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Social protection
New ILO report highlights urgent need for improved labour and social protection for domestic workers in ASEAN
Report calls for enhanced legislative reforms and comprehensive policies to address vulnerabilities and ensure equitable rights.
Social protection
Asia-Pacific achieves social protection milestone, yet challenges remain and new ones emerge with climate change
New ILO report highlights positive trend in regional social protection coverage, however uneven progress and financial sustainability issues, coupled with the need to address climate change impacts highlight the need for comprehensive system...
Remedy blueprint
6th United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific
Forum focusses on bridging gaps and accelerating access to remedy; sessions can be followed in person or virtually.
News
Social and solidarity economy critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Pacific
Policymakers, workers' and employers' organizations and practitioners across Asia and the Pacific are leveraging the social and solidarity economy toward sustainable development in the region.
Press release
ILO and Singapore agree continuation of efforts to support decent work across ASEAN region
Partnership Agreement will see collaboration in areas including workplace safety, tripartism and South-South cooperation.
APESO 2024
Asia-Pacific labour markets show recovery amidst looming demographic challenges
The Asia Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024, reveals persistent employment issues and calls for inclusive policies to avert ageing crisis.
Media Advisory
The International Labour Organization (ILO) to release a new report “Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 - Promoting decent...
Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate
Climate change is a real threat to worker safety across the Asia-Pacific region. To mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa explains what...
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.
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.
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.
Asia-Pacific labour market insights
More than one in four workers in South-East Asia employed in global supply chains
International Labour Organization Working Paper highlights scale of South-East Asian labour market engagement in global supply chains as well as need for strengthened policy and enhanced skills development to maximise decent work benefits.
Op-ed
Skilled, essential but undervalued. It’s time to solve the domestic work paradox
Despite performing a huge range of skilled tasks around the home, domestic workers’ efforts often go unrecognised in terms of pay and working conditions. To mark Domestic Workers Day, 16 June 2023, Anna Engblom, Chief Technical Adviser of ILO’s...
Domestic workers
Study highlights forced labour amongst migrant domestic workers in Southeast Asia
Survey by International Labour Organization (ILO) of migrant domestic workers in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand points to poor working conditions, yet also highlights the skilled nature of domestic work.
Migrant workers
ILO welcomes ASEAN Declaration protecting migrant workers and families in crisis situations
The Declaration is an important step towards reducing vulnerability and enhancing welfare of migrant workers in the region.
The Arab States and Asia Pacific Employers Leaders Network held for first time in Saudi Arabia
Digital transformation, income diversification, evolving consumer needs, social dialogue, international trade cooperation, change management and internal management were among the core issues discussed by employer representatives at the meeting in...
ILO co-organizes a session on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals through the social and solidarity economy in Asia
The ILO co-organized and participated in a session on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals through the social and solidarity economy (SSE) with UN ESCAP and Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC). The session took place on December 14,...
ILO, IOE and SNEF held a Regional Forum of EBMOs in Asia, Pacific and Arab states to discuss opportunities and strategies to lead, serve...
Labour migration
Climate Change and Labour Mobility in Pacific Island Countries Policy Brief published
The International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration have jointly prepared a policy brief on ‘Climate Change and Labour Mobility in Pacific Island Countries.’