ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila)

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1. Media Registration

   26 June 2012, Pasig City

   Media accreditation “BATANG MALAYA: Child labour free Philippines” campaign launch and press conference on preliminary results of the Survey on Children (SOC), the official child labour data conducted after a decade, 26 June 2012, Pasig City, Philippines.

2. Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012

   In its report on the “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012”, the ILO examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

3. World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) Philippines Celebration 2012

   26 June 2012, Fun Ranch, Pasig City

   The Philippines will celebrate the World Day Against Child Labour on 26 June this year by presenting to the public the preliminary results of the 2011 Survey on Children done by the National Statistics Office (NSO). This comes 10 years after the last survey done in 2001 which revealed that there were 4.2 million working children, 2.4 million of which were into child labour because of their exposure to hazardous conditions. After the NSO presents the 2011 Survey, a national campaign dubbed “Batang Malaya: A Child Labour-Free Philippines” will be launched by the National Child Labor Committee.

4. News article

   Philippine tripartite-plus stakeholders discuss ethical recruitment in the health sector

   18 May 2012

   The event brought together more than 50 representatives from various government agencies, workers' and employers' organizations, recruitment agencies and health professional organizations to contribute to the monitoring of the implementation of the 2010 WHO Global Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Personnel.

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   Advocates walk for a child-labour free Bukidnon

   15 May 2012, Bukidnon,

   Around 3,000 anti-child labour advocates, government officials and programme partners flooded the street of Malaybalay City during the Walk for a Child Labour-Free Bukidnon held on Labour Day, 1 May.

6. News article

   Technical vocational skills training for disadvantaged youth in Masbate
   

   4 May 2012, Masbate

   The Technical Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) confirmed the 2nd batch of 250 disadvantaged youth as graduates of labour market-responsive technical vocational skills training in Masbate on May 4. To date, a total of 500 disadvantaged youth completed the 13 training courses offered by TESDA its accredited 11 technical vocational institutions in the province.

7. News article

   Out-of-school youth find hope in entrepreneurship

   Merly Ybanez dropped out from college in 2008 because her parents cannot pay anymore her school fees. Her mother, who was into small scale buy and sell of agricultural products, became a breadwinner when her father got sick. As the youngest of 6 children, she helped her parents in daily household chores.

8. Guidelines launched for the Police and Military to apply Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining

   7 May 2012, The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila

   The guidelines specifies the role of key players and addresses human rights and workers’ rights, particularly the important issues raised by workers, including violence against unionists, presence of the military in (or near) the workplace, labelling, and stigmatization of unionists, and harassment. The guidelines was launched on 7 May 2012 at The Bayleaf Hotel in Intramuros, Manila.

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   World of Work Report 2012

   The ILO launch its annual report “World of Work Report 2012: Better Jobs for a Better Economy”. The new study examines the performance of different countries since the start of the global crisis through the prism of the quantity and quality of jobs.

10. 

    Campaign

    World Day for Safety and Health at Work – 28 April 2012

    The 2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) in a green economy. There is a shift in the world to a greener and more sustainable economy. However, even if certain jobs are considered to be “green”, the technologies used may protect the environment but not be safe at all.

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    Local partnerships forged to create employment opportunities for the youth

    13 April 2012

    Public and private sector partners have pledged their support to young people in Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur. These young people were among those trained by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Technical Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) on labour market-responsive entrepreneurship and technical vocational skills in coordination with the provincial local government.

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    Entrepreneurship a career option to address youth employment challenge in Maguindanao

    13 April 2012

    Young people from Maguindanao often leave their hometown to work in Manila, urban areas, or overseas due to limited opportunities. Maguindanao, a province in South Central Mindanao was the 6th poorest province in the Philippines in 2011 based on findings of the National Statistical Coordination Board. The unemployment rate of youth belonging to 20-24 year age bracket was estimated at 65 per cent, higher than the national average. The youth in the 15-24 year age bracket accounts for 18.76 per cent of the total population which is lower than national level at 20 per cent.

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    Promoting youth employment through local economic development

    13 April 2012

    Local governments play a pivotal role to strengthen local economic development in the context of promoting youth employment. They serve as channels to establish and strengthen partnerships with private sector, non-government organizations, financial institutions and other government organizations to create employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for the youth.

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    Press release

    Over a hundred young Filipino leaders gather to discuss youth employment crisis

    Over a hundred youth leaders and representatives met with government agency officials, workers and employers group, academe, and civil society organizations in a youth employment forum dubbed, “Kahit Saan, Kahit Kailan: Marangal na Trabaho para sa Kabataan Matatagpuan (Any Time, Any Where: Decent Work for Young Filipinos).” The forum is part of the International Labour Organization’s declaration of March as youth employment month and of a series of nationwide action planning workshops that seeks to address concerns on youth employment and migration in the Philippines.

15. Press release

    Sustainable reintegration services for Thai, Filipino migrants showcased in ILO-EU conference

    27 March 2012

    Sustainable return and reintegration support services for Thai and Filipino migrant workers were showcased in a Conference today, held under the auspices of a technical cooperation project implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with support from the European Union (EU).

16. Youth employment forum: Any time, any where: decent work for young Filipinos

    29 March 2012, Manila, Philippines

    More than a hundred youth leaders and representatives met with government agency officials, workers and employers group, academe, and civil society organizations. The event was part of ILO’s declaration of March as youth employment month and of a series of nationwide action planning workshops to address concerns on youth employment and migration in the Philippines.

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    Press release

    ILO launches a video contest on Decent Work for Youth

    9 March 2012

    You’ve got two minutes to tell your story! You can make a difference! The ILO launches a video contest for young people to show how the global jobs crisis is affecting them and their communities.

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    United Nations Photo Exhibit on Indigenous Women (International Women’s Day 2012)

    8 March 2012, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City
    

    The ILO Country Office for the Philippines, as the Chair of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Technical Working Group, has partnered with the SM Cares for a photo exhibit on indigenous women. The week-long photo exhibit will be launched on 8 March 2012, 11:00 a.m. at the 2F South Wing, Entertainment Mall Area of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. The photo exhibit will then be moved to other SM Malls in Metro Manila.

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    Press release

    ILO and the Embassy of Finland increase support to indigenous peoples in the Philippines

    29 February 2012

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Embassy of Finland in Manila agreed to increase support to indigenous peoples in the Philippines, mainly the T’boli and Ubo tribes in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.

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    Press release

    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).

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    Feature article

    After the storm: rebuilding livelihoods in the Philippines

    2 February 2012

    Natural disasters destroy livelihoods but the aftermath also offers opportunities to create jobs and revitalise the economy as there will be high demand for construction and other recovery works. For the last ten years, the ILO has engaged in post-disaster reconstruction in countries in Asia and the Pacific, including China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and beyond.