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The ILO estimates that of the world’s 215 million child labourers, 115 million are involved in hazardous work, including 41 million girls and 74 million boys. Hazardous work is among the worst forms of child labour. It is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. The highest concentration...

On May 4th a FAO-ILO joint teaching session on "Rural Employment" for the Masters program in Applied Labour Economics for Development (MALED) was held at the International Training Centre(ITC-ILO) School of Development in Turin, Italy. The course featured contemporary global labour market challenges,  through the perspective of rural employment and decent work.   More specifically, rural employment for food security...

Policy decision-makers from countries throughout North Africa gathered in Tunis, Tunisia,from 2 to 4 May 2011, for a policy seminar on the current rise in food prices. The event, organized by FAO in collaboration with the Union du Maghreb Arab (UMA), was aimed at convening decision-makers from government ministries (agriculture, trade and finance) in order to exchange experiences...