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Teachers fight child labour

A workshop aimed at highlighting the role of teachers in the tackling child labour in Fiji

Fiji: National Child Labour Forum revealed cases of child labour

Minister for Labour acknowledged the assistance of the ILO in helping Fiji address child labour issues.

Fiji - Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Save the Children Fiji said that some children started sex work as early as 10 years.

Fiji Child Labour DVD to be launched at the National Child Labour Forum

The plight of children in child labour in Fiji will be raised, through the launching of a DVD titled “Back to School- Tackling Child Labour in Fiji”

University of the South Pacific and the ILO pilot Community Based Enterprise Development Programme

The Aspiring Entrepreneurs component of the Community Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) was piloted at the Regional Centre for Continued Community Education (RCCCE) of USP.

Minister of Labour, Mr Jone Usamate's opening statement at the Fiji National Employment Creation Policy workshop

28th November 2012 the Fiji Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment and the ILO jointly hosted a three day technical training workshop for senior Government officials, employers workers and academia to explore not only the technical...

Papua New Guinea moves to establishing a National Employment Policy

The Papua New Guinea Government has prioritized the development of a new National Employment Policy to implement ILO Convention 122.

Fiji National Employment Creation Policy workshop

In November 2012 the Fiji Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment and the ILO jointly hosted a three day technical training workshop for senior Government officials, employers workers and academia to explore not only the technical...

Women entrepreneurs in Fiji get a boost!

The Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation (FCEF) with the support of the ILO, organized two trainings in November for fifty women entrepreneurs in Fiji.

Fiji: Interview with Felix Anthony

Questions and answers with Felix Anthony, National Secretary Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC)and member of ILO Governing Body...

Continued South South Cooperation Fiji - Kiribati

The ILO through its Youth Employment Programme in Kiribati brokered an initiative with both countries that would support Kiribati in establishing a National Employment Service Centre (NESC). With Fiji already having an operation National Employment...

SCREAM - Supporting Children’s Rights through Education Arts and the Media in Fiji

A Training programme on essential information regarding child rights; issues faced by children including child labour and the worst forms of Child Labour and were empowered to take action in addressing these issues through the use of drama,...

Freedom of association

ILO mission to Fiji aborted

An ILO mission on freedom of association obliged to depart from Fiji without having completed its mandate.

ILO mission to Fiji aborted

An ILO direct contacts mission on freedom of association has been obliged to depart from Fiji without having completed its mandate.

Questions and answers on the “Cash for Work project”

The cash-for-work initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from UN Women and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is being implemented with the Government of Fiji to focus initially on market vendors...

Representing the UN at the Hibiscus festival

The ILO, as chair of the United Nations Working Group on Youth in the Pacific, collaborated with the Miss Hibiscus competition in Fiji to highlight UN’s work for youth in the Pacific region.

A new social contract for Europe?

Questions and answers with Vasco Pedrina, author of “The Eurocrisis and the European trade union movement.

44TH Biennial Delegates Conference of Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC): Address by Dan Cunniah, Director of Bureau for Workers’...

The FTUC 44TH Biennial Delegates Conference, 12TH May, 2012 at the Tanoa International, Hotel, Nadi.

Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Government of the Republic of Kiribati and the Government of the Republic of Fiji on...

Speech by the Director ILO Office for the South Pacific Island Countries

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2012 to highlight and acknowledge Fiji’s achievement in its OHS Labour reforms

From 2006 to date, the Fiji Ministry of Labour has tasked itself to reform all outdated labour policies which included progressive health and safety standards