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2011
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ILO launches Saphan Siang campaign to improve understanding and change public attitudes towards migrant workers
22 August 2011
BANGKOK (ILO News) The ILO, IOM, UNESCAP and World Vision launched the Saphan Siang campaign with the aim of improving understanding between Thais and migrant workers working in Thailand. The campaign provides a public forum to discuss issues on the protection of the rights of migrant workers which will increase knowledge and understanding of migrant workers.
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Breakthrough in reforming labour legislation in Vanuatu
16 August 2011
Tripartite constituents in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu have achieved a breakthrough in consultations to draft an Employment Relations Bill. The new Bill will replace the existing Employment Act, the Trade Disputes Act and the Trade Unions Act.
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Judicial Colloquium on Human Trafficking & Forced Labour
09 August 2011
A Judicial Colloquium on Human Trafficking & Forced Labour was held from 7-9th August with the participation of 65 Judges. Human Trafficking is gaining increased global attention as a transnational organized crime. The profits generated from trafficking in human beings are significantly high, thereby making it one of the most lucrative criminal industries in the world.
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Vavuniya North Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society to support more than 2,000 paddy farmers
08 August 2011
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) of Vavuniya North have joined forces to re-tool a major rice milling operation damaged during the years of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict.
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Indonesia to examine its progress on the social protection floor
03 August 2011
In Indonesia, informal economy workers and employees without contracts are largely uncovered by social security benefits. It is estimated that 54 per cent of the total population does not have access to social health protection (most of the excluded are workers in the informal economy and their families) and 83 per cent of workers do not have access to other social security benefits (old age, death, work injury).
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The Australian Government and the International Labour Organisation promote greater access to employment and justice for people with disabilities
29 July 2011
Organisations promoting the rights of people with disabilities demanded greater workforce inclusion and an improvement in basic rights this week in Jakarta.
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New ILO survey reveals limited public support for migrant workers' rights in Asia; ILO campaign aims to improve understanding between host populations and migrant workers
20 July 2011
BANGKOK (ILO News) There is limited support for the rights of migrant workers among the public according to a new multi-country study released by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. In general the report reveals higher levels of public support for migrant workers, in terms of their rights and their contribution, in Singapore and South Korea than in Malaysia and Thailand.
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Protecting Indonesian migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities
18 July 2011
Indonesian women migrant workers, a majority of whom work as domestic workers, are particularly vulnerable to gender based violence and to HIV and AIDS throughout the entire course of the migratory cycle. Gender based violence stands out as one of the main violations faced by women migrant workers and poses a direct risk to them of HIV infection.
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ILO project brings together worker's and employer's organizations from Samoa and New Zealand in mentoring initiative
29 June 2011
Worker's and employer's organizations in New Zealand have welcomed the opportunity to engage in an exchange of expertise with counterparts in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
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Indonesian electronic industry to improve productivity and efficiency through social dialogue
24 June 2011
Representatives of major companies in the electronic industry, trade unions, employers’ organizations and the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration discussed the importance of social dialogue between employers and workers to improve the productivity and efficiency of the electronics industry in Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, from 21 – 23 June.
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Indonesia to examine its progress towards achieving decent work
24 June 2011
The promotion of decent work is defined as “productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity”. The 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice and a Fair Globalization reaffirmed the commitment of Member States to promote decent work based on the four equally important strategic objectives: (1) promoting employment; (2) developing and enhancing measures of social protection; (3) promoting social dialogue and tripartism; and (4) respecting, promoting and realizing the fundamental principles and rights at work.
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Tackling child labour through Public-Private-Local Community Partnership
21 June 2011
Child labour remains a significant problem in Indonesia. The 2010 National Child Labour Survey showed that 4 million children are working and 1.7 million of them are child labourers, with work that affect negatively their well being, their safety and their capacity to benefit from normal schooling.
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World day against child labour 2011 in Thailand
19 June 2011
A seminar on “Creative operational campaign against child labour in hazardous work”
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100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards
16 June 2011
The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
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ILO & Singapore Ministry of Manpower sign partnership agreement to improve labour and workplace practices
15 June 2011
ILO NEWS (Geneva) – The ILO and the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) have signed a two-year Partnership Agreement to improve human resource development and workplace practices in the ASEAN region.
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ILO & Japan sign agreement to boost social protection in Asia
15 June 2011
ILO NEWS (Geneva) - An agreement aimed at bolstering the development of social safety nets in Asia has been signed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Japanese Government.
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Indonesian President calls for Global Coalition for Youth Employment
14 June 2011
The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called for a global coalition to tackle youth employment in an address to a special session of the 100th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
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World Day against Child Labour: Warning! Children in hazardous work! End child labour!
10 June 2011
In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work – some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers – and calls for urgent action to halt the practice. The report, “Children in hazardous work: what we know, what we need to do,” cites studies from both industrialized and developing countries indicating that every minute of every day, a child labourer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or psychological trauma.