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Occupational safety and health

Decent work for sanitation workers in South Asia under the spotlight

A recent workshop highlighted existing challenges and opportunities, as well as actions taken by the ILO, governments and social partners to address decent work deficits facing sanitation workers in South Asia.

Pandemic has called for revisiting the need for universal social security

Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO-India, provided opening address at the ILO-IHD Virtual Consultative Workshop on “New Social Security Code and Strengthening Social Protection System in Eastern India”

Asia-Pacific labour market insights

Getting older: Confronting Asia and the Pacific’s ageing labour force

Asia and the Pacific’s ageing population is a trend that is expected to steadily increase. Ageing societies means older labour forces and higher old-age dependency ratios, increasing the pressures on economies to close pension and social protection...

Our response to COVID-19 pandemic should be rooted in social dialogue

Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO-India, provided opening remarks at the World Vision – India webinar on Livelihood during the Pandemic- Challenges and Opportunities.

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Decent work along the supply chains: Nurturing women’s entrepreneurship in Nepal

A step towards formalization of women-led, small and micro home-based enterprises in Nepal’s supply chains helps business and workers alike.

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Sustainable cotton farming brings better lives for farmers and their families

ILO is working with global fashion giant Inditex to reduce the vulnerability of cotton-farming families in India so that children can experience their childhood without work and the families are able to support themselves.

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...

Ramifications of the UK Supreme Court judgement in Uber Bv v Aslam and others. Article by Ravi PEIRIS, Senior Specialist, Employers'...

The judgment of the Supreme Court of UK in the case of Uber Vs Aslam and others has been subject to much discussion and interpretations. It was therefore important to analyse the judgment from different standpoints – Independent Contractors / Own...

Green recovery and transition are crucial for sustainable future

Ms Dagmar Walter, Director ILO India, provided her address at the joint UN agency event organized on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day - Discussion on “Skilling for Inclusive and Green Recovery”

BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment Endorsement

ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers' support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19

The ILO’s Global Call to Action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted by the membership at the International Labour Conference in June, has been endorsed by the Labour and Employment Ministers of the five BRICS economies.

ILO COOP participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship

The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.

Need innovative policies targeting growth of MSMEs

Ms Dagmar Walter, Director ILO India, addressed the welcome session of a discussion on Resurgence of MSMEs: Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery in India

Public Enterprises

SCOPE supports vaccination campaign in India

Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), an apex body of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) organized a workplace vaccination camp for employees of Public Sector Enterprises

Let us make a real difference for the most vulnerable children and their families!

Ms Dagmar Walter, Director ILO India, was invited by Lok Sabha Secretariat Parliamentary Research & Training Institute for Democracies (Pride) to speak at a panel discussion on ‘World Day against Child Labour’.

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Teamwork begins by building trust

This impact story captures ILO's efforts towards creating a multi-stakeholder platform for achieving SDG Target 8.7

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Safety in practice: preventing workplaces from COVID-19

Extending its support beyond the technical advise, ILO-India reached out to workers and enterprises directly to ensure ‘Safety and Health at Workplace during COVID-19’

Emerging Insight: Making the right tweaks to provide effective emergency loans

ILO response to a paper in 'Frontiers in Public Health' journal

On 17 May 2021, a paper published in this journal about the ILO's Work in Freedom (WIF) programme misrepresents facts and draws conclusions based on insufficient evidence. Here are the observations from the ILO.

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.

International Labour Day

We need a human-centred recovery, with justice and equity

Message on the occasion of International Labour Day from Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India