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Kenya has been a member of the ILO since 1965. The ILO is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and Labour rights in the country, through a decent work agenda. Through its projects, ILO Kenya has unlocked the green jobs creation potential of Kenya's building construction industry by enhancing the competitiveness of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as well as exploring the effects of Labour and Labour related laws on small and medium enterprises thus creating a more enabling environment in the medium and small enterprises. ILO has also Improved policy and legal frameworks in place to protect the rights of HIV affected male and female workers and their families.

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Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL AFRICA)

Elimination of Child Labour

Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL AFRICA)

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Africa unites to transform skills and apprenticeships

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Improving Occupational Safety and Health and Access to Social Protection for Workers in the Agri-Business Sectors

Safety + Health for All

Improving Occupational Safety and Health and Access to Social Protection for Workers in the Agri-Business Sectors

Extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal economy in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Kenya and leveraging...

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Extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal economy in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Kenya and leveraging...

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Exchange on enterprise tools and approaches adapted and applied in contexts of forced displacement

Dialogues on displacement - Perspectives from ILO practitioners

Exchange on enterprise tools and approaches adapted and applied in contexts of forced displacement

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Navigating environmental policy change: Lessons from Kenya’s plastic bag ban for a just transition of MSMEs

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Navigating environmental policy change: Lessons from Kenya’s plastic bag ban for a just transition of MSMEs

Factors and impacts of the trafficking of girls from Karamoja region, Uganda into Kenya

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Factors and impacts of the trafficking of girls from Karamoja region, Uganda into Kenya

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