Press releases

2010

1. Socialization of ILO Recommendation: Workers’ Social Security and Health: Integrated TB and HIV Prevention and Treatment at the Workplace

   29 June 2010

   A national workshop addressing on Workers’ Social Security and Health : Integrated TB and HIV Prevention and Treatment at the Workplace held on Tuesday, 29 June, in Arya Duta Hotel, Jakarta.

2. ILO’s Regional Workshop Decent Work in the Indonesian Forestry Industries

   22 June 2010

   The ILO office in Jakarta in collaboration with FSP KAHUTINDO, APINDO and BWI has organised a regional workshop on decent work in the Indonesian forestry industries at Ciputra Golf Club Hotel, Surabaya, from Monday-Tuesday, 21st-22nd June 2010.

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   Timor-Leste to receive funding for social security development from Brazil: South-South cooperation project worth more than $500,000

   16 June 2010

   The agreement was signed at a ceremony held during the International Labour Conference (ILC), in Geneva. The ILC is the annual meeting of the 183 member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) the UN agency dealing with work and workplace issues.

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   World Day against Child Labour - countries to "go for the goal" and tackle child labour

   10 June 2010

   As the football World Cup in South Africa kicked off, countries throughout Asia-Pacific marked World Day against Child Labour with an urgent appeal to "Go For the goal - end child labour".

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   New ILO Global Report on child labour: as efforts to end child labour slow, ILO calls for “re-energized” global action

   10 May 2010

   Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO warned in a new study that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a “re-energized” global campaign to end the practice.

6. Youth Employment Conference: Making youth employment policies in Indonesia operational

   13 April 2010

   To tackle challenges of youth employment and facilitate more effective government planning, the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) will organize a two-day Youth Employment Conference from 15 – 16 April 2010 in Jakarta.

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   ILO study focuses new attention on adopting a “rights-based approach” to meet the needs of the world’s 105 million migrant workers

   05 April 2010

   Amid growing challenges due to the global economic crisis, a new ILO study highlights the need to adopt a “rights-based approach” to provide a “fair deal” for the world’s 105 million migrant workers.

8. Tripartite constituents identify decent work indicators for national monitoring

   26 March 2010

   Representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MoMT), the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and trade union confederations met during a 2-day tripartite workshop to discuss the monitoring and assessment of decent work in Indonesia.

9. ILO, University of Indonesia team up to address ageing and productivity problems in Indonesia

   12 March 2010

   In Asia and the Pacific, the number of older persons is growing rapidly, from 410 million in 2007 to about 733 million in 2025, and to an expected 1.3 billion in 2050. Ageing will also intensify over the next 50 years and the Asian population aged over 60 will increase almost three times from 9 percent in 2000 to an estimated 24 percent by 2050. In 2020, the number of older people in Indonesia is estimated to steadily increase to 28.8 million (11 percent of total population).

10. ILO, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss green jobs

    10 March 2010

    The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs in association with the ILO’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific in Bangkok and the ILO Jakarta Office organized a workshop on green jobs at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 10 March 2010.

11. More women choosing to work, but gender equality remains a long way off

    05 March 2010

    Despite signs of progress in gender equality over the past 15 years, there is still a significant gap between women and men in terms of job opportunities and quality of employment, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).

12. A dozen countries from Asia and the Pacific say ‘yes’ to international labour standards for domestic workers: International Labour Conference to formally consider the proposal this June

    05 March 2010

    Governments, worker and employer organizations in Asia and the Pacific have indicated their general support – in principle – of setting a new international labour standard which could offer better social protection to millions of domestic workers – defined as women and men who earn their living by working in the homes of others.

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    National Domestic Workers Day: Recognizing domestic work as work

    12 February 2010

    In conjunction with the commemoration of the National Domestic Workers Day, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Jaringan Kerja Layak Pekerja Rumah Tangga (Jakerla PRT) will organize a one-day rally on 14 February 2010.

14. ILO – BPS to release national data on working children in Indonesia

    09 February 2010

    The labour market in Indonesia is characterized by the existence of working children; however, to date there has been no collection of comprehensive data about the work characteristics of children aged 5 – 17 years. To fulfill the urgent need for an accurate estimate of working children data and information on their socio-economic characteristics, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Badan Pusat Statistik (Statistics Indonesia) will launch and release the report titled “Working Children in Indonesia 2009” which contains findings from the first Indonesia child labour survey (ICLS) on Thursday, 11 February 2010, at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta.

2009

1. International Migrants Day: Finding solutions to the problems of Indonesian migrant workers

   17 December 2009

   Approximately 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers go overseas each year to seek better income opportunities in the Middle East, South East Asia and East Asia. Of these documented migrant workers, approximately 80 percent are women working as domestic workers abroad. In total approximately 2,7 million documented Indonesian migrant workers are currently working overseas.

2. ILO warns “early exit” from stimulus measures could prolong job crisis

   07 December 2009

   An “early exit” from support measures adopted in response to the global economic crisis could postpone a jobs recovery for years and render the fledgling economic upturn “fragile and incomplete”, a new report by the research arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

3. Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Surabaya

   03 December 2009

   Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in the media. In addition, in many countries, domestic work is largely performed by child labourers.

4. Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Yogyakarta

   30 November 2009

   Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in the media. In addition, in many countries, domestic work is largely performed by child labourers.

5. Developing strategies for local employment recovery in Asia

   30 November 2009

   To tackle the prospect of a prolonged global increase in unemployment, poverty and inequality and the continuing collapse of enterprises, the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will organize a three-day expert conference on strategies for local employment recovery, skills development and social protection in Asia”, from 1 – 3 December 2009, at Santika Hotel, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.

6. Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Makassar

   20 November 2009

   Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in the media. In addition, in many countries, domestic work is largely performed by child labourers.