Press releases

2012

1. 

   Global Employment Trends 2012: World faces a 600 million jobs challenge, warns ILO

   24 January 2012

   The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

2. 

   ILO to issue annual report on global employment trends and jobs crisis

   19 January 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) will issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) against the background of a lingering jobs crisis and the prospects of a further deterioration of economic activity.

2011

1. Outstanding stories on indigenous peoples recognized ILO pays tribute to indigenous peoples, journalists

   14 December 2011

   Indigenous peoples took the center stage as eleven stories about them were recognized in a thematic year-end reception organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for the Philippines on 12 December 2011 in Makati City.

2. 

   100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards

   16 June 2011

   The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

3. 

   New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2011 Global economic crisis opens up new space for discrimination at work, ILO says

   16 May 2011

   MANILA (ILO News) – In a new study, the International Labour Office (ILO) notes that in spite of continuous positive advances in anti-discrimination legislation, the global economic and social crisis has led to a higher risk of discrimination against certain groups such as migrant labour.

4. 

   Window of opportunity for Asia to improve gender equality at work - ILO, ADB

   29 April 2011

   MANILA (ILO News): Asian countries have a window of opportunity to tackle gender inequality in their labour markets and support sustainable crisis recovery, according to a new report prepared jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

5. ILO and ADB to issue joint report on situation of working women in Asia

   25 April 2011

   MANILA (ILO NEWS): A new report on how women are faring in the world of work will be issued by the by the International Labour Organization (ILO)* and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday 29 April, in the run-up to Labour Day on May 1.

6. ILO press conference to spotlight child labour in the Philippines - 5 April 2011, Quezon City

   31 March 2011

   MANILA (ILO News) – As the school year ends and millions of children in the Philippines look forward to their summer vacation, there are hundreds of thousands who will get no holiday – child labourers. These children – who are mostly from rural areas - have no choice but to keep working and earning to help their families, even if their workplaces are hazardous.

7. 

   Asia Pacific job recovery lagging economic growth, says ILO report: ILO Global Employment Trends 2011; cites concerns including inflation, youth unemployment, working poverty

   25 January 2011

   MANILA (ILO News) – With global unemployment, as officially measured, at record highs for the third straight year since the start of the economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned that weak recovery in jobs is likely to continue in 2011, especially in developed economies.

2010

1. 

   ILO says long “labour market recession" worsens social outlook in many countries

   01 October 2010

   A new report by the research arm of the ILO says a long “labour market recession” is worsening the social outlook in many countries. The new study entitled “World of Work Report 2010 – from one crisis to the next?” acknowledges that three years into the crisis, the global economy has resumed growing, with some countries witnessing encouraging signs of employment recovery – significantly in emerging economies in Asia and Latin America.

2. 

   RBAP partners with ILO & Gates Foundation to expand microinsurance to millions of low income Filipinos

   25 August 2010

   Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) research and training arm, the Rural Bankers Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (RBRDFI), will receive a US$ 100,000 grant from the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the Microinsurance Innovation Facility. This collaboration aims to support RBAP members in partnering with insurance companies to offer microinsurance.

3. 

   Youth unemployment at highest recorded level - ILO report; 36 million Asia Pacific young people unemployed – A possible “Lost generation”

   12 August 2010

   The global unemployment rate for young people has risen to its highest recorded level, and is expected to continue increasing until the end of 2010, a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

4. 

   New ILO Manila Director backs job creation, decent and productive work in the Philippines

   05 July 2010

   The new Director of the Country Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Manila says he supports the Philippine government in its goal to promote decent and productive work. “With the economic crisis we have seen the largest increase in unemployment since the Great Depression,” said Mr Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson, the new Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines.

5. 

   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".

6. ILO and FAO joint project brings new hope for poor Bondoc Peninsula folks

   08 April 2010

   The ILO and FAO have jointly designed a new project to improve the lives of poor residents of Bondoc Peninsula. The project will cover the four municipalities of Mulanay, San Narciso, Unisan and Catanauan. It aims to directly address extreme poverty and inequality identified as root causes of social unrest and armed conflict in Bondoc Peninsula.

7. ILO and FAO launch joint initiative to nurture peace, security and decent work in the Philippines; Government of Japan allocates 2.5 million USD for inter-agency programme

   04 March 2010

   The ILO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will launch a new project to help fishers, farmers and workers in a Philippine province affected by conflict and natural disasters, in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).

8. Climate change resiliency: helping Agusan del Norte farming communities

   24 February 2010

   Everyday farmers are facing the effects of El Niño or long dry spell. About one-half of the Filipino labour force is engaged in agriculture. Farms are drying up due to climate change which can have a huge impact of incomes of farmers. The International Labour Organization (ILO) highlighted the need for innovative ways to avoid further damage on crops and incomes of farmers.

9. 

   ILO donates computers to typhoon-affected regions: PESOs to provide job vacancy information and facilitate job registry

   15 February 2010

   The ILO donated computers to Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) in six regions of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng.

10. 

    ILO global employment trends 2010 - unemployment reaches highest level on record in 2009

    27 January 2010

    The number of jobless worldwide reached nearly 212 million in 2009 following an unprecedented increase of 34 million compared to 2007, on the eve of the global crisis, the ILO said in its annual Global Employment Trends report.

2009

1. Changing the way people see disABILITY

   03 December 2009

   Persons with disabilities often face lack of work opportunities or low wages compared to non-disabled persons. ILO estimates that people with disabilities represent 10 per cent of the world’s population, or some 650 million people worldwide. Approximately 470 million are of working age. In a forum on the “Right to Work of Persons with Disabilities” held in line with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the ILO Manila highlighted the need for decent work and equal opportunity.