Feature articles
2013
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Migrating safely to Korea
30 April 2013
Sakulta Kaewdang, a young Thai mother, is working happily in a small apparel factory in the Republic of Korea. A bilateral recruitment programme called the Employment Permit System has allowed her and thousands of other migrant workers from throughout the region to migrate and work safely.
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© ILO/Hoa Tran 2013Fighting a slow and invisible killer
23 April 2013
Rock quarries are among the most dangerous workplaces in Viet Nam. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping enhance self-inspection and training on occupational safety and health (OSH) to try to make work in the quarries healthier and safer.
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Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake
01 April 2013
Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces, showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery.
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© Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh / ILO 2013Removing the barriers to inclusion
28 March 2013
People with disabilities are overturning negative attitudes and stereotypes, with help from an ILO vocational training project in Bangladesh.
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Afghan women unleashing their business potential
01 March 2013
How entrepreneurship enabled an Afghan woman to create a successful company and help other women do the same.
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PESO starter kit: Guide to understanding the Public Employment Service Office
28 January 2013
The Public Employment Service Office (PESO), is a non-free charging multi-service provider established and accredited pursuant to Republic Act 8759, otherwise know as the PESO Act of 1999.
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Labour market-responsive technical vocational skills training programme for the disadvantaged youth
28 January 2013
The labour market-responsive technical vocational skills training programme aims to increase access to decent work of young women and men.
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Entrepreneurship training programme for the disadvantaged youth
28 January 2013
The entrepreneurship training programme for the disadvantaged youth aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career option, a priority to address youth employment challenge.
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Capacity building programme on Local Economic Development to promote youth employment
28 January 2013
Existing policies and programmes on youth employment are implemented in a fragmented manner or have minimal impact on their target group.
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Alternatives to work migration promoting employment opportunities for youth in their home provinces
28 January 2013
Shortly after graduating from the Los Arcos National High School in Agusan del Sur in 2009, Junrey Juanich made a decision to try his luck and apply for work in the big city. He chose Manila for this purpose because he has relatives in the city with whom he could stay while looking for work. After a few futile searches, he was able to find a job as a helper in a glass company and was employed there for the next seven months.
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Strengthening local employment services to promote youth employment: A case study
28 January 2013
Local employment services facilitate local labour market transactions including matching jobseekers with enterprises seeking workers. These services are usually carried out by the government through a network of Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) whose functions include job matching, providing labour market information (LMI), and guidance services.
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Force for labour
28 January 2013
During his visit to Thailand, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder talked to the Bangkok Post about Thailand’s 300 baht minimum wage, migrant workers’ rights and what motivated him during his career and campaign to lead the ILO.
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Rebuilding a better future in the wake of typhoon Bopha
25 January 2013
Almost two months after Typhoon Bopha slammed the Philippines, survivors are still struggling to rebuild their lives. The ILO is helping give communities new livelihood prospects, but renewed flooding has affected aid efforts.
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ILO helps Sri Lanka war victims pick up the pieces
02 January 2013
Fishermen who lost their boats during Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war are back at sea. Farmers are learning to get better yields and war widows are running businesses. A look at how an ILO project is helping victims of the bitter conflict.
2012
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An interview with Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
03 December 2012
After his first few weeks in the post Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, talks about his impressions of the region and his priorities. By Krisdaporn Singhaseni, Information Officer, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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Fighting disability from within
03 December 2012
Indonesia’s law states that disabled people must make up at least one per cent of a company’s workforce. As some garment factories employ over 100,000 people, the challenge is not an easy one. But now the law has found a new ally.
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Enhance job opportunities for people with disabilities for everyone's benefits
30 November 2012
Viet Nam has lost 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product as the result of the involuntary exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), the ILO is calling for investment in more effective inclusion strategies that can yield returns to society and benefit everyone. By Tran Quynh Hoa, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam
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HIV Stigma – a new form of dying
30 November 2012
HIV is no longer a killer but HIV stigma is. As World AIDS Day is observed on 1 December, ILO research in China, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand sheds light on the problem and suggests ways it can be addressed. By Richard Howard, Senior Specialist on HIV/AIDS, ILO Decent Work Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific
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Breaking the barriers: Young women in non-traditionaltechnical vocational careers
26 November 2012
The role of women as co-equal partners in development has gained much ground in the Philippines. To fully mainstream gender equality in a society that bears traces of a stereotypically macho culture requires further advocacy and attitude change especially among people in culturally segregated and rural communities.
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Entrepreneurship education at the secondary level in Antique and Masbate
21 November 2012
"The assistance that the Joint Programme provided to our school has helped us in a big way especially in reducing the student dropout rate. It also has a strong effect in making entrepreneurship education more relevant to the needs of students." This was Rodolfo Caberoy’s summation of his experience with the Joint Programme’s interventions in his home province of Antique in the last three years.