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ILO supported initiative receives recognition for service to returning migrants during Covid-19

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar National League of Volunteers presented Samaritan’s Purse Migrant Assistance Centre with a certificate of recognition for services to prevent Covid-19.

World Day Against Child Labour

“I just want to go to school”: New Myanmar photo exhibitions offer powerful insights into the lives of children trapped in child labour

A six-year-old who begs at a Pagoda to buy medicine for her sick mother, so desperate to return to school that she often still wears her old school uniform. A fisherman who has worked on Or Khom lake since he was five years old. A girl who burns...

International Domestic Workers Day

The ILO launches a campaign for the safety and dignity of Myanmar Domestic Workers

“Nine years ago, the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) was adopted by governments, employers and workers, said ILO representative in Myanmar, Mr Donglin LI. It is even more relevant today in the face of the Covid-19 virus. Ensuring...

World Day Against Child Labour

Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar issue a statement on World Day Against Child Labour (2020)

World Day Against Child Labour presents us with an important opportunity to stand united in the fight to end child labour. This year WDACL is drawing particular attention to the need to eliminate child labour and the impact of the Covid-19 health...

World Day Against Child Labour

Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) issue a statement on World Day Against Child Labour (2020)

Our world today has changed significantly with many uncertainties. Especially in times like this, we must remain committed to creating a better tomorrow for our children, the future of our planet. We must nurture them, and invest in them, so that...

World Day Against Child Labour

Myanmar Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population issue a statement on World Day against Child Labour, 2020

As the saying ‘The youth of today are the future of tomorrow’, in the future, the duty to safeguard the sovereignty and to work for the development of the State will be delegated to youths of today. Youths grow up from infants and become adults and...

World Day Against Child Labour

Myanmar signs up to key international convention on minimum working age ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour

Amid COVID-19 crisis, ILO and UNICEF call to ‘Protect Children, Now More than Ever’

Minimum Age

Myanmar ratifies the Minimum Age Convention

Myanmar is the 173rd ILO Member State to ratify Convention No.138

ILO, SSB and Rakuten Viber collaborate to raise awareness on COVID-19 preventive measures through innovative Viber stickers

On Friday, 15 May 2020, Viber users in Myanmar will be able to download a COVID-19 prevention sticker pack called ‘Let’s overcome this together!’

ILO launches COVID-19 campaign to observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work

In collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and employers and workers organizations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) today, on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work,...

National Stakeholder Forum on Decent Work and Labour Law Reform in Myanmar

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, with support from the ILO and funding from the European Union, hosted a National Stakeholder Forum on Decent Work and Labour Law Reform from 24 – 25 February in Naypyitaw.

Shining a light on the place of CSR in Myanmar

A training session on CSR and the work of the ILO offers a clearer perspective for business leaders

Improving women’s business participation, a key path to inclusive development in Myanmar

New report identifies Myanmar’s gender dividend through women’s entrepreneurship development

The Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) launches 4 new products to support the sustainable and inclusive development of the...

The Myanmar Garment Manufacturers association (MGMA) launched two new tools aiming at improving the labour compliance among the organization’s members and facilitate their development of healthy induction practices for new workers. In addition, MGMA...

Social protection

The second steering committee of the Luxembourg-funded ILO Project Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in Southeast Asia,...

Key stakeholders and partners of the ILO-Luxembourg funded Project gather to discuss progress, 2019 challenges and opportunities, and provide guidance on the implementation of the project in 2020.

Social health protection

Worker Receives Lifesaving Medical Treatment through Myanmar’s Health Insurance scheme

A closer look at a beneficiary’s experience of the Social Security Board medical scheme reveals the possibilities and limitations of the government managed program, highlighting the progress and remaining challenges within Myanmar’s healthcare...

Vision Zero Fund project (VZF) supports Workshop on Strategic Compliance Planning for Government Inspectors to Improve Safety and Health in...

Senior inspectors and Government officials gathered in Nay Pyi Taw for an FGLLID-ILO workshop on improving safety and health in Myanmar through better strategic planning. In addition to FGLLID inspectors from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and...

Social health protection

Social Security Board Reforms Enhance and Extend Health Protection in Myanmar

Myanmar’s Social Security Board (SSB), which provides social health protection for formal workers, is implementing a series of reforms to address coverage gaps and implementation barriers, with a goal of achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2030.

A year of partnership and action on child labour has begun

On 21 January 2021 the International Labour Organization (ILO) joined activists and UN, regional and national partners from around the globe to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

Vision Zero Fund

ILO supports the Social Security Board, employers, and workers in preparing to scale-up an enhanced version of the Employment Injury...

Workers, employers and the Social Security Board (SSB) gather in Naypyidaw to discuss the results of the employment injury insurance (EII) pilot in Hlaing Tharyar (Yangon) and Pyi Gyi Tha Kone (Mandalay) townships and the options for a scale-up to...