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Interview
10 years on from the ILO Domestic Workers Convention: What has changed?
Over half of the world’s domestic workers are in Asia and the Pacific. 10 years on from the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), Anna Olsen, Technical Specialist at the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN...
Social health protection
ILO partnership: Mahidol University and the ILO launch specialised Master’s Program developed to advance Social Health Protection in Asia
To strengthen the capacity of Social Health Protection (SHP) professionals in Asia, a Master’s Program in Primary Health Care Management and Social Health Protection has been launched at Mahidol University, Thailand.
Press release
The Maldives Celebrates the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Century of Advancing Social Justice and Decent Work
The centenary celebrations were graced by His H.E. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of the Maldives.
Press release
ILO and UNFCCC conducts Asia-Pacific region workshop on climate change responses and transition to decent work
The International Labour Organization (ILO) along with the UN Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) organized an Asia-Pacific region workshop to discuss maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative impacts of implementing climate change...
Press release
New Country Director for the ILO Office in Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Ms Simrin Singh has officially taken over as the new Country Director for the ILO Country Office for the Sri Lanka and the Maldives on 1st April 2017.
Tripartite consultation on Country Level Engagement and Cooperation to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR) in Sri Lanka
ILO Office partnering with the Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations conducted a consultation on 24th March 2016 with their tripartite constituents to introduce the Country Level Engagement and Cooperation to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR)...
New ILO Report finds Global Number of Child Labourers Falls
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, with the largest absolute decline in the Asia Pacific region.
Ratnapura - a Child Labour Free Zone by 2016!
The District Secretary and the Administration of Ratnapura, assisted by the Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations, with technical and financial support from the ILO are embarking on a journey that will make the district officially free of Child...
ILO Country Director pays courtesy call on Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Waheed
ILO Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Mr. Donglin Li, paid a courtesy call on Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Waheed on 19th May at the President’s office in the capital Male.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2013
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for an “urgent and vigorous” global campaign to tackle the growing number of work-related diseases, which claim an estimated 2 million lives per year. The World Day for Safety and Health at Work...
Maldives ratifies the eight ILO fundamental Conventions
The Maldives has ratified the eight ILO fundamental Conventions on 4 January 2013, dealing with four categories of fundamental principles and rights at work: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;...
Maldives ratifies the eight ILO fundamental Conventions
The Maldives has ratified the eight ILO fundamental Conventions on 4 January 2013, dealing with four categories of fundamental principles and rights at work: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;...
Maldives ratifies ILO Convention No. 138 and No. 182
Maldives ratification of the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No.138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No.182) have now been registered effective.
Follow-up to ILO report on Maldives labour administration and inspection systems (Male, 22 -24 September 2012)
Under the USDOL Project on Promoting Fundamental Rights and Strengthening the Labour Market in Maldives, the ILO undertook a mission to identify concrete steps to follow up on a needs assessment of the country’s labour administration system carried...
"Momentous" new agreement to promote child rights and child protection in South Asia
The Regional Secretariat of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC), a South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Apex Body and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a new Memorandum of...
Asia and the Pacific Region
Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners
Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan...
Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9...
In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.
Republic of Maldives joins the ILO
The Republic of Maldives has become the 183rd member State of the ILO, the United Nations agency that deals with work and workplace issues.
Member State
The Republic of Maldives becomes 183rd ILO member State
The Republic of Maldives has become the 183rd member State of the International Labour Organization (ILO)...
Global employment trends 2008
South Asia could end poverty in a generation, but only if economic development is accompanied by inclusive labour market policies, according to a new report by the ILO.