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International Congress for Occupational Health: Supporting a breakthrough against child labour in agriculture
2022
The 33rd International Congress on Occupational Health, organized by the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), was held in a digital format from 6 to 10 February, under the theme “Sharing solutions in occupational health through and beyond the pandemic.” Overall, the Congress saw the participation of more than 1...
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Agricultural mechanization and child labour in developing countries
2022
The FAO-IFPRI study, focuses on the use of tractors because they are among the most versatile farm mechanization tools and are universal power sources for all other driven implements and equipment in agriculture, with significant potential to replace animal draught power and human power, including children’s muscle power. Tractor use...
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A virtual discussion on the intersection between socio-economic conditions and youth radicalization in the G5 Sahel
2022
"The Sahel is a place of opportunities, full of human, natural and cultural resources that are significant and abundant. The challenge is to harness these resources through public policies that can transform this potential into job creation, especially for youth living in rural areas."
On 17 February, during the launch event...
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Youth-sensitive value chain analysis and development - Guidelines for practitioners
2022
This publication is intended to assist field practitioners, youth organizations and other stakeholders to identify binding constraints and viable opportunities to youth engagement in value chains that can translate into greater youth inclusion. Considering youth heterogeneity and inequalities, the youth sensitive framework for value chain analysis gives guidance to assess...
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The intersection between socioeconomic conditions and youth radicalisation – Implications for programming in the G5 Sahel countries
2022
This FAO-ODI study provides an evidence-based analysis of the drivers of youth radicalisation in the Sahel and distils what this means for programming which aims to address that concern.
Resources have been invested into trying to address the underlying drivers of youth radicalisation, often through programming under the labels of Countering...
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