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17 October 2024 ZIMBABWE A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

Zimbabwe is facing multiple crises: recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, food shortages and the impacts of climate change. While an economic recovery programme and stimulus package were introduced to combat the pandemic’s impacts, trade unions and business representatives have criticised the (…)

18 October 2024 UGANDA: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

The government of Uganda introduced stimulus packages and measures in response to the multiple crises to address environmental and structural issues and spur green, resilient, and inclusive growth. Agricultural and natural resource resilience have additionally been embraced as post-pandemic (…)

20 October 2024 TANZANIA A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

Tanzania’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was not initially strong. As existing social and health programming was predominantly oriented towards a rural population, it failed to reach the households in the informal urban economy which were most vulnerable to the virus. However, the government (…)

18 October 2024 South Africa: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

The South African government has implemented various programmes to address the ongoing multiple crises. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government worked closely with trade unions and businesses to address occupational health and safety, provide subsidies compensating workers for lost (…)

19 October 2024 NIGERIA: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

The Nigerian government is responding to the multiple crises of food and energy prices, climate change and the impact of Covid-19, through its macroeconomic policies in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) and National Development Plan 2021-25 (NDP). Nigeria’s Nationally Determined (…)

20 October 2024 NAMIBIA A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs

To address the multiple crises, the government of Namibia has decided to intervene in key areas: employment creation, prioritising youth employment and entrepreneurship; expanding social protection coverage; and a national formalisation strategy. Trade unions have been actively involved in the (…)

20 October 2024 A trade union focus on the SDGs – Kenya

Trade unions were involved in measures to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. These included a tripartite memorandum of understanding with workers and employers, to protect jobs and help retrenched workers back into employment during the recovery. Since coming to office in 2022, the (…)

22 October 2024 Position Paper to the HLPF 2024 - Boosting the 2030 Agenda: decent work and social justice as drivers of sustainable development

This document by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reflects the position developed by the ITUC on behalf of the Workers’ and Trade Union Major Group on the five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reviewed at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum (SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 13, SDG (…)
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Presentation of the Africa Trade Union Development Network (ATUDN)

Project Title : Strengthening the Trade Union Regional and Global Networks (TUDCN) for a development paradigm based on social justice and sustainability

The African Trade Union Development Network (ATUDN) brings the voice of working people to development discourses in Africa, coordinating trade union input to development policy-making at the national, sub-regional and regional levels. It brings together ITUC-Africa affiliates, trade union research institutes and sub-regional trade union confederations. The ATUDN further aims to improve the coordination and effectiveness of trade union development cooperation activities. Read More

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