Feature articles

2009 

• In managing migrant labour in ASEAN, Thailand should take a lead.
  27 October 2009 - By Pracha Vasuprasat, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO/Japan Programme on Managing Cross-border Movement of Labour in Southeast Asia. The Government of Thailand needs to think boldly about its labour migration policies if it is to be ready for future demographic, economic and labour force trends. ...
• Climate change and jobs - dealing with the myths
  08 October 2009 - Asia and the Pacific are very exposed to the impact of climate change. Therefore, progress towards a global climate deal is crucial for its development and its stability. ...
• Climate change in Jabonga, Philippines - the water is already rising
  24 September 2009 - Gingging Poyo cuddles her baby after a day’s work. The 31-year-old mother is part of the maintenance staff of a lake resort in Jabonga. “I grew up in this place so I decided to settle here with my family,” she says. ...
• The Impact of Financial Crisis on Labour Migration and HIV: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  14 August 2009 - During economic crises migrant workers are often the most vulnerable group of workers as they have the most insecure terms of employment. As it turns out, the current global economic crisis is no different, as migrant workers of various nationalities find themselves on the receiving end of the downturn.
• Cost and Benefit Ratio in Implementing HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme in Company: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  14 August 2009 - What is the potential loss for companies if they do not implement HIV/AIDS workplace programmes? What is the benefit for a private sector company to invest in HIV prevention, care and support?
• Strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS among Mobile and Migrant Workers: Global Partnership in the Maritime Sector: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  14 August 2009 - Strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS among Mobile and Migrant Workers: Global Partnership in the Maritime Sector
• The Plight of a Migrant Worker with HIV/AIDS: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  14 August 2009 - Marites Cardines is a former migrant worker from the Philippines. As a migrant worker her dream was simple; to help her family get out of poverty. She started working as a migrant domestic worker in Qatar in 1992 when she was only 17 years old. But her experience was of abuse, poor food and low pay, and ultimatly infection with HIV.
• Workplace programmes to target clients of sex workers: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  14 August 2009 - Men who buy sex from women are the largest population group at risk of contracting HIV, outnumbering injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Asia and the Pacific region. ...
• Q&A with Ms Sachiko Yamamoto: the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  10 August 2009 - The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) is being held from 9 to 13 August 2009 in Bali, Indonesia. Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, explains the impact of the ILO’s activities on HIV and AIDS in the region.
• The Global Jobs Pact: helping Asia and the Pacific recover from the unemployment crisis
  15 July 2009 - Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, explains the Global Jobs Pact and its proposals for a sustainable recovery in the countries of this region. The Pact was agreed by participants at the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2009.
• Decent Work for domestic workers: a long way to go
  17 June 2009 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN agency dealing with work-related issues - and other women’s advocacy groups consider domestic work to be among the most precarious of occupations. A report to the 2009 International Labour Conference, currently taking place in Geneva, says that the present economic downturn and global jobs crisis is likely to aggravate those vulnerabilities.
• Power for the powerless: the woman behind India’s ‘Gentle Revolution'
  03 June 2009 - Nearly four decades ago Dr Bhatt, now 76, founded what has become India’s largest and most unusual trade union. The members are waste-pickers, street vendors, incense stick rollers, construction and agricultural workers, and home-based workers. They are the so-called informal economy workers - women at the bottom of the ladder who have no job security or social safety net. ...
• India’s barefoot solar engineers fight climate change and poverty
  03 June 2009 - At the forefront of what the International Labour Organization (ILO) – the UN agency that deals with work and workplace issues – called Green Jobs; jobs are being created as a result of economies adapting to climate and environmental change.
• By cooking and cleaning, Cambodia’s Mr Mom sweeps away poverty
  03 June 2009 - The Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) programme, run by the International Labour Organization (ILO), not only teaches women about business and couples about budgeting, saving and making better financial decisions, it also gets families to rethink traditional roles.
• The ILO - 90 years of hope
  21 April 2009 - Opinion Editorial by Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific on the occasion of the ILO’s 90th anniversary
• Achieving the seafarers' international bill of rights - half way there!
  25 February 2009 - When the International Labour Organization adopted the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) on 23 February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it a historic moment for the world’s more than 1.2 million seafarers. Three years later this key global agreement is close to achieving the support it needs to enter into force.
• Economic meltdown – this crisis has a woman’s face
  18 February 2009 - Feature article on the effect of the economic crisis on women by Amelita King Dejardin. Gender expert, ILO

2008 

• ILO, China launch first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers
  17 December 2008 - The 200 million internal migrant workers in China play a vital role in the country’s mining, construction, and transportation sectors. But the lack of awareness about HIV puts them at risk of contracting the disease. Last November, the ILO and China’s State Council AIDS Committee Office jointly launched the country’s first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers. ...
• What’s ahead for wages in Asia Pacific?
  26 November 2008 - Feature story on the new ILO global report on wages and the situation in Asia and the Pacific.
• Moving from poverty to prosperity – women show the smart way
  10 November 2008 - ILO global gender campaign. ...