Press releases

List of press releases issued by the Jakarta office in the recent year. Each press release is linked to a PDF document. The past press releases are archived by year.

• 2009

  • Department of Home Affairs – ILO to Boost Local Economic and Tourism Development in East Java - (word 108KB)
    6 October 2009 - The Indonesian Department of Home Affairs along with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the province of East Java and the district of Malang are signing a Letter of Intent (LoI) on Local Economic and Tourism Development to Increase the Competitiveness of the Bromo Area in the East Java Province on Tuesday, 6 October 2009, at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jakarta.
  • ILO says significant steps undertaken for the development of a new international human rights instrument on HIV/AIDS - (word 116KB)
    11 August 2009 - The first draft text of an international labour standard in the form of a Recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work has been released by the ILO.
  • ILO to address workers’ vulnerabilities to HIV in Asia and the Pacific - (word 118KB)
    07 August 2009 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to host a series of events at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), which opens this Sunday, 9 August, in Bali, Indonesia.
  • Examining International Standards-Setting for Indonesian Domestic Workers - (word 129KB)
    27 July 2009 - Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in the media. In addition, in many countries, domestic work is largely performed by child labourers.
  • Examining Insurance Policies for Migrant Workers - (word 112KB)
    13 Juli 2009 - The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Provincial Board for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers in East Java, will organize a one-day workshop on insurance policies for migrant workers, titled “Insurance Policies for Migrant Workers: Current Practices, Gaps and Solutions”, on Tuesday, 14 July, at Shangrilla Hotel, Surabaya, East Java, from 09.00am to 16.00pm.
  • ILO adopts Global Jobs Pact aimed at creating jobs, protecting workers and stimulating economic recovery - (word 112KB)
    19 June 2009 - Faced with the prospect of a prolonged global increase in unemployment, poverty and inequality and the continuing collapse of enterprises, the International Labour Organization (ILO) today adopted a Global Jobs Pact designed to guide national and international policies aimed at stimulating economic recovery, generating jobs and providing protection to working people and their families.
  • Timor-Leste Delegates Meet Director General of the ILO at the 98th Session of the International Labour Conference - (word 1,555 KB)
    19 June 2009 - The Timor-Leste delegates met the ILO’s Director General at the 98th session of the ILC in Geneva
  • Survey on Social Security for Informal Economy Workers: “Looking for flexible and highly Targeted Programmes” - (word 120KB)
    17 June 2009 - In Indonesia only 17% of the employed population enjoys formal social security of which a fraction works in the informal economy. With respect to health, the coverage has recently been substantially expanded through the Jamkesmas/Askeskin programme targeting poor households.
  • The Vice Prime Minister of Timor Leste Deposits Instruments of Ratification of the ILO Conventions - (word 2,510KB)
    16 June 2009 - The Vice-Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, H.E. Mr. José Luis Guterres, presented the official Certificate of Deposit of the four ratified ILO core conventions on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva
  • World Day Against Child Labour: Government of Indonesia – ILO to Tackle Female Child Labour - (word 113KB)
    15 June 2009 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Indonesia will join with governments, national confederations, academic institutions, NGOs, and other key constituents in organizing a national march against child labour on Sunday, 21 June 2009, from 07.00am – 12.00pm, at West Gate of Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta. The march will start at two starting points: Atma Jaya University and the Ministry of National Education.
  • World Day Against Child Labour 2009 - ILO says crisis increases risk of girls becoming child labourers - (word 116KB)
    10 June 2009 - The global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labour, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. The report will be nationally launched to the mass media in Indonesia on Thursday, 11 June 2009, at the ILO Jakarta Office, Menara Thamrin level 22, Jl. M.H Thamrin Kav. 3, Jakarta, from 10.30am to 13.00 pm.
  • ILO to Assist East Java Develop a Volcano Theme Park in Bromo-Semeru-Tengger National Park - (word 110KB)
    31 March 2009 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) through its Job Opportunities for Youth (JOY) project is actively promoting local economic development (LED) as an alternative development approach.
  • ILO calls for urgent global jobs pact to forestall "prolonged and severe" employment crisis - (word 109KB)
    24 March 2009 - The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) today called for a “Global Jobs Pact” to forestall a “prolonged and severe” jobs crisis that would lead to a massive increase in unemployment and working poverty.
  • Preventing Harassment at the Workplace - (word 115KB)
    20 March 2009 - Tripartite officials representing government, employers and trade unions will meet at Salak Hotel, Bogor (23-25 March), to look at ways of promoting better workplace through preventing harassment in the workplace.
  • ILO warns economic crisis could generate up to 22 million more unemployed women in 2009, jeopardize equality gains at work and at home - (word 111KB)
    6 March 2009 - The economic crisis is expected to increase the number of unemployed women by up to 22 million in 2009, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends for Women report (GET), released here today, adding that the global jobs crisis is expected to worsen sharply with the deepening of the recession in 2009.