Resources from ILO Country Office in the Philippines

  1. Ending child labour: An interview with Lawrence Jeff Johnson on ANC Talkback with Tina Palma

    05 August 2013

    ABS-CBN News Channel's Talkback with Tina Palma interviewed Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines on ending child labour in the Philippines. Talkback with Tina Palma is an interactive current affairs programme tackling political and social issues. Director Johnson along with officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) talked about what government, communities and citizens do to end child labour.

  2. Kick-out child labour

    05 August 2013

    In 2011, there were over 3 million child labourers in the Philippines. The National Child Labor Committee has scaled up its campaign to end the worst forms of child labour in the country. This year, a football clinic will be held on Tuesday, September 17 for child labourers in preparation for the Batang Malaya tournament in October.

  3. Decent work for all, August 2013 news update

    01 August 2013

    The August 2013 monthly news update of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines contains a feature on the coming into force of the Maritime Labour Convention on 20 August 2013, latest news on ILO-EU Decent Work across Borders’ policy dialogue, must reads including forthcoming events and meetings.

  4. Children deserve to play: from sugarcane fields to volleyball and football pitches

    01 August 2013

    Fun in the sun was what 167 former child labourers from ILO Interntational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) areas in Bukidnon had on 11-12 July as part of the province’s celebration of the World Day against Child Labour.

  5. UN Philippines joins celebration of World Breastfeeding Week 2013

    01 August 2013

    This year, the United Nations in the Philippines, represented by the ILO, UNICEF and the WHO joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Breastfeeding Week, and World Breastfeeding Month in August.

  6. ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, July 2013

    30 July 2013

    CO-Manila's new library resource list.

  7. Online registration - "Lakas-sipa para sa batang malaya (Kick-out child labour)"

    30 July 2013

    Online registration "Lakas-sipa para sa batang malaya (Kick-out child labour)" football clinic for child labourers on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 at the Emperador Stadium, The Fort, Taguig City, Philippines.

  8. Media accreditation - "Lakas-sipa para sa batang malaya (Kick-out child labour)"

    30 July 2013

    Media accreditation "Lakas-sipa para sa batang malaya (Kick-out child labour)" football clinic for child labourers and press briefing on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 at the Emperador Stadium, The Fort, Taguig City, Philippines.

  9. Increasing the knowledge base for policy decision making: EU and ILO Manila promote decent work agenda for Filipino health professionals

    24 July 2013

    Thousands of Filipino health professionals migrate every year for work raising important questions related to the global shortage and inequitable distribution of health professionals in and between many countries and the conditions under which their migration experience takes place.

  10. Mobility of health professionals between the Philippines and selected EU member States: A policy dialogue

    23 July 2013

    The policy implications and recommendations derived from the research and comments from reactors and participants suggest directions for the ILO and DWAB team and the ILO tripartite constituencies. For trade unions, there are roles for them to take such as advocacy, support, and organizing roles, which would help them support migrant workers rights, to look at organizational change, and be better able to organize and meet the needs for better working conditions in destination countries.