ILAB in the Sub-Saharan Africa
Projects
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start Sort ascending | End |
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Supporting Safe and Inclusive Work Environments in LesothoThis project aims to improve occupational safety and health and counter discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the informal economy, public service and hazardous sectors. |
$3,000,000 | Lesotho | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 11/15/2023 | 05/14/2028 |
Project to Expand and Assess the Fair Food Program (FFP) Model for Promotion of Human Rights and Labor Rights Protections in International Agricultural Supply Chains |
$2,500,000 | South Africa | Fair Food Standards Council | 12/30/2022 | 12/29/2025 |
Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa SectorThe goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
$436,131 | Côte d'Ivoire | American Institutes for Research | 12/23/2022 | 03/26/2024 |
Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West AfricaThe Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa project seeks to address discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work in the mining, palm oil, and rubber sectors in Liberia, and in the oil sector in Nigeria. |
$5,000,000 | Liberia | Solidarity Center | 12/15/2022 | 12/14/2026 |
Action against Child Labor in Agriculture in West Africa |
$4,000,000 | Nigeria | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2022 | 02/14/2026 |
Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West AfricaThe Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa project seeks to address discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work in the mining, palm oil, and rubber sectors in Liberia, and in the oil sector in Nigeria. |
$5,000,000 | Nigeria | Solidarity Center | 12/15/2022 | 12/14/2026 |
Madagascar Shines: Reducing Child Labor in Mica-Producing Communities of MadagascarThe Madagascar Shines project aims to reduce child labor in mica-producing communities in the Anôsy region of Madagascar through community engagement, coordination, and capacity building. |
$4,500,000 | Madagascar | Pact | 02/14/2022 | 06/09/2025 |
Support the Promotion of Labor Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)This project seeks to promote greater compliance with labor law and standards for acceptable conditions of work, including occupational safety and health, hours of work, and wages in the DRC’s mining, distribution, and construction/public works sectors. |
$3,000,000 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2021 | 04/14/2025 |
Catalyzing Civil Society to Accelerate Progress Against Child Labor (Catalyst)The project aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations around the world to advance the fight against child labor by raising the voices of workers, advocates, and other civil society representatives. |
$4,000,000 | Uganda | Global March Against Child Labor | 12/15/2021 | 12/14/2025 |
Global Accelerator Lab Project: Intensifying Action Against Forced Labor and Child LaborILAB’s Global Accelerator Lab project will support broader and more effective action under Alliance 8.7, a global partnership to assist United Nations (UN) member States to end child labor, forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030. The project will strengthen Alliance 8.7 partnerships to increase knowledge sharing among Pathfinder countries at the global level. It will facilitate dialogue on forced labor and child labor among regional institutions in East Asia & the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa and encourage regional and country ownership of initiatives to reduce child and forced labor. In addition, the project will support countries to achieve their commitments to eradicate child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, and modern slavery, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals’ Target 8.7, by helping countries replicate promising practices and identify and implement new solutions. |
$12,000,000 | Ghana | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/01/2021 | 10/15/2025 |
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start Sort ascending | End |
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Supporting Safe and Inclusive Work Environments in LesothoThis project aims to improve occupational safety and health and counter discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the informal economy, public service and hazardous sectors. |
$3,000,000 | Lesotho | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 11/15/2023 | 05/14/2028 |
Project to Expand and Assess the Fair Food Program (FFP) Model for Promotion of Human Rights and Labor Rights Protections in International Agricultural Supply Chains |
$2,500,000 | South Africa | Fair Food Standards Council | 12/30/2022 | 12/29/2025 |
Research Project on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa SectorThe goal of this project is to research, identify, and develop indicators of progress being made in high-risk countries to eliminate child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector; to research best practices utilized by the governments and the cocoa and chocolate industry, and to research the participation of worker organizations in addressing child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector. |
$436,131 | Côte d'Ivoire | American Institutes for Research | 12/23/2022 | 03/26/2024 |
Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West AfricaThe Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa project seeks to address discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work in the mining, palm oil, and rubber sectors in Liberia, and in the oil sector in Nigeria. |
$5,000,000 | Liberia | Solidarity Center | 12/15/2022 | 12/14/2026 |
Action against Child Labor in Agriculture in West Africa |
$4,000,000 | Nigeria | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2022 | 02/14/2026 |
Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West AfricaThe Elevating Women’s Participation in the Workplace in West Africa project seeks to address discrimination and gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work in the mining, palm oil, and rubber sectors in Liberia, and in the oil sector in Nigeria. |
$5,000,000 | Nigeria | Solidarity Center | 12/15/2022 | 12/14/2026 |
Madagascar Shines: Reducing Child Labor in Mica-Producing Communities of MadagascarThe Madagascar Shines project aims to reduce child labor in mica-producing communities in the Anôsy region of Madagascar through community engagement, coordination, and capacity building. |
$4,500,000 | Madagascar | Pact | 02/14/2022 | 06/09/2025 |
Support the Promotion of Labor Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)This project seeks to promote greater compliance with labor law and standards for acceptable conditions of work, including occupational safety and health, hours of work, and wages in the DRC’s mining, distribution, and construction/public works sectors. |
$3,000,000 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2021 | 04/14/2025 |
Catalyzing Civil Society to Accelerate Progress Against Child Labor (Catalyst)The project aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations around the world to advance the fight against child labor by raising the voices of workers, advocates, and other civil society representatives. |
$4,000,000 | Uganda | Global March Against Child Labor | 12/15/2021 | 12/14/2025 |
Global Accelerator Lab Project: Intensifying Action Against Forced Labor and Child LaborILAB’s Global Accelerator Lab project will support broader and more effective action under Alliance 8.7, a global partnership to assist United Nations (UN) member States to end child labor, forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030. The project will strengthen Alliance 8.7 partnerships to increase knowledge sharing among Pathfinder countries at the global level. It will facilitate dialogue on forced labor and child labor among regional institutions in East Asia & the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa and encourage regional and country ownership of initiatives to reduce child and forced labor. In addition, the project will support countries to achieve their commitments to eradicate child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, and modern slavery, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals’ Target 8.7, by helping countries replicate promising practices and identify and implement new solutions. |
$12,000,000 | Ghana | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/01/2021 | 10/15/2025 |