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The Launch of 2009 Global Report on Forced Labour: Abolishing forced labour in Indonesia through the establishment of international...

In a new study on the patterns of forced labour worldwide, the International Labour Office (ILO) says the “opportunity cost” of coercion to the workers affected reaches over USD 20 billion per year. The report, entitled The Cost of Coercion, also...

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Empowering unions to tackle the spread of the avian influenza virus in workplaces

As of 23 April 2009, 141 people in Indonesia have been infected by the avian flu virus (H5N1), of whom 115 died (fatality rate 81 percent). This makes Indonesia the highest in the world in terms of numbers of human cases. Workers and employers in...

Commemoration of the ILO 90 Years: Promoting youth employment, it is everybody’s business

The world is facing a growing youth unemployment crisis. The latest ILO data indicates that out of the world’s estimated 190.2 million unemployed people in 2008, around nearly 75.9 millions are aged between 15 and 24. In many economies, young...

The impact of the financial crisis to Indonesian migrant workers in East Java

In times of economic crisis, migrant workers are often the group of workers most vulnerable to adverse impact, as they tend to have the most insecure terms of employment. As it turns out, the current global economic crisis is no different, as...

Commemoration of ILO 90 Years: ILO – Ministry of Manpower to hold joint tripartite dialogue and photo exhibition

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark its 90th anniversary with a world-wide series of activities, including a high-level event in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MoMT): a joint photo...

Tackling youth unemployment through youth entrepreneurship

The promotion of youth employment is one of the most critical challenges Indonesia is facing today. Nearly 2 million Indonesian young women and men enter the labour market each year. Nationwide, Indonesia’s youth is six times more likely than adults...

Getting an education in Papua

By Urmila Sarkar, Child Labour and Youth Employment Specialist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Papua, home to 50 million indigenous people and 300-400 distinct indigenous communities with their own languages, beliefs and livelihoods, is...

ILO to assist East Java develop a volcano theme park in Bromo-Semeru-Tengger National Park

The International Labour Organization (ILO) through its Job Opportunities for Youth (JOY) project is actively promoting local economic development (LED) as an alternative development approach. To do so, the ILO operates in two districts of East...

Preventing harassment at the workplace

Tripartite officials representing government, employers and trade unions will meet at Salak Hotel, Bogor (23-25 March), to look at ways of promoting better workplace through preventing harassment in the workplace. Workplace safety and productivity...

Paskalina Baru: Building local communities in Papua

By Gita F. Lingga, Communications-Officer of ILO-Jakarta. (Manokwari, West Papua): This is a story of Paskalina Baru, Programme Facilitator, in West Papua. She has broken the traditional barrier, becoming the first female facilitator for the ILO's...

Absallom Retto: Investing for the future

By Gita F. Lingga, Communications-Officer of ILO-Jakarta. (Jayapura, Papua): Most indigenous peoples are dependent on their access to lands, territories and natural resources, particularly where they still engage in traditional livelihood...

Migrant domestic workers: Dreams washed away by tears

Most workers experience some form of verbal, physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse on a regular basis and are forced to confinement within the workplace. Contracts are violated, and payments and passports are sometimes withheld by employers or...

Moving from poverty to prosperity – women show the smart way

ILO global gender campaign. The Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW), run by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the Government of Japan has been operating in Cambodia and Viet Nam since 2002 and...

Covering the uncovered: Making Indonesian social security work

An opinion-editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, Programme Officer, ILO-Jakarta, highlighting the extension of the social security coverage to the informal economy workers. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 14 August.

Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

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Media Advisory: 21 Asia-Pacific countries to discuss extending social security coverage Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 19-20 May 2008

The recruitment process for Indonesian and Vietnamese migrant workers in the Republic of Korea will be discussed at two international meetings being organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea. The two...

ILO Director-General highlights ASEAN charter as foundation for helping "Marginalized Majority"

ILO Director-General highlights the ASEAN Charter as a “fundamental political commitment” to honour “the dignity of work and respond to the legitimate aspirations of people and families for a better life" at the 20th ASEAN Labour Ministers meeting.

ILO signs US$1 million partnership agreement with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a US$1,040,000 partnership agreement funding ILO work in more than 11 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Situation of Indonesian, Vietnamese workers in Korea to be discussed at ILO meeting

The recruitment process for Indonesian and Vietnamese migrant workers in the Republic of Korea will be discussed at two international meetings being organized by the ILO and the Government of Korea.