Media centre: 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting
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ILO Director-General praises Japan's commitment to decent work, says efforts to solve global economic crisis must put people first
04 December 2011
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Juan Somavia, praised Japan's commitment to creating decent work opportunities for women, men and young people, and called on the country to continue to use its voice in the G-20 to support more concerted international action to put the creation of jobs at the centre of efforts to solve the global economic crisis.
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Video: Working Together to Share in the Asia-Pacific Region’s Productivity and Prosperity
04 December 2011
There’s good news in the global economic crisis. While the rest of the world’s economies grew just 3% in 2010, economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region more than doubled that. But there’s a hidden story behind the successes of Asia’s booming economies. Joblessness, especially youth unemployment, persists throughout the region. The ILO and its constituents in government, business and workers organizations are working to change that.
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ILO Regional Meeting to focus on employment, economic and social vulnerabilities in Asia, the Pacific
03 December 2011
Government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from about 40 countries in Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States will be gathering in Kyoto, Japan to discuss how employment, economic and social progress can be safeguarded in the face of the uncertain global economic outlook.
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Freeing Cambodia's children from work by 2016-A real possibility?
02 December 2011
Story of Nit's family, her family lives in a shaky thatch hut a short walk from the magnificent Ta Prohm ruins in the Angkor World Heritage Site. Her grandfather abandoned his family 15 years ago, and with no farm land, everyone has done their bit to stay together. Like her mother, aunt and grandmother, Nit now sells bracelets, postcards and magnets to tourists
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The dreamweaver of Lake Sebu
02 December 2011
Story of Subi Nalon, the seventy-five-year-old inherited the skill from her mother and has been weaving t'nalak since he was 15.
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Cambodia's young people look for a brighter future
02 December 2011
Story of Yeth Chenda, 21-year-old Yeth CHenda recently found a job as a receptionist in a rural hotel in Kampot, Southern Cambodia, with the assistance of an International Labour Organization (ILO) job centre project
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Ms Thanh gets a passport; Skills training holds rural families, communities together
02 December 2011
Story of Tran Thi Thanh, a 43-year-old grandmother in My Loc, who acquired her first-ever passport and will use it to find work in Taiwan as a domestic workers.
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Vietnamese apparel factories producing a good bargain for all. An Australian Government - ILO Partnership Agreement Success Story
02 December 2011
Story of Dang Thu Hoan, a Vietnamese worker who helps produce around US$13 billion in textile export revenues for Viet Nam.
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Fact sheets on Asia and the Pacific
25 November 2011
Series of fact sheets prepared for the 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting of the ILO - Kyoto, Japan, 4-7 December 2011
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ILO’s 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting to be held in Kyoto, Japan will consider employment, economic outlook
15 November 2011
The 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) of the ILO will take place from 4-7 December 2011 at the Kyoto International Convention Centre (KICC), Kyoto, Japan.
Contact
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel: +(66 2) 288 2234Fax: +(66 2) 288 3062
- Email: Bangkok@ilo.org
ILO Office for Japan (Tokyo)
Tel: +(81 3) 5467 2701Fax: +(81 3) 5467 2700
- Email: Tokyo@ilo.org