All news: Philippines
Global Coalition for Social Justice
Philippines joins Global Coalition for Social Justice alongside 100 partners
In an effort to spur multilateral cooperation and accelerate progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Decent Work Agenda, the Philippines joins the first 100 partners of the Global Coalition for Social Justice.
Social security
ASEAN delegates gain insights from Korea on social protection schemes
Workshop highlights best practices and lessons learned in implementing Employment Injury and Insurance Schemes.
Skill development
Lifelong learning vital for workers and businesses to navigate Asia's skills landscape evolution
Skills experts from across Asia make case for continuous learning in order to keep ahead of momentous changes taking place in workplaces.
Safe and Fair project
Realizing women migrant workers’ rights in ASEAN region – main outcomes
At an InfoPoint organized by the European Commission, the ILO presented key results of the Safe and Fair project, which is part of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative and implemented across ten countries in Southeast Asia.
Our impact, their voices
Mat weavers revive tradition, enhance skills for decent work
Weavers use the mat-making tradition to upgrade their skills, become government-certified trainers and chart a better future through decent work.
Press release
ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia programme launches “Safety and Health at Sea” board game
Innovative board game aims to equip workers in the fishing and seafood processing sectors with essential knowledge about occupational safety and health
Opening address at the launch of the Safety and Health at Sea boardgame
By Ms Ma. Concepcion Sardaña, Senior Programme Officer, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the launch of the Safety and Health at Sea boardgame, 21 November 2023, Manila, Philippines
Social protection
Unlocking the potential of digitalization for inclusive social protection in Asia and the Pacific
Opportunities and challenges offered by digitalization of social protection systems highlighted at major event.
Skills development
Path ahead for Mutual Recognition of Skills in ASEAN mapped out
Importance of continuing efforts to facilitate free flow of skilled workers within the region discussed.
Skills development
Korea showcases TVET digitalization to South-East Asian counterparts
ILO/Korea Partnership Programme supports study visit as part of efforts to support digital transformation of ASEAN TVET systems.
Youth employment in ASEAN
ASEAN, UNICEF, ILO regional dialogue delivers joint recommendation to advance region’s youth
Discussions focus on steps needed to help young people across ASEAN find decent work amidst rapidly changing employment environment.
Skills development
More than 58,000 Filipinos excel in improved skills development systems
An ILO-UK programme has enhanced the equity, quality and relevance of TVET and skills systems, elevating the calibre of Pinoy workers, trainers, government agencies as well as industry and social partners.
Skills development & lifelong learning
Indigenous abaca farmers harvest new prosperity
ILO-UK programme helps farmers maximize the value of their produce, making the abaca trade fairer to all players.
Skills development
Motherhood no barrier to education
For a 22-year-old mother in a community of indigenous people in the Philippines’ Iloilo province, an ILO inclusive education programme signalled the birth of a brighter future.
Technical and vocational education and training
Boosting core work skills of GEN Z learners
The ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme has helped Filipino teachers to adopt learner-centred approaches, aiming to reduce the country’s skills mismatch.
Technical and vocational education and training and skills development
Skills: My passport to a better future
The ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme helps partners implement pilots on inclusive, area-based and industry-led lifelong learning models in the Philippines.
Skills development
A new wave of traditional mat-making sweeps through a Philippine town
The ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme has helped locals produce and sell premium, high-quality hand-woven products and thus earn a decent wage.
Ship to shore
ILO, EU, Stella Maris partner to protect Filipino migrant fishers
The ILO, with support from the European Union, and Stella Maris join forces to capture experiences of return migrant fishers and develop a comprehensive pre-departure orientation in the Philippines to combat abuses, forced labour and human...
World Breastfeeding Week 2023
Employers need to do more to support breastfeeding women in the workplace –UNICEF, ILO
UNICEF and the ILO urge employers in the Philippines to do more to support breastfeeding mothers in the workplace, which is good for mothers, babies and businesses.
Skills development
Mutual recognition of skills between workers in Thailand and the Philippines makes progress
Collaboration between Thailand and the Philippines will benefit warehouse and forklift operators by mutually recognizing skills in both countries, through the support from ILO/Korea Partnership programme.
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