News and articles
2019
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Interview
The future of skills includes attributes such as leadership quality, critical thinking, innovation and lifelong learning
18 December 2019,
Daily Star has featured Technical Education on their Special supplement on education. Current situation of the skills gap in Bangladesh, the prevailing challenges and solutions, and ILO’s Skills Development initiatives discussed by an analyticla interview with Kishore Kumar Singh, Chief Technical Adviser of ILO's European Union funded Skills 21 project.
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ILO 100 on skills development
Closing the gap in skills development through the acceleration of digital and e-learning programmes
18 December 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia
The advancement of digitalization and technology has eliminated time and space boundaries, providing an opportunity for people living in rural areas to have a greater access to good quality training at an affordable cost through distance and e-learning.
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Press release
The Maldives Celebrates the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Century of Advancing Social Justice and Decent Work
18 December 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The centenary celebrations were graced by His H.E. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of the Maldives.
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Press release
EU, ILO and Chinese Ministry of Human resources partner to promote universal social protection in China
18 December 2019,
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ILO/UN Women study
Despite productive contribution, public attitudes towards migrant workers remain unfavourable in ASEAN destination countries
18 December 2019,
A new joint ILO-UN Women study demonstrates communication and engagement are critical to counter migrant workers isolation and discrimination.
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News
ILO celebrates 100 years of promoting decent work and advancing social justice
16 December 2019,
The ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia, its friends and supporters, came together to celebrate the end of 2019 which marked the 100 years anniversary of the Organisation.
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Forced Labour
New Zealand renews commitment toward the elimination of forced labour
16 December 2019,
New Zealand has ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention becoming the 43rd ILO member State to do so
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Article
Harmonizing minimum wage system
13 December 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia
An opinion editorial by Daniel Kostzer, the ILO's senior specialist on wages for Asia and the Pacific published by the Jakarta Post on 13 December 2019
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Interview
Government’s continued efforts on social health protection essential to ensure healthy population
13 December 2019,
Marielle Phe Goursat, manager of ILO project on “Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South East Asia”, discusses the project priorities and how to make Viet Nam’s social health insurance sustainable.
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Better Work
Improved working conditions go hand in hand with business success
12 December 2019,
The ILO programme has supported hundreds of garment factories to earn significant gains in quality of life for workers and enhance productivity and profitability in the past 10 years.