News and articles
2015
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Occupational Safety and Health
Viet Nam enters a new phase in occupational safety and health
25 June 2015,
Viet Nam’s new Law on Occupational Safety and Health has been given a green light, marking a significant milestone by extending the protection and preventive efforts to the informal economy
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Press release
National RMG factory inspection initiative hits 1,000 mark
24 June 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh
DHAKA - Government efforts to inspect ready-made garment factories for structural, fire and electrical safety have reached the 1,000 factory mark.
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Press release
Third Buyers Meeting on the Textile Sector in Pakistan
23 June 2015, Lahore
The third Buyers Forum in Pakistan convened with a total of 19 international brand representatives on 23rd June 2015. The Buyers reaffirmed their commitment to better labour and environmental practices in the textile sector. The buyers also agreed to support three key areas i.e. strengthening labour inspection regime, addressing issues of contractual employment and supporting smaller manufacturers to improve international labour standards compliance.
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News
Indonesian youth promote decent work for domestic workers through video diaries and photo stories
19 June 2015,
All of his life, Farhan H. Warits, a senior high school student in Jakarta, has never known who has washed, ironed and neatly folded his clothes until one day he ran out of clothes in his closet. He finally found out about Mpok (Mrs) Fatimah who, for many years, has been working at his house as a domestic worker.
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Press release
Promoting decent work for homeworkers in Indonesia: Homeworkers are workers!
17 June 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia
Home work is not a new phenomenon in Indonesia and although national statistics on the prevalence of home work do not exist, a number of focused studies in East Java reveal that significant numbers of women and men are engaged in this type of work. The term ‘homeworker’ is used to refer to industrial outworkers who carry out paid work from their home, for firms/business or their intermediaries, typically on a piece-rate basis.
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Press release
The United Nations in Pakistan convene a National Consultation on Youth Employment
17 June 2015, Islamabad
ILO and UNDP Pakistan convened a national consultation to discuss the current issues and constraints faced by youth in getting decent employment in Pakistan. The consultation was held under the auspices of the 2015 National Human Development Report for Pakistan which has three concurrent themes on Education, Employment and Engagement. With 64% of Pakistan’s population under the age bracket of 29 years, youth will be a critical force for shaping human development in the Pakistan.
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Press release
ILO – Kampung Halaman Foundation to launch a series of videos and photos on domestic workers by Indonesian youth in Makasssar
16 June 2015, Makasssar, Indonesia
To promote the rights of domestic workers, the ILO in collaboration with Kampung Halaman Foundation (YKH), will launch a series of video diaries and photo stories titled “Fom Youth to Youth: Nine Stories of Our Friendship with Domestic Workers” on Tuesday, 16 June 2015, at Panakukkang XXI, Panakukkang Mall, Makassar. These video diaries and photo stories are part the campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers and elimination of child domestic labour.
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Domestic workers
ILO Pacific Office and UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office Celebrate Anniversary of the Adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention
16 June 2015, Suva, Fiji
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work and a call for action to address the existing exclusions of domestic workers from labour and social protection.
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News
ILO marks Child Labour Day 2015
15 June 2015,
ILO took part in a seminar held in Dhaka 11 June to mark World Child Labour Day.
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International Domestic Workers’ Day
Putting the spotlight on minimum entitlements for Vietnamese domestic workers
15 June 2015,
By Gyorgy Sziraczki, Director of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam