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The ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific was established in 2000
with the merging of the South-East Asia and the Pacific Multidisciplinary Advisory Team (SEAPAT)
and the ILO Area Office which existed since 1970. As a subregional office, it provides advisory services
and technical assistance to countries in the subregion with the support of ILO Area Offices in Indonesia and Fiji.
The ILO is committed to realize decent work and livelihoods, job security, better working conditions and living standards.
It was founded in 1919, to promote social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.
In 1946, the ILO became the first specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the only “tripartite” United Nations agency,
where governments, employers and workers have an equal voice in improving conditions and life at work.
Disclaimer: The above map does not reflect a position by the ILO on the legal status
of any country or territory or the delimitation of any frontiers.
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ILO CONVENTIONS RATIFIED BY COUNTRY IN THE SUBREGION (MEMBERSHIP YEAR)
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Press Releases
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ILO welcomes Manila Call to Action to protect rights of migrant women
MANILA (ILO News) – Governments from 36 countries, trade unions, employers’ organizations,
the private sector, civil society organizations including women’s and religious associations,
academe and international organizations adopted a Manila Call to Action here to enhance opportunities
and protect the rights of migrant women and their families all over the world.
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International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development
Resolution and Manila Call to Action 2008
We, 436 participants from governments, trade unions, employers’ organizations, private sector,
civil society organizations including women’s and religious associations, academe and international organizations
covering 36 countries in 5 continents
Call upon the participating states at the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development in Manila
chaired by the Government of the Philippines, 27-30 October 2008 to incorporate the Call to Action 2008
as a substantive input on gender, migration and development to the Forum’s deliberations and outcomes;
to ensure a gender and rights based perspective in migration and development policies,
legislation and programs of countries of origin and destination; and to recommend that the gender dimensions
of migration and multi stakeholder participation be an organic and integral part of all future deliberations
of the GFMD on gender, migration and development.
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
In almost every country where they live, indigenous peoples belong to the poorest of the poor,
have the lowest income levels and limited access to basic education, health care and other services.
Indigenous peoples represent 5 per cent of the world’s population and over 15 per cent of the world’s poor.
In order to protect and promote the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples in the Philippines,
the International Labour Organization is supporting a forum on “Leveraging Change through ILO Convention No. 169”
which will be held on August 7 (Thursday) 1:00-6:00pm at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue,
Makati City. ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) covers a wide range of issues,
including land rights, access to natural resources, health, education, vocational training, conditions of employment
and contacts across borders.
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19 deep-sea fishing companies join war against child labour
17 July 2008 (Manila, Philippines) - Nineteen deep-sea fishing companies of a major fishing group
in the Philippines have become active partners in combating child labour in the fishing sector.
According to Mr. Alonso L. Tan, President of the Inter-Island Deep-Sea Fishing Association (IDSFA),
the 19 fishing company-members are legitimate deep-sea fishing operators.
These companies use purse seine fishing gear and their policy is to not employ child labour.
The IDSFA is a member of the Federation of Fishing Associations of the Philippines (FFAP).
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Education: the right response to child labour
As another school year opens, the International Labour Organization (ILO) highlighted the need
to keep children in school and out of child labour.
Recent Department of Education (DepEd) data show a decline in the participation rate or
net enrolment rate in schools, the lowest in seven years, from 96.77 per cent in 2000-01
to 83.22 per cent in 2006-07.
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Feature Articles
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Organizing out of poverty: indigenous peoples in the Philippines
There are more than 5,000 different indigenous peoples living in some 70 countries in the world.
About 70 per cent of them are in Asia and the Pacific, mostly in rural areas.
They often lack control over land and resources and face high levels of discrimination and poverty.
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Getting out of the mud: how the ILO helps typhoon victims in the Philippines
In 2006, the Bicol region of the Philippines was hit by two typhoons affecting more than 200,000 families.
A recent ILO mission to the country revealed that 30 per cent of the workers concerned were unemployed
and many more in precarious jobs. Last February, the ILO opened a livelihood center in the region
which is part of a capacity building programme for the victims.
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Making future harvests without child labour
Seventy per cent of the world’s working children are in agriculture.
From tending cattle to harvesting crops, handling dangerous machinery and spraying pesticides,
over 132 million children aged 5 to 14 help produce the food we eat and the clothes we wear.
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Role Reversal: When it comes to who works the longest hours, many Philippine women are the global exception
A new ILO study says men average longer working hours in paid work than women in almost every country
around the world for which data are available. The sole exception to this pattern is the Philippines
where employed women were two to three times more likely than men to work exceptionally long hours
of over 64 hours per week.
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Updated by MR. Last update: 10 October 2008.
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