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BANGKOK
(ILO
News):
A photo exhibition celebrating the lives of Thai working people will
open at CentralWorld on Monday 28th April at 2 pm.
The
exhibition, “Celebrating Working Lives; Decent Work, Better
Tomorrow” consists of images of decent work in
Thailand
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The exhibition
will open at 14.00 on Monday 28th April and the media are invited to
cover the event.
The
exhibition has been organized by the International Labour Organization
(ILO) -the United Nations agency dealing with work and workplace
issues – and is being hosted by CentralWorld. The show consists of
about 40 newly-shot photos taken in 11 different work places in
Thailand
– ranging from orchid and rice farms to laboratories and designers
studios.
The aim of the exhibition is to promote awareness of decent work in
Thailand
and the Asian Decent Work Decade (2006-2015) which
Thailand
, along with other Asia-Pacific countries, committed to, so
reaffirming their commitment to achieving full, productive and decent
employment for all their people by 2015. More information about the
aims of the Decade can be found in a short internet-based movie: www.ilo.org/asia/public/video/adwd.htm.
“Decent
work sums up the aspirations we all have for our working lives,”
said Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for
Asia
and the Pacific. “It means work that is productive, delivers a fair
income with security and social protection, safeguards basic rights,
offers equality of opportunity and treatment, prospects for personal
development and the chance to have your voice heard”.
“Decent
Work not only plays an obvious
and crucial role in the well-being of workers and their families but
paves the way to the broader social and economic development of
individuals, their communities and societies. Work that traps people
in bondage or poverty or exposes them to hazards, discrimination or
insecurity, does not allow individuals – or the economies they are
part of - to advance and fulfil their potential,” she said.
The timing of the exhibition, from Monday 28 April to Sunday 11 May,
is particularly appropriate because it will be open for viewing during
World Day for Occupational Safety and Health (28 April), Labour Day (1
May), Thai National Safety Week (8-10 May) and the ASEAN Labour
Ministers’ meeting which is being held in
Bangkok from 8-9 May.
The show is at the Atrium Zone, 2nd floor, CentralWorld,
Rajdamri and entry is free.
For more information please contact:
Krisdaporn Singhaseni
ILO Information Officer
Tel. 02 266 1664
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