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A training course on child labour in agriculture: "Harvesting a future without child labour: eliminating harmful practices in agriculture" will be held from 9-13 May 2011 at the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), Turin, Italy. This one-week course takes a broad view in looking at child labour in agriculture...

The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) has declared, during its last Executive Council held in January 2009 in Addis Ababa, the years 2009-2019 as the decade of youth development in Africa. The decade is an opportunity to advance the agenda of youth development in all member...

FAO implements a number of projects promoting gender equality among Palestinians by increasing the agricultural opportunities available to women, at the same time enabling the beneficiaries to secure income and improve food security for themselves and their families. During the past years trainings on agricultural techniques and innovations as well as...

Friday 21st January, FAO, IFAD and ILO will launch a report on the Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty. The event will discuss how gender equality in rural employment can contribute to poverty reduction and food security, boosting local economies and rural development.Policies, case studies and...

The Guidance on how to address rural employment and decent work concerns in FAO country activities has been just produced by FAO with technical assistance from the ILO. The document is the outcome of a longstanding and fruitful collaboration between the two organizations for the promotion of decent and productive employment in rural...