News and articles
2020
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News update
Delivering essential personal protective equipment to micro and small enterprises – keeping workplaces safe and healthy
20 November 2020, Colombo, Sri Lanka
International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), purchased and kick- started the delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth 47 million Sri Lankan Rupees.
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Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific
Women hit hard by COVID-19 impact on garment sector
20 November 2020,
A new brief highlights COVID-19 impacts on women and men workers in the garment sector and recommendations for a gender-responsive recovery.
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Press release
Sports for all, Decent Work for all; Workers and Employers committed towards realizing Decent Work
16 November 2020, Lahore and Sialkot, Pakistan
The Employers Federation of Pakistan in collaboration with Pakistan Olympics Association, Pakistan Workers Federation, Sports Board Punjab and with the technical assistance of ILO conducted a series of awareness events “Sports for all, Decent work for all” in Lahore and Sialkot. The events sensitized the importance of sports activities as vehicles to achieve decent work with an emphasis on elimination of child labour.
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News
Combating stigma and discrimination against HIV with creative campaigns
16 November 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
The ILO team up with the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) to empower companies combating stigma and discrimination against HIV with innovative campaign using video blog (vlog).
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News
Building back better through international labour standards and corporate social responsibility
13 November 2020,
Tripartite participants from around the globe have wrapped up a month-long exchange of experiences and best practices through an ILO e-learning course.
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COVID-19: Promoting HIV prevention at the workplace
Integrating HIV and COVID-19 prevention programmes for safer workplaces
13 November 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
Better protection against HIV and COVID-19 can be done by implementing an integrated programme at the enterprise level. One company shares its good practices in integrating these two programmes with support from the health service.
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Create more and better jobs
ILO Peer Learning Hub for Enterprises in Asia Pacific launched
13 November 2020,
With enterprises hard hit by COVID-19 and in-person business trainings halted, the ILO Peer Learning Hub for Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific makes training programmes and enterprise support accessible to all.
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News
UN Policy Dialogue "Building an inclusive and sustainable social protection system" held online
13 November 2020,
The United Nations in China in collaboration with Chinese government organised a social protection policy dialogue online on 10 November 2020
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News
Responsible supply chains in Thailand’s poultry industry
12 November 2020,
Poultry exporters seek to collaborate to enhance in their supply chains through an innovative EU-funded training programme organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Employers Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) and the Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association
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Press release
ILO-SCORE Conference on Training projects for supply chain sustainability
09 November 2020,
ILO SCORE China organized the “Conference on sustainability training projects in supply chains” in Guangzhou on 29-30 Oct 2020. The conference focused on the sustainable development of global supply chains, and shared the practice and value of promoting sustainable supply chains. The participants discussed the challenges and opportunities of supply chain training projects and outlined some suggestions for the way forward.