Empleo rural decente

Recursos

Promoting youth employment and reducing child labour in agriculture

2018
This course presents strategies to strengthen the impact of child labour reduction and youth employment policies and programmes by considering the two issues together. First, it builds an understanding of the differences as well as linkages between child labour and youth employment.Then, it highlights concrete measures to improve policy and programme...
E-learning

Protecting children from pesticides: Gertrude's story

2018
In Uganda, FAO is working to improve occupational safety and health in the agricultural sector, in particular for young workers, and to prevent hazardous child labour in agriculture. As part of these efforts, FAO is raising awareness and building capacity to protect children and young workers from the direct exposure...
News

A successful model to engage Senegalese youth in agriculture

2018
Since 2015, FAO has been working to make Senegalese agri-food systems more youth-inclusive, through its Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural employment and in partnership with the Agence Nationale pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des Jeunes (ANPEJ).Senegal is a youthful country, with over 60 percent of people below...
News