News and articles
2017
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News
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprise in Timor-Leste
23 November 2017, Dili, Timor-Leste
FThe International Labour Office together with Chamber of Commerce and Industry Timor-Leste (CCI-TL) lunched the Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Timor-Leste (EESE) Report and Policy Framework of the CCI-TL on 22 November 2017.
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2017
Weak recovery in youth labour markets demands a sweeping response
20 November 2017,
Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work.
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News
R4D celebrates Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2017
20 November 2017, Dili, Timor-Leste
Four awards were presented during the commemoration of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2017 in Timor-Leste for local contractors who have shown leadership in promoting women's socio-economic empowerment in the rural roads programme in Timor-Leste.
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Partnering for safe and fair migration
EU, ILO and UN Women join forces to realize women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region
17 November 2017,
The European Union (EU), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Women launched a new joint programme to address women migrant workers’ vulnerabilities to violence, trafficking and labour exploitation.
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News
Commitments made to reduce high youth unemployment in Marshall Islands
16 November 2017,
Launch of the Republic of Marshall Islands National Action Plan on Youth Employment (2017-2019)
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Article
Modern slavery and child labour: Asia’s unacceptable record
16 November 2017,
62 per cent of the victims of modern slavery and 40 per cent of the child labourers around the world are in Asia and the Pacific. Unacceptable forms of work call for unprecedented measures to combat them, says Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant Director-General, as The international community agrees to redouble efforts to fight against child labour and forced labour.
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Occupational Safety and Health for Youth
Achievements of Indonesian Youth at the 21st World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2017
16 November 2017, Singapore
Nine youth from Indonesia were selected from amongst more than 350 applicants to participate in a establishing a new international network of 125 ‘Youth Champions for OSH’ aged 15 – 24 from 29 countries during the SafeYouth@Work Congress organized by ILO at the invitation of the XXI WCSH International Organizing Committee (IOC) and in close collaboration with the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MoM).
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Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
The international community agrees to redouble efforts to fight against child labour and forced labour
16 November 2017,
The three-day IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour concluded with the adoption of the Buenos Aires Declaration which spells out principles and actions to be taken. During the meeting, delegates presented almost 100 pledges for concrete steps towards the eradication of child labour and forced labour, and the generation of quality employment for young people.
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Fishing Labour Convention
ILO Work in Fishing Convention No.188 (2007) enters into force
16 November 2017,
Landmark Convention will boost global efforts to ensure decent work for the world’s 38 million workers in the fishing sector.
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Enterprise development
Scaling up SCORE Training in Huzhou-The Mid-term Workshop on Learning and Experience Sharing
15 November 2017, Beijing, China
Under the strategic partnership with State Administration and Work Safety (SAWS), Huzhou kicked off its SCORE Project in March 2017 and more than 50 enterprises started the SCORE training and factory walk-through improvement consultation. The Huzhou SCORE Project mid-term workshop on learning and experience sharing was organized on 15 Nov. 2017 in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province to promote information sharing and facilitate experience learning.