Publications

2006

1. 

   Decent work for all newsletter: job prospects for youth

   01 December 2006

   Through training programmes and study tours, Philippine ILO constituents-government, employers’ and workers’ organizations - continued to share their expertise on labour, employment and enterprise issues with others in the region.

2. ADB-ILO core labor standards handbook

   01 October 2006

   The handbook gives some basic information on international CLS, and looks at ways in which they can be incorporated into ADB activities. The recommendations here are not an expansion of any policy, and the user should note the distinction between good practice suggestions, i.e., the examples in this Handbook, and the policy requirements presented in ADB’s Operations Manual. All developing member countries (DMCs) of ADB, by virtue of being members of ILO,are bound to respect and promote the fundamental CLS. The handbook describes the CLS and how to integrate them into ADB operations, whenever necessary. It was developed by ILO and ADB as a result of regional technical assistance.

3. Kasambahay handbook: everything the Filipino domestic worker wants to know

   17 August 2006

   The handbook is a reference tool for domestic workers and other users who seek to have a basic understanding of the issues and vulnerabilities that domestic workers face, and describes available and evolving policy and legal instruments, facilities and services available in relation to registration, social security coverage, skills-acquisition, information access and useful networks for the sector.

4. Trafficked into forced labour: selected case studies of domestic workers in the Philippines

   15 August 2006

   This book presents selected real life stories of domestic workers that show how they become trapped in the cycle of trafficking for forced labour. While many have fallen victims, there is much that can be learned from their strong personal courage to survive and empower themselves despite the odds.

5. Equality at work: Philippines

   10 May 2006

   Achieving equality in the workplace is attracting attention in the Philippines and elsewhere in the drive to respect the fundamental rights of workers and boost productivity.

6. Economic and social empowerment of returned victims of trafficking in the Philippines and Thailand: the Philippine component

   01 May 2006

7. Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) working paper on ethical guidelines on the employment of domestic workers

   15 February 2006

   The Ethical Guidelines consolidate the position of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) regarding the employment of domestic workers, based on the roundtable discussions in March 2006 as well as other relevant positions of the organization.

2005

1. A journey of hope: implementing the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA) of the Philippines. Volume 3 - the road to self-governance

   20 October 2005

   The publication reviews the implementing rules and regulations of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA), the national law on indigenous peoples, which reflects the spirit and intent of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).

2. National Domestic Workers Day: Proclamation No. 1051

   29 July 2005

3. Gender Mainstreaming in DOMWORK Project

   29 July 2005

   This report outlines DOMWORK Project on gender mainstreaming framework.

4. The Local Government Units (LGUs) for the Kasambahay: An Advocacy Forum-Workshop with the National Capital Region (NCR) Local Government Officials Towards the Development and Adoption of Local Legislation for Domestic Workers

   29 July 2005

   This report outlines the activities carried out and the documents prepared by the Institute for Labor Studies-Department of Labor and Employment (ILS-DOLE) and its collaborators for the implementation of the project "Advocacy Forum-Workshop with League of Barangay Officials, Mayors, and other Local Officials Component" specified in the Service Contract signed between the ILO Programme on Mobilizing Action for the Protection of Domestic Workers from Forced Labour and Trafficking in South-East Asia (ILO-DOMWORK Project) and ILS.

5. Protektado ka sa Health Micro-Insurance (in Visayan dialect)

   01 June 2005

   Ang HMI usa ka programa na diin gi usa pag-hipos ang pondo sa mga miyembro para sa mga gastosanan sa maayong panglawas.

6. Protektado ka sa Health Micro-Insurance (in Filipino)

   01 June 2005

   Ang HMI ay isang programa kung saan sama-samang nag-iipon ng pondo ang mga miyembro para sa mga gastos pangkalusugan nila.

7. Comics on Protected by Health Micro-insurance (in English)

   01 June 2005

   Health Micro-insurance (HMI)is a program where members collectively pool money to form a health fund for quality health program and services.

8. Angayan mahibaloan unsa ang Nagkahiusang Katawhan Alang sa Kasigurohan sa Maayong Panglawas sa Sta. Josefa (NAKKAMPAS) (in Visayan dialect)

   01 June 2005

9. Know all about health micro-insurance flipchart

   01 June 2005

   Provides an orientation on health micro-insurance.

10. Brochure on health micro-insurance(HMI) program

    01 June 2005

11. Inventory of micro-insurance schemes in the Philippines

    01 June 2005

    This study gives an overview of existing micro-insurance schemes in the Philippines. The study is part of a global effort to document ongoing experiences of communities, local organizations, trade unions and the like. It attempts to capture the differences, the outreach, the types of organizations providing micro-insurance, the extent of coverage, in terms of population and benefits, and the linkages that these schemes may have with public or private programmes and with other schemes. Similar studies are conducted in selected countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

12. A journey of hope: implementing the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA) of the Philippines. Volume 2 - cultural revival in a changing world

    27 May 2005

    In 1997, the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA) passed ground-breaking legislation in the Philippines and paved the way for the issuance of native titles. This is the second in a three-part volume that looks at a wide range of issues concerning the recognition of ancestral domains and the rights of indigenous communities in the country.

13. Training regulations for household services NC II

    23 March 2005

    The Household Services NC II qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to clean living room, dining room, bedrooms, toilet, kitchen, wash and iron clothes, linen, fabric, prepare hot and cold meals/food, provide food, and beverage service.