News and articles

2015

  1. Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

    The People’s Republic of China ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

    16 November 2015,

    China is the 68th ILO member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

  2. Press release

    Towards a Decent Work Network with academia

    16 November 2015, Islamabad, Pakistan

    A one day consultation was convened with the School of Economics at Quaid-e-AZam University in Islamabad, Pakistan to explore ways of establishing a Decent Work Network with academia in Pakistan.

  3. News

    Healthy women workers for productive workplaces

    14 November 2015,

    Around 1,800 women workers from nine garment factories in Subang District, West Java, enthusiastically gathered at Subang City Square to celebrate the Women Workers’ Festival on 14 November 2015.

  4. Press release

    Symposium on International Labour Standards for Labour Tribunal Presidents

    13 November 2015,

    The International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the Judges Institute of Sri Lanka and the Labour Tribunal Presidents Association organized a Symposium on International Labour Standards on the 13th and 14th of November 2015.

  5. News

    70 Years of Indonesia and the United Nations: Celebrating and working together

    10 November 2015,

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) participated in an interactive discussion, titled “UN and Indonesia at 70: Successes and Challenges in Seven Decades of Growth and Development”, in Jakarta on 12 November.

  6. News

    Important, the prevention of lung diseases in Indonesia

    09 November 2015,

    Around 45 Pulmonologists (medical doctors who specialize in lung diseases) gathered in Jakarta to participate in the ILO Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis Workshop from 9 to 13 November in Jakarta.

  7. Press release

    Examining the Indonesian national health insurance

    09 November 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia

    Indonesia is moving towards an integrated social protection system. Indonesia has also started a new scheme on national health insurance.

  8. Press release

    Preventing lung occupational diseases in Indonesia

    09 November 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia

    Occupational deaths and injuries and work-related diseases take a particularly heavy toll in developing countries, including Indonesia.

  9. Ready Made Garment Sector

    Safety inspections for targeted Bangladesh export-oriented RMG factories complete

    09 November 2015,

    The Government of Bangladesh has completed the inspection phase of its efforts to assess exporting ready-made garment (RMG) factories for structural, fire and electrical safety with emphasis now switching to remediation.

  10. News

    Indonesia and Malaysia discussed ways to improve protection of Indonesian domestic migrant workers in Malaysia

    03 November 2015,

    Representatives of relevant government agencies, workers’ organizations and employment providers from Indonesia and Malaysia gathered in Jakarta on 3 November at the two-day Binational Workshop on Recruitment and Protection of Migrant Domestic Workers in the Indonesia-Malaysia Corridor to discuss ways to improve the situation and working condition of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Malaysia.