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Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

Myanmar strengthens efforts to protect seafarers’ rights

Myanmar becomes the 35th ILO member State to ratify Convention C185.

Labour law reform

Labour law reform is key to sustainable development for Myanmar

Myanmar Government, employers, workers, civil society and international partners discuss priorities to bring labour law reform forward in order to accelerate sustainable development, and reduce poverty and inequality.

OSH Youth Champions

Achievements of Myanmar youth at the 21st World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

Nine Youth Champions for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) from Myanmar participated in the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work held in Singapore in September 2017. The team of nine youth delegates from Myanmar were selected from...

International Migrants Day

ILO/IOM: Labour rights and skills development key to improving outcomes of migration in South-East Asia

Against the backdrop of increasing migration among ASEAN countries, joint ILO/IOM report assesses changes in the lives of migrant workers from before to after their migration.

Business case for employing people with disabilities reaffirmed in Myanmar

Representatives of Myanmar disabled persons organizations, government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and disability experts discussed ways to make workplaces more inclusive and acknowledged the benefits of hiring persons with disability.

Cooperatives

Myanmar: ILO pilots self-learning approach to promote the cooperative business model

ILO conducted the first Myanmar pilot of the Think.Coop training module on cooperative business, where over 40 participants from trade unions, including farmers, were provided with a basic introduction to cooperation and collective action.

Vision Zero Fund

Myanmar’s ginger value chain actors meet to discuss safer practices and better production

Through the support of the ILO’s Vision Zero Fund, all actors involved in Myanmar’s ginger value chain, from production to commercialization, met in Aung Ban, Shan State to discuss the way forward to promote occupational safety and health as well as...

SafeYouth@Work Media Competition

ILO: Access to justice often out of reach for migrant workers in South-East Asia

New study finds that migrant workers lack access to fair and responsive remedies for labour rights abuses.

Press release

ILO: Restrictions on women’s labour migration can increase risk of exploitation, especially for migrant domestic workers

Gender-based migration bans and restrictions are one way in which states attempt to address the risk of exploitation and abuse faced by women migrant workers, especially in the domestic work sector.

New labour force survey gives detailed picture of Myanmar labour market

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has published the first comprehensive survey of the labour force.

Song and video against child labour

Myanmar: “I Wanna Go to School” video animation and song

Two Myanmar artists, Nyan Kyal Say and Saw Phoe Kwar, collaborated with the ILO to raise awareness on child labour as part of a national campaign for the World Day Against Child Labour 2016.

Social protection

Extending social security coverage in Indonesia and ASEAN

The ILO with support from the Government of Japan will conduct a regional programme titled “Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (3rd phase; 2016-2018): Extending Social Security Coverage in ASEAN”, aimed to generate better knowledge and...

Maritime Labour Convention

Myanmar becomes the 75th State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

The ILO and Myanmar make history with the ratification of a key Convention

Myanmar: Emerging Photographers and the fight against child labour

A Training of Trainers on Photojournalism was organized with the aim of using photography by youth and children for reflecting the issue of child labour at the community level and initiate dialogues based on these. Two participants of this training...

Our impact, their voice

Myanmar unleashes home-grown entrepreneurs

An ILO training programme makes the founding step to help new and existing small businesses join the dramatic economic and social change sweeping the country.

Press Release of "Successful example of collaboration on social protection in Myanmar"

Feature story

Child labour and lack of quality education in rural communities in Myanmar

While a ceremony was held in Yangon, with governmental, employers and workers organizations, civil society representatives, and international partners, Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (My-PEC) also implemented awareness-raising...

Labour data

Myanmar: New labour force survey addresses data gap

Reaching high coverage, the first labour force survey in Myanmar in a quarter century will provide results in October that will shape the country’s employment policy.

Word Day Against Child Labour: “No to child labour, Yes to quality education”

The second year celebration of World Day Against Child Labour in Myanmar was held in Yangon at the Summit Parkview Hotel on June 12 organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Myanmar Programme on the elimination of child labour (MyPEC)...