News and press releases
This is a list of official ILO press releases issued by the ILO office in Jakarta and Timor-Leste. Some are available in multiple languages, indicated on the top of each release. The most recent release is at the top.
2019
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Building inclusive workplaces in Indonesia
09 December 2019
In conjunction with the commemoration of the International Disability Day 2019, the ILO continues to promote equal employment opportunities and inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities.
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Migrating in ASEAN with a mobile phone: Gender gaps are not only in migrants’ salaries, but also in digital access
29 November 2019
The increasingly widespread access to and use of the Internet in the ASEAN region has meant that more migrant workers are now seeking information using social media platforms. However, obtaining accurate and reliable information is still a challenge, not to mention gender gaps in digital access that women migrant workers face.
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Empowering Indonesian youth and refugee youth through social enterprises
18 November 2019
As part of the ongoing livelihood skills for Indonesian youth and refugee youth, the ILO and UNHCR introduced the benefits of community-based social enterprises, supported by four social entrepreneurs.
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Promoting equality for transgender persons through entrepreneurship
12 November 2019
The ILO launched its latest documentary on business development for transgender persons, aimed to inspire more transgender persons to start and develop their businesses as their source of living and a way to promote equal employment opportunities.
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West Java Province plan to strengthen the business competitiveness of the garment industry
08 November 2019
Ridwan Kamil, Governor of West Java, participated in the interactive session of the ILO’s BWI annual Business Forum in Jakarta. He shared his vision and programme to continue strengthening the business competitiveness of the West Java Province.
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Improving Indonesia’s maritime sector through strengthening vocational education
07 November 2019
The Indonesian government has made it a priority to strengthen the country’s maritime sector. A new programme - “Skills for Prosperity” - sees the ILO team up with the Government of the United Kingdom to give focused support to this initiative.
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Promoting gender equality through an innovative video blog campaign
06 November 2019
The ILO’s Better Work Indonesia (BWI) programme has launched an innovative campaign on gender equality in garment industry. Making the best use of technology, BWI’s campaign ran a video blog (vlog) competition.
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Indonesia’s tax deduction programme to attract more industries involved in apprenticeship
29 October 2019
Indonesia continues to promote greater involvement of industries in the apprenticeship programme to ensure improvements of its human resources. One of the means is through a tax incentives of 200 percent.
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Raising the awareness on new labour standard to combat violence and harassment in Indonesia
17 October 2019
Following up the adoption of a new Convention and Recommendation to combat violence and harassment at the workplace, the ILO conducted an awareness raising event to its constituents in Indonesia.
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SafeYouth@Work tripartite results and sustainability workshop
16 October 2019
The workshop was held from 14 to 16 October 2019 at ITC-ILO, Turin, Italy