All ILO Newsroom content

May 2013

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   Video

   Promoting Fire Safety in Bangladesh's Garment Factories

   21 May 2013

   In March 2013 the tripartite constituents of the ILO - government, employers and workers - developed a National Tripartite Plan of Action on Fire Safety for the Ready-Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh. It came about after two devastating fires at ready-made garment factories in 2012 and early 2013 killed 120 workers and injured many others. One of the activities in the Plan of Action, is to develop and deliver mass worker education tools, such as this video, to promote safety and health in the ready-made garments sector.

April 2013

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   Occupational Safety and Health

   Beating the Dust Disease in Thailand

   28 April 2013

   An estimate of 200,000 workers are at risk of developing pneumoconiosis in Thailand. ILO’s Senior Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health, Dr. Igor Fedotov says, “It would not be an exaggeration to say that millions are at risk around the world” and these cases are often being unreported. With the help of the ILO, however, the Thai Ministry of Health has increased the number of skilled doctors to treat and support workers diagnosed with the lung disease, making Thailand a leader among developing economies.

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   World Day for Safety and Health at Work

   Video message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder

   28 April 2013

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   © ILO/Hoa Tran 2013

   World Day for Safety and Health at Work

   Fighting a slow and invisible killer

   23 April 2013

   Rock quarries are among the most dangerous workplaces in Viet Nam. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping enhance self-inspection and training on occupational safety and health (OSH) to try to make work in the quarries healthier and safer.

March 2013

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   Swaziland

   Getting across the message on male circumcision and HIV in the workplace

   14 March 2013

   Many Swazi men have decided to get circumcised to reduce their risk of contracting HIV, after attending workplace information sessions organised by the ILO.

January 2013

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   Safety at work

   Turning computer junk into jobs

   18 January 2013

   Vast amounts of electrical and electronic waste end up in developing countries where the recycling methods are often hazardous. Integrating informal e-waste operations into the formal sector can help make the process safer, according to an ILO study titled "The global impact of e-waste".

September 2012

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   Safety at work

   ILO announces action plan to boost workplace safety in Pakistani factories

   17 September 2012

   ILO sets out a series of short and medium-term measures in response to the deaths of more than 260 workers in a garment factory in Karachi.

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   News item

   Pakistani factory fire highlights lack of workplace safety measures, says ILO

   12 September 2012

   More needs to be done to protect workers’ safety and health, the ILO says, as Pakistan mourns the deaths of hundreds of workers in a garment factory fire in Karachi.

August 2012

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   Sustainable development

   Monitoring Climate Change in the Philippines

   31 August 2012

   In the southern Philippines, the lives of farmers and the weather have always been intimately connected. But now, the effects of climate change are making farmers’ livelihoods even more vulnerable. By monitoring severe weather, a project implemented by the International Labour Organization is helping protect farmers from the worst effects of climate change, and insuring those most at risk.

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   Working conditions

   South Africa could do more for miners, says ILO mining specialist

   24 August 2012

   The killings of more than 30 workers in the Marikana platinum mine have put the spotlight on working conditions in South Africa’s mining industry.