Decent Rural Employment

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Working on child labour for food security and sustainable agriculture in programmes and projects

2022
FAO Lebanon published the 11th edition of the quarterly briefing note designed to introduce a topic related to FAO’s mandate/thematic areas. This issue discusses child labour for food security and sustainable agriculture in programmes and projects, highlighting FAO interventions and impact in this context.
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Éliminer le travail des enfants et le travail forcé dans les zones cotonnières au Mali

2022
Le projet CLEAR Cotton: Élimination du travail des enfants et du travail forcé dans les chaînes de valeur du coton, du textile et de l’habillement (2018-2023) est cofinancé par l’Union Européenne et l’Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT). Il est mis en œuvre par l’OIT et l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour...
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Mainstreaming youth in FAO's Work Programme

2022
A central principle of the 2030 Agenda is the assurance that “no one will be left behind” and the universal nature of the 2030 Agenda entails that youth should be considered across all Goals and targets. In its Strategic Framework 2022–2031, FAO has identified “youth” as an important group whose...
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Good practices - Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system

2022
This document describe the good practice of a youth-inclusive policymaking process supported in Uganda between 2015 and 2022 under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system. The document describes the different steps that...
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A global review of COVID-19 policy and programmatic responses to child labour in agrifood systems

2022
This review aims to look into the consequences of (1) the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the pandemic and (2) the policies and programmatic responses to mitigate socio-economic consequences of the pandemic and how they have potentially interacted with child labour drivers,...
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