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ILO Regional Skills Webinar series kicks off looking at skills and the green transition

Experts from the EU, Singapore, and the ILO share strategies to equip Asia-Pacific's workforce for a green transition, fostering dialogue on skills development, just transition, and policy innovation in the region.

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Unpaid care work prevents 708 million women from participating in the labour market

Care responsibilities are excluding and holding back millions of women worldwide from taking paid employment, and with climate and demographic changes on course to increase the demand for care, measures to support the care economy are urgently...

HIV/AIDS

Digital skills transformed my business

In Douyin, a woman confidently struts down the street in a floral dress, effortlessly displaying the elegance and beauty of her clothing with every step and gesture. The master behind the video is Rufen, a member of the LGBTIQ+ community and a...

Asia Expert Roundtable on Unemployment Protection 2024

Regional meet seeks to strengthen unemployment protection schemes across Asia

Representatives from 15 Asian countries share insights and strategies to enhance social resilience and economic stability for workers in the region.

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...

Employment promotion and South-South cooperation

Strengthened collaboration needed to tackle labour market challenges in the digital age

The regional policy dialogue fostered a fruitful exchange of knowledge and good practices, thereby empowering policymakers and representatives from workers’ and employers’ organizations, based on the principles of South-South Cooperation.

HIV/AIDS

The inspiring journey of Tintin, a women living with HIV

Late at night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, she grabbed her phone under her pillow and opened up Douyin. She watched the same video over and over, trying to crack the code behind its high view count. Meet Tintin – a wife, a mother, and an...

Social protection

ILO and China discuss future of social protection policy developments for platform workers in China

Social protection

ILO attends the 18th International Conference on Social Security

ILO attended 18th International Conference on Social Security, organized by China Association of Social Security (CAOSS) in both Guangzhou and Beijing, China from 7 to 10 September 2024.

Disability inclusion and South-South Cooperation

Disability inclusion a high priority for public employment services in South-East Asia

Good practices to prioritize disability inclusion in public employment services discussed by government representatives from around South-East Asia.

HIV/AIDS

Boosting digital competency and online entrepreneurship for marginalized PLHIV in China

To empower low-income PLHIV from the LGBTIQ+ community with digital skills and online entrepreneurship knowledge, the ILO organized a training workshop to bridge the digital divide and foster economic independence.

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.

‘Empower Youth in the Era of AI’ Thematic Forum on Digital Development of the 2024 World Youth Development Forum Successfully Held in...

On 15 August 2024, the Thematic Forum on Digital Development of the 2024 World Youth Development Forum (WYDF) was successfully held in Chongqing, China. The Forum was co-hosted by All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) and International Labour...

Global youth leaders converge at 2024 Youth Digital Leaders Campus in China to drive innovation

From 16 to 20 July 2024, the Youth Digital Leaders Campus of the 2024 World Youth Development Forum was successfully held in Guangzhou, China. The Campus brought together youth digital leaders from 19 countries and experts in entrepreneurship and...

Occupational Safety and Health

Contributing to high quality development and common prosperity through workplace cooperation

Director of ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia addresses participants at SCORE pilot launching ceremony in Yongkang, Zhejiang

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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.

Social Protection

ILO supports technical exchanges between EU and China on extending social protection coverage for platform workers

ILO organized a study visit to Europe aiming at having technical exchanges with EU Members States (Belgium and Spain) and European Commission around the common challenge of extending social protection coverage for platform workers.

Working meeting in Madrid with a delegation from China about working on digital platforms

On the occasion of the study visit to Spain of a Chinese delegation on the social protection of workers on digital platforms, the ILO Office for Spain, together with the ILO Office in Beijing, organized a working meeting with representatives of the...

Press release

International Labour Organization (ILO) and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) Forge New Agreement to Enhance Trade Union...

Geneva, Switzerland - The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) renewed their partnership on Tuesday, through the ILO-ACTRAV ACFTU South-South Cooperation Project.

World Employment and Social Outlook

ILO expects global unemployment to drop slightly in 2024, but slow progress to reduce inequalities is “worrying”

Unequal access to employment opportunities remains a problem worldwide, even as new projections from the ILO show an improvement in global joblessness this year.