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Opening address at the ASEAN conference on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ASEAN conference on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons, Pasay City, Philippines, 27 January 2015

Opening address at the workshop on adopting a roadmap to eliminate child labour in domestic work in the Philippines

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the workshop on adopting a roadmap to eliminate child labour in domestic work in the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines, 19 January 2015

Philippines

ILO: around 800,000 workers affected by Typhoon Hagupit

The ILO estimates 800,000 workers have been affected by Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as Ruby, with their source of livelihood damaged or disrupted overnight. The ILO stands ready to allocate US$1.5 million and to support the government through...

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ILO initial estimates reveal 800,000 workers affected by Hagupit; stands ready to assist through emergency employment

The ILO estimates 800,000 workers have been affected by Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as Ruby, with their source of livelihood damaged or disrupted overnight. In response, the ILO stands ready to allocate US$1.5 million and to support the...

Opening address at the Working out of disasters: Livelihood at the forefront of recovery, ILO year-end event and partners appreciation

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Working out of disasters: Livelihood at the forefront of recovery, ILO year-end event and partners appreciation, Rockwell Tent, Makati City, Philippines, 27...

Press release

EU and ILO promote decent work for health professionals

For the past three years, the ILO, in partnership with migration-relevant government agencies, employers and workers’ organizations and civil society, has been implementing the European Union-financed project on “Decent Work across Borders”. The...

World Investment Forum 2014

Foreign Direct Investment: Getting it right

Together with UNCTAD, the ILO has organized a dialogue on how best to ensure that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) benefits everyone through the creation of quality jobs.

Press release

Philippines stands to gain 3.1 million jobs as part of AEC common market

Decisive policy action now is a must in order for the Philippines to benefit from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

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Philippine launch and high-level national policy dialogue on the ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared...

The ILO and the Asian Development Bank, with support from the ASEAN Secretariat, have conducted a study on ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity. The report with the Philippine Country Brief will be...

Partnership

Promoting a people and job-centred approach to disaster response

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Australian Government will bring together community leaders from areas hit by Typhoon Bopha (also named Pablo) in a forum to discuss a people and job-centred approach to disaster response.

World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

When indigenous and world leaders meet, what does it mean for the ILO?

A historic meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York is set to bolster further ratification of the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.

ILO Meeting to discuss ways to improve skills development in Asia-Pacific

An International Labour Organization (ILO) meeting is expected to roll out new action plans to improve skills development in Asia and the Pacific.

Keynote address: Extend social protection, combat child labour

By Ms Carla Henry, Deputy Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines, delivered on behalf of Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the World Day against Child Labour, Tacloban, Philippines,...

Regional Director's remarks at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters

By Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 22 May 2014

Gearing up for the ASEAN Economic Community 2015: 35th National Conference of Employers

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the 35th National Conference of Employers of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), Pasay City, Philippines, 15 May 2014

Press release

EU, ILO and IOM join forces to promote ethical recruitment

Many migrants continue to be exposed to the risk of being lured into exploitative employment by unscrupulous brokers. The ILO, IOM and the EU convene Asian recruitment agencies in Manila to discuss ways to improve migration governance systems,...

Opening address at the making breakthroughs in the implementation of ethical and professional recruitment

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Making breakthroughs in the implementation of ethical and professional recruitment, 2nd Regional Conference in view of the creation of Alliance of Asian...

Advocating breastfeeding

Why breastfeeding is a truck driver’s issue

Truck driver Ronaldo Payda believes breastfeeding rights are a man's business too. He took up the cause after he and his wife saw the effects on their new baby. An ILO project is trying to build on such advocacy work, to help more working women keep...

Opening address at the ILO-ADB launch of publications on promoting gender equality in the labour market

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO-ADB launch of publications on promoting gender equality in the labour market, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 31 March 2014

Philippines

The daily struggle of a Haiyan widow

Jobs are the top priority for many of those whose livelihoods were shattered by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The situation is particularly challenging for women who lost their husbands and became head of household overnight.