Decent Work for All, March 2008
Quarterly Newsletter of the ILO in the Philippines

"As 2008 gets underway, the Manila office has started to implement the biennium activities within the framework of ILO’s Decent Work agenda to promote employment, uphold rights, protect workers and practice social dialogue. International labour standards and tripartism (governments, employers and workers) are fundamental values in the ILO approach to programs and gender equality is at the core of decent work."

-Linda Wirth, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What’s Inside: Getting out of the mud, helping typhoon survivors, Managing risk in the work environment, ILO Philippines Programme for 2008-2009, Towards an international statistical definition of child labour, Investing in decent work for women: Not just right, but smart, Women in Sports: Breaking barriers, leveling the playing field, Women to women mentoring, ECOP delivers new services to its members, Events Calendar and Must Reads
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Decent Work for All, October 2007
Quarterly Newsletter of the ILO in the Philippines

"A key issue to address is how to better strategically prioritize together with the Philippine constituents among the many burning issues, needs and demands of the Decent work Agenda and to systematically and comprehensively follow through on these to achieve with limited resources significant outcomes that can assist men and women in the Philippines to work their way out of poverty."

-Linda Wirth, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What’s Inside: Measuring progress towards better and decent jobs, Putting youth employment at the center of policy agenda, ILO and Embassy of Finland renew partnership with indigenous peoples, Participatory Gender Audit, Improving effectiveness of employers' organiztaions, Partnerships to promote Safety and Health expanding, Events Calendar and Must reads.
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Decent Work for All, July 2007
Quarterly Newsletter of the ILO in the Philippines

"As the final stages of implementing the current Philippines Time Bound Programme on child labour are upon us, it is time for reflection on the lessons learned and the way forward. We seem to be pointed in the direction of finding ways to draw down more effectively on ILO’s comparative advantage and mandated areas of technical competence to address the root causes of child labour and poverty. Economic empowerment and mobilization for social justice are clearly needed for millions of families still struggling to survive despite steady economic growth."

-Linda Wirth, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What’s Inside: Families, former combatants become peace builders and bread winners in Mindanao, Towards a globally competitive workforce, Employers and workers to abide by law on self-organization, ILO supports typhoon recovery in Albay, Social security needs for informal economy workers,6th World Day Against Child Labour in RP marked by innovative activities,Decent and productive jobs for young people, Combating trafficking together, Events Calendar and Must reads.
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Decent Work for All, April 2007
Quarterly Newsletter of the ILO in the Philippines

"In the Philippines, the effort to create decent jobs, jobs with adequate income and which are safe, as a strategy for men and women to work out of poverty with dignity and empowerment is at the heart of the tripartite common agenda. The employers, workers and government are contributing to this goal through their respective mandates and programmes."

-Linda Wirth, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What’s Inside: Microfinance improves livelihood of parents, Local government supports work safety and health programme for farmers, DOLE: One agency working together, Education vocational training heal wounds of armed conflict, ILO and local governments plan youth employment action, Philippines Development Forum, Employers dicuss minimum wage fixing in the Philippines, Skills development for economic empowerment and poverty reduction, Labour standards enforcement, Celebrating Working Women, ABD launches Core Labour Standards Handbook and Must reads.
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Decent Work for All, December 2006
Quarterly Newsletter of the ILO in the Philippines

"2006 has been an active year for both Philippines tripartite constituents and the ILO office in Manila. The year has seen the ratification of two ILO Conventions on Migrant Workers, a high level tripartite mission to examine the way forward for Philippine ratification of the newly-adopted ILO Maritime Convention and the discussion of a Bill on Domestic Workers in both Congress and the Senate."

                                    -Linda Wirth, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What’s Inside: Job prospects for youth, Human trafficking, Effective implementation of Maritime Labour Convention, RP accepts challenge to be first Asian country to ratify Convention on Indigenous Peoples, Stand up for better and decent jobs, Health insurance for informal economy workers, Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace, Domestic Workers Bill draws strong support culminating a decade of advocacy and Must reads.
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ILO Newsletter, Jan-Mar 2005

"We started right away to put together our response, moving, as we are going along, from relief to rehabilitation and reconstruction. In doing so getting people back into work and securing livelihoods is a major thrust of our efforts."

                                    -Werner Konrad Blenk, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What's Inside: Social Dialogue, 2nd SOuth-East Asia and the Pacific Subregional Tripartite Forum on Decent Work, Tsunami in Indonesia, Promoting Gender Equality through Collective Bargaining, ILO and Disnaker Emergency Employment Services, Vanuatu: ILO Director's Visit Applauded, ILO-IPEC Study Shows Role of Parents Community Key in Reducing Number of Children in Drugs, Philippine Stakeholders Adopt a Resolution on ILO Conventions for Ratification, Decent Work in Agriculture, ILO Association of the Philippines Reconstituted, Youth Employment, Lifelong Learning, Extending Social Protection through Micro-Insurance, IPEC On-the-Spot Painting Competition, ILO Subregional Office for SOuth-East Asia and the Pacific Inauguration, STAFF News and more!
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ILO Manila Newsletter, Jan-Jun 2003

"Over the next few years we hope to expand our activities in other countries in South-East Asia and the Pacific too, building on our experience in the Philippines. Too many lives go unnoticed, too many contributions go unrecorded, with sometimes devastating effects for the people and the economies concerned."

                                    -Werner Konrad Blenk, Director,
ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific


What's Inside: Social Protection: A Core Component of Decent Work, Extension Social Security for the Workers in the Informal Economy, Health Micro-Insurance for the Excluded: Women in the Informal Economy, World Day for Safety and Health, Child Labour in the Philippines Photo Gallery, Decent Work in Progress, ILO ADB RETA Regional Consultation in Manila, Indigenous People, STAFF News and more!
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