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Private sectors in Papua and West Papua committed to HIV workplace prevention programmes

To mark the eighteen-month implementation of the ILO’s Mobilizing the Private Sector to Deliver HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care in High Prevalence Areas of Papua and West Papua Project, two meetings on Workplace Working Group on HIV from 18-20...

Promoting decent work for homeworkers in Indonesia: Homeworkers are workers!

Despite their long existence in Indonesia, subcontracted homeworkers, often referred as workers in the putting-out system, have been largely invisible because work is carried out at home by mostly women who also take care of household and family...

Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises to provide equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities

The date of 11 December 2015 marked an important step in the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace.

Commemoration of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities: Enhancing the inclusivity of people with disabilities in companies

People with disabilities are recognized as among the most vulnerable groups in Indonesia, facing discrimination in access to such as education, skills training and, employment. Compared to non-disabled persons, they experience higher rates of...

New Report says successful ASEAN integration requires social protection

Social protection is one of the key elements of the successful integration of the ASEAN Community, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Five SCORE companies received 2015 Parama Karya Award from President Joko Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) awarded the 2015 Parama Karya to five SCORE participating small and medium-sized enterprises: UD Kreasi Lutvi from North Sumatra, UD Pelangi Indonesia from East Java, PT Mega Global Food Industry from East Java, PT...

Community development

Decent Work, not Hard Work

Semau Island is one of the areas in Kupang district, East Nusa Tenggara, known for its chronic food insecurity based on the government’s food security and vulnerability assessment released in 2010. To assist the island overcoming its food...

Healthy women workers for productive workplaces

Around 1,800 women workers from nine garment factories in Subang District, West Java, enthusiastically gathered at Subang City Square to celebrate the Women Workers’ Festival on 14 November 2015.

70 Years of Indonesia and the United Nations: Celebrating and working together

The International Labour Organization (ILO) participated in an interactive discussion, titled “UN and Indonesia at 70: Successes and Challenges in Seven Decades of Growth and Development”, in Jakarta on 12 November.

Important, the prevention of lung diseases in Indonesia

Around 45 Pulmonologists (medical doctors who specialize in lung diseases) gathered in Jakarta to participate in the ILO Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis Workshop from 9 to 13 November in Jakarta.

Preventing lung occupational diseases in Indonesia

Occupational deaths and injuries and work-related diseases take a particularly heavy toll in developing countries, including Indonesia.

Examining the Indonesian national health insurance

Indonesia is moving towards an integrated social protection system. Indonesia has also started a new scheme on national health insurance.

Indonesia and Malaysia discussed ways to improve protection of Indonesian domestic migrant workers in Malaysia

Representatives of relevant government agencies, workers’ organizations and employment providers from Indonesia and Malaysia gathered in Jakarta on 3 November at the two-day Binational Workshop on Recruitment and Protection of Migrant Domestic...

Providing better protection for Indonesian domestic migrant domestic workers in Malaysia

Malaysia is an important country of destination for migrant domestic workers, the majority of which are from Indonesia. The Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources reported that as at June 2013, there were 180,000 documented migrant domestic workers...

Promoting rights, diversity and equality in the world of work

The ILO participated in the Executive Dialogue: Rights, Diversity and Equality at Workplace highlighting efforts to eliminate all types of discrimination in the world of work against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) in...

Rural development

Timor-Leste: A road gives life to a community

Coffee farmer Pedro Soares de Fatima used to carry a huge coffee sack on his back to get to the nearest market. It was a ten-hour return journey, until an ILO project built high quality rural roads in Timor-Leste.

Being child domestic worker, Yantri’s careless choice

Yantri Yohana Lau flew from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, to Jakarta in mid-July. Yantri was then still 18 years old.

Being domestic workers, way-out for countryside girls to avoid marriage

Sixteen-year-old girl Atun only bowed down when Siti Fatimah (44) visited her house in the village of Lembupurwa, Mirit District, Kebumen Regency, Central Java. Siti is a broker who mediates future domestic workers and their future employers in...

Stories of child domestic workers hunting for ‘small change’

Finding a child domestic worker under 17 years old is not difficult. Some agents, who are supported by brokers, still provide under-age workers to meet the requests of future employers. These agents are hunting for future child domestic workers...

Child domestic workers in cycle of abuse

In March 2015, the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) and the National Advocacy Network for Domestic Workers (Jala PRT) provided advocacy to Umirotun (23 years old) to report her agent to the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police.