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	 <title>Chinese celebrity actor, in collaboration with the ILO, campaigns for the prevention of pneumoconiosis</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>Coffee and tea workers the focus of new ILO project launched in Lao PDR</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>UN joint project for inclusive recovery from COVID-19 impacts reaches 185,000 people in Indonesia</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>Viet Nam’s social protection system needs further reform despite progress since 2012</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>‘Out of sight, out of mind’ attitude hampering COVID recovery for fishers and seafood processors in South-East Asia</title>
	 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>Equipping garment factory workers with soft skills to face future of work challenges</title>
	 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>Gender equality through improved labour standards compliance in the Philippines</title>
	 <pubDate>Mon, 4 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>ILO Viet Nam welcomes new leadership</title>
	 <pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>New guide offers insights to business on employing people with disability in the Asia Pacific Region</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>ILO and the Ministry of Manpower celebrate the 2022 World Day for Safety and Health at Work by encouraging multi-stakeholder collaboration</title>
	 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	 <title>Social Insurance Law revision should provide workers with stronger protection</title>
	 <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
 	 <description><![CDATA[Workers voiced their views during consultations on the law reform organized by the ILO and the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour.]]></description>
	
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	 <title>ILO urges the government to heed the rights of female workers in oil palm plantations and fisheries</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>Migrant worker accommodation standards in ASEAN need further improvement</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>ILO-KADIN forge a partnership to improve OSH and COVID-19 prevention at workplace</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 9 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>Empowering Lao PDR’s young women as the future of entrepreneurship </title>
	 <pubDate>Tue, 8 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>ILO and DOLE spearhead stakeholders’ consultation on the new Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in the Philippines, in collaboration with IOM, UN Women and UN Migration Network</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 3 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>New Migrant Worker Resource Centre launched in Bolikhamxay Province to make migration safer for Lao migrants</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 2 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>Women entrepreneurs connect across ASEAN</title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>Skills and Future of Work Partner Forum: National Structured Funding Dialogue </title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	 <title>Fair foreign employment process and good practices discussed through policy measures to reduce exploitation and vulnerabilities of foreign migrant workers in Pakistan</title>
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