CO-Islamabad

What's new

1. 

   World Day against Child Labour

   From classroom to college – A champion for child workers

   When Farzana Hassan began teaching a handful of child labourers at an ILO project in Pakistan, she never imagined that, years later, she would have turned her classroom into a fully-fledged college for girls.

2. 

   Provinces finalize Action Plans against Child Labour & Bonded Labour and agree to improve reporting on ILO Conventions

   01 June 2013

   All provincial labour departments agreed on action plans to revise labour legislations regarding child and bonded labour and subsequent actions. Moreover, the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Provincial Labour Departments have also agreed in action plans to improve reporting on ILO Conventions.

3. 

   The Gender Unit, Department of Labour Punjab, wins prestigious UN Public Service Award

   14 May 2013

   The Gender Unit, Department of Labour, Punjab, established under the ILO, CIDA funded project, Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE), has, from amongst 2000 applicants, won a United Nations Public Service Award in recognition of its work on gender mainstreaming.

4. 

   Secretary-General's statement on the upcoming national elections in Pakistan

   09 May 2013

   Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the upcoming national elections in Pakistan

5. Industrial safety standards in Pakistan

   02 May 2013

   Pakistan has faced few unfortunate industrial accidents last year. Shabbir Ahmed reports about few industries on how they are insuring safety standards for their workers.

6. 

   Police Officers trained to address legal needs of bonded labourers

   24 April 2013

   The Sindh Police in collaboration with the International Labour Organization conducted a 3-day master trainer course on Strengthening Actions and Responses against Bonded Labour.

7. 

   ILO supported Sindh TEVTA in establishing 147 Institute Management Committees to strengthen ‘Industry-Institute Linkages’

   16 April 2013

   The national seminar was held to present the findings and recommendations of the studies and to bring to light enablers and barriers of workplace learning in the context to technical and vocational education.

8. 

   Provinces review Labour Laws with ILO Conventions

   29 March 2013

   More amendments are needed to harmonize the provincial Labour Legislations in line with Pakistan’s ratified ILO conventions. This was agreed by the representatives from the four provincial departments of labour, Gilgit-Baltistan, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) who jointly reviewed the labour laws in a four days’ workshop, 26-29 March 2013, held in Islamabad.

9. 

   Joint statement: The United Nations strongly condemns attacks on minorities in Pakistan

   11 March 2013

   The United Nations firmly condemns the on-going violence in the country, particularly the recent tragic events in Quetta, Karachi and this past weekend in Lahore, targeting especially religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan.

10. 

    Cultural Mela: Creative art work of Brick Kiln workers

    27 February 2013

    Brick kiln workers presented their life experiences through creative art in a Cultural Mela held in Lahore.

11. 

    First ever National Policy for Overseas Pakistanis

    20 February, 2013

    The Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis has drafted a first ever National Policy for Overseas Pakistanis with a focus on maximizing welfare and empowerment of Pakistani diaspora working in different countries across the globe.