Social Outlook entitled Transforming Jobs to End Poverty. This year, the report is fully focused on the central role played by productive decent employment in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and, in particular, Goal 1: "Ending poverty...

Nearly 60% of child labour worldwide takes place in agriculture, affecting 98 million girls and boys, and hindering agricultural and rural development.Today, 8 June 2016, FAO celebrates the 2016 World Day Against Child Labour, focused on ending child labour in agricultural supply chains, and launches the FAO-ILO e-Learning Course "End Child Labour...

Thanks to the Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural youth employment, Senegal will be among the first African countries to adopt a specific National Rural Youth Employment Policy. In line with the Plan Sénégal Émergent, the main medium to long term social and economic policy in the country,...