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Is Asia ready for e-formalization?

Technology can play an important role bringing workers in the Asia-Pacific region into the formal sector. Sara Elder, Senior Economist at ILO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific explains why.

Report highlights need for gender equality in Asia’s garment sector

A new ILO report 'Moving the needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector' examines the status and trends relating to women and gender dynamics in Asia’s garment sector while providing a roadmap for action to accelerate progress...

Road map towards the ratification of ILO Convention No. 188 to protect Indonesian fishers

Fishing is recognized as a hazardous occupation with the highest incidence of occupational injuries and fatalities. As the biggest sending country for migrant fishers, Indonesia continue to find ways to provide better protection for its fishers.

Cambodia boosts youth entrepreneurship through vocational trainings

The ILO and Cambodia’s Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training collaborated on a three-day workshop integrating entrepreneurship skills in vocational curriculums to empower young Cambodians’ careers.

Winners of the inaugural Cambodia Skills Challenge Innovation Call announced

Cambodia and UN step up efforts to support the digital transformation of skills sector as well as lessen the digital divide

Ship to Shore Rights

Decent work for fishing and seafood migrant workers in Asia Pacific

European Union and United Nations continue efforts to support safe labour migration and decent work in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in South East Asia

Introducing the Factory Improvement Toolset to partners in Cambodia

On December 17th, the ILO ran a virtual workshop to introduce the Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) to the Cambodian Garment Training Institute (CGTI). This is the first of a series of activities to make FIT services available to garment factories...

Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day

The programme will work closely with the 12 member states of the Colombo Process to facilitate international co-operation on labour migration issues across South, South East and East Asia.

Entrepreneurial opportunities for Cambodian youth boosted through Know About Business (KAB) training

Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) adopts the ILO’s Know About Business (KAB) modules into the national education curriculum.

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Women hit hard by COVID-19 impact on garment sector

A new brief highlights COVID-19 impacts on women and men workers in the garment sector and recommendations for a gender-responsive recovery.

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impact ripples through supply chain

Collapsing consumer demand, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports have taken their toll on the Asia Pacific garment industry, says a new ILO report.

Supporting entrepreneurship for youth in Cambodia

Cambodia Entrepreneurship Day 2020 moves online – celebrated by 1,800 Cambodian future business leaders

Young people from across Cambodia marked the completion of ILO-supported entrepreneurship training at the first ever virtual Cambodia Entrepreneurship Day celebration on September 21, 2020.

Multi-donor programme

ILO/Germany programme to protect garment workers affected by COVID-19

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is giving €14.5 million to an International Labour Organization (ILO) multi-donor programme to help garment sector workers in seven countries who have been affected by...

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.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Southeast Asian Forum for Fishers strengthen efforts to better protect migrant fishers

To strengthen the protection of migrant fishers in the Southeast Asia, SEA Forum for Fishers emphasized the need for streamlined coordination at both national and regional levels during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cambodia and UN step up efforts to promote Decent Employment for Youth

A joint programme will help school-to-work transition of young women and men in Cambodia.

ILO/UN Women study

Public attitudes towards migrant workers remain unfavourable in ASEAN destination countries

Despite their positive contribution, public attitudes towards migrant workers remain unfavourable in ASEAN destination countries, new ILO and UN Women study reveals.

Migration

Migrating in ASEAN with a mobile phone: Gender gaps are not only in migrants’ salaries, but also in digital access

The increasingly widespread access to and use of the Internet in the ASEAN region has meant that more migrant workers are now seeking information using social media platforms. However, obtaining accurate and reliable information is still a...

Migration

Bolstering the efforts to ensure decent working conditions for women migrants in Thai construction sector

ILO organized a roundtable meeting on ‘Safety, protection and rights of women construction workers in Thailand” to identify possible intervention to ensure equal and fair pay, better living conditions, safety and protection of women migrant...

What Asian countries should not miss while preparing the future of work

OpEd by ILO economists Sara Elder, Christian Viegelahn and Tejeshwi Nath Bhattarai, authors of 'Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6', a study of how ASEAN+6 countries are preparing their labour markets for...