ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and ILO Country Office for India (DWT/CO-New Delhi)

What's new

1. 

   Statement

   South Asia Regional Child Rights Group Calls for an Urgent End to Child Domestic Labour and All Violence against Children

   11 June 2013

2. Campaign against Child Domestic Work and for adoption of National Policy on Domestic Workers

   12 June 2013, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

   A public meeting against Child Domestic Work and also to raise awareness on adoption of National Policy on Domestic Workers in collaboration with Jharkhand Gharelu Kamghar Union, and ILO projects on Converging against Child Labour: Supporting India's Model, Making Decent work a Reality for Domestic Workers

3. Technical Workshop: Disseminating research findings and promoting the role of business in eliminating child labour in the Global South

   5 - 6 June 2013, New Delhi, India

   Dissemination of research findings among the project’s stakeholders.

4. 

   ILO Director-General visits India

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, will visit India from 18 to 19 May 2013. This will be Mr Ryder’s first visit to India since he was elected on 1 October 2012.
   

   1. Address to the 45th session of the Indian Labour Conference

5. 

   Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013

   The new study 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.

6. Second SAARC Regional Workshop on Child Labour for SAARC Member Counries

   29 - 31 May 2013, New Delhi, India

   The Second SAARC Regional Workshop on Child Labour is being organized for SAARC Member countries by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India and V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization.

7. National Workshop on HIV/AIDS

   23 May 2013, New Delhi, India

   The National Tripartite Workshop for experience sharing on implementation of the National Policy on HIV/AIDS in the world of work and launching of thecampaign “Getting to Zero at Work” in collaboration with Ministry of Labour & Employment(MoLE) and ILO.

8. Newsletter

   Quarterly E-Newsletter

   The quarterly e-newsletter of the ILO in India contains the latest news and featuresof activties from DWT/CO-New Delhi.

9. 

   Analysis

   India: Why is women’s labour force participation dropping?

   13 February 2013

   More women in India of working age are enrolling in secondary school but that is only one reason why the number of women who are either working or looking for a job is decreasing.

10. 

    ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific will visit India

    13 - 15 February 2015

    ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Yoshiteru Uramoto visits India.
    

    1. ILO Regional Director interacts with RSBY Beneficiaries and Children from the NCLP School
       - Field Trip - 15 February 2013
    2. Address by ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific - 14 February 2013
    3. ILO Regional Director meets Minister of Labour & Employment, Government of India - 14 February 2013
    4. Address by ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific - 13 February 2013

11. 

    'Momentous' new agreement to promote child rights and child protection in South Asia
    

    An agreement was signed by Dr Rinchen Chophel, Director General of the SAIEVAC Regional Secretariat and Ms Tine Staermose, Director of ILO Decent Work Support Team (DWT) for South Asia, New Delhi in Kathmandu on Tuesday 28 August 2012. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aims to reinforce the two organizations’ work on child rights and child protection by improving cooperation between them. It will focus on exchanging information and good practices, providing technical advice, organizing consultations, meetings and workshops. The MOU will also support the implementation of SAIEVAC’s five-year workplan and will use the mechanisms and processes of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).