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ILO to publish largest survey on working conditions in the Thai fishing industry

A survey of conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector is to be published by the ILO. The key findings of the report will be presented at a press conference on Monday 2 September 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand

National workshop: “Social Security Laws: Standards, Policy and Legislation”, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, from 27 to 29 August 2013

The ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific will organize a series of technical training workshops on areas related to social security, including minimum standards and legislation, financing of schemes, social health insurance,...

Integrating social policies and the delivery of social protection floors in Cambodia - discussed at a workshop

Sharing models and innovative ideas for implementing a national social protection strategy in Cambodia and developing nationally defined social protection floors in ASEAN were the focus of a workshop held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 29 to 31 May...

Workshop on Integrating Social Policies and the Delivery of Social Protection Floors

Integrating social policies to ensure the delivery of social protection floor is the focus of a workshop to be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 May 2013.

ILO statement on the Wing Star shoe factory building collapse

The ILO is saddened by the deaths and injuries resulting from the building collapse at the Wing Star shoe factory on Thursday (May 16th) in Cambodia. The ILO would like to express its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, and to...

ILO-EU project led to better coordination of social protection and employment policies in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras

The ILO and the European Commission concluded their joint project "Improving social protection and promoting employment” in a workshop organized in Brussels. The project, signed in 2009, supported Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras in the...

ILO project to improve labour migration in ASEAN countries

A new project to help migrant workers who travel across international borders in the ASEAN region is being launched by the ILO and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

"Decent Work" in Cambodia: How far have we come?

Opinion editorial by Jiyuan Wang. The ILO and Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia have launched the country's first Decent Work Country Profile, as part of the EU-funded project "Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work"...

Dreaming of a Tumpoun centre in Laaen Kren

Por Mach is a member of the Tumpoun tribe in Rattanakiri, Cambodia. As a 46-year-old widow with six children it was hard to earn enough to live. But with the help of the ILO’s Creative Industry Support Programme, she improved her skills and...

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Cambodia's social protection scheme helps rebuild shattered lives

The ILO/Korea Partnership Programme in Asia and the Pacific works with the Royal Government of Cambodia to implement an employment injury insurance programme.

The challenge of getting a job in Cambodia

Unemployment in Cambodia is very low, but that’s because the vast majority of the population works in the informal sector. The government hopes ILO-backed job centres will help increase access to decent work.

ILO signs US$1,140,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed an agreement that will provide US$1,140,000, as well as technical expertise, to support the development of decent work in more than 15 Asian countries.

From a child’s eye: Working in the hot sharp salt fields of Cambodia

This year, the world marks the tenth anniversary of the annual World Day Against Child Labour. But for many parents in Cambodia, sending their children to work is an economic necessity.

Land rights mean social justice for Cambodia's indigenous peoples

February 20 is World Day for Social Justice, focusing attention on the necessity for economic growth to promote equity and social justice, and that “a society for all” must be based on social justice and respect for all human rights and fundamental...

Media Advisory- Meeting on findings and recommendations related to garment and shoe factory fainting incidents

Media advisory of a meeting on findings and recommendations related to garment and shoe factory fainting incidents organized by ILO-Better Factories Cambodia.

Freeing Cambodia's children from work by 2016-A real possibility?

Story of Nit's family, her family lives in a shaky thatch hut a short walk from the magnificent Ta Prohm ruins in the Angkor World Heritage Site. Her grandfather abandoned his family 15 years ago, and with no farm land, everyone has done their bit...

Cambodia's young people look for a brighter future

Story of Yeth Chenda, 21-year-old Yeth CHenda recently found a job as a receptionist in a rural hotel in Kampot, Southern Cambodia, with the assistance of an International Labour Organization (ILO) job centre project

Public-private partnerships in Asia Pacific – the best of two systems

Public-private partnerships are gaining increasing traction in international development cooperation and are being used more and more by the International Labour Organization (ILO). By Wolfgang Schiefer, Chief, Regional Partnerships, Resource...

International Children's Day and the World Day against Child Labour 2011 in Cambodia

Celebrations of the International Children's Day and the start of the observance of the WDACL in Cambodia was presided over by H.E Mrs Man Sam An, Deputy Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia.

Statement for promoting inclusive vocational education and training in the Asian Region: opening opportunities for persons with disabilities