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World Day against Child Labour: Reviewing the Current Status and Plans for the Future on the Elimination of Child Labour

JAKARTA (ILO News): Since early 2000, there have been important developments in the efforts to eliminate child labour in Indonesia.

How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector

Socialization of ILO Recommendation: Workers’ Social Security and Health: Integrated TB and HIV Prevention and Treatment at the Workplace

A national workshop addressing on Workers’ Social Security and Health : Integrated TB and HIV Prevention and Treatment at the Workplace held on Tuesday, 29 June, in Arya Duta Hotel, Jakarta.

ILO’s Regional Workshop Decent Work in the Indonesian Forestry Industries

The ILO office in Jakarta in collaboration with FSP KAHUTINDO, APINDO and BWI has organised a regional workshop on decent work in the Indonesian forestry industries at Ciputra Golf Club Hotel, Surabaya, from Monday-Tuesday, 21st-22nd June 2010.

Learning centers help children reach their dreams

By Dede Sudono, Programme Officer for Child Labour and Education and Gita Lingga, Communications Officer of ILO Jakarta. (Jakarta, Indonesia): Dozens of children packed inside a small house in Tugu Utara Village, North Jakarta, to enthusiastically...

Indonesian Jobs Pact – Frequently Asked Questions

New ILO Global Report on child labour: as efforts to end child labour slow, ILO calls for “re-energized” global action

Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO warned in a new study that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a “re-energized” global campaign to...

Youth Employment Conference: Making youth employment policies in Indonesia operational

To tackle challenges of youth employment and facilitate more effective government planning, the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) will organize a two-day Youth...

Tripartite constituents identify decent work indicators for national monitoring

Representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MoMT), the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and trade union confederations met during a...

From a migrant worker to a cooperative leader

By Muhamad Nour, Labour Migration Project Coordinator in East Java, and Gita F. Lingga, Communications Officer of ILO-Jakarta. (East Java, Indonesia): in The global challenges of the crisis, however, can still turn into opportunities. And, here is a...

Securing a business idea, stopping working overseas

Siti Mutia’s family was very poor with no permanent job or regular income. It forced her husband, Joko Susanto (39) to seek work overseas as a plantation worker in Malaysia. The family had to sell their cattle to fund the cost of Joko’s departure...

Reaching for a better future through vocational training

Nikodemus Nisa or Niko, the youngest of six siblings, was born in Soe, TTS District, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. When his father died, he was raised by his uncle in Tanini Village, Kupang District—a remote area with a limited access. He was just...

ILO, University of Indonesia team up to address ageing and productivity problems in Indonesia

In Asia and the Pacific, the number of older persons is growing rapidly, from 410 million in 2007 to about 733 million in 2025, and to an expected 1.3 billion in 2050. Ageing will also intensify over the next 50 years and the Asian population aged...

ILO, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss green jobs

The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs in association with the ILO’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific in Bangkok and the ILO Jakarta Office organized a workshop on green jobs at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 10 March 2010.

More women choosing to work, but gender equality remains a long way off

Despite signs of progress in gender equality over the past 15 years, there is still a significant gap between women and men in terms of job opportunities and quality of employment, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).

A great transformation of a young entrepreneur in Maluku, Ambon

Sarmin is one of the victims during the conflict in Ambon, Maluku. When coming back to his village in 2008, after being imprisoned for four years, he did not know what he was going to do. His future was uncertain. Yet, his life was changed...

National Domestic Workers Day: Recognizing domestic work as work

In conjunction with the commemoration of the National Domestic Workers Day, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Jaringan Kerja Layak Pekerja Rumah Tangga (Jakerla PRT) will organize a one-day rally on 14 February 2010.

ILO – BPS to release national data on working children in Indonesia

The labour market in Indonesia is characterized by the existence of working children; however, to date there has been no collection of comprehensive data about the work characteristics of children aged 5 – 17 years. To fulfill the urgent need for an...

International Migrants Day: Finding solutions to the problems of Indonesian migrant workers

Approximately 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers go overseas each year to seek better income opportunities in the Middle East, South East Asia and East Asia. Of these documented migrant workers, approximately 80 percent are women working...

Launch of a young enterprise in East Java

Without start-up capital to purchase machinery, Luluk and her small team improvised by borrowing sewing machines and equipment from family and friends. As a result of their exposure to local buyers and businesses at the Bromo Agrofestival, their...