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World day against child labour 2011 in Thailand

A seminar on “Creative operational campaign against child labour in hazardous work”

ILO & Singapore Ministry of Manpower sign partnership agreement to improve labour and workplace practices

The ILO and the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) have signed a two-year Partnership Agreement to improve human resource development and workplace practices in the ASEAN region.

ILO & Japan sign agreement to boost social protection in Asia

An agreement aimed at bolstering the development of social safety nets in Asia has been signed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Japanese Government.

World Day Against Child Labour 2011; ILO calls for urgent action against hazardous forms of child labour

In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work – some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child...

New project to improve Afghan labour laws and administration, promote decent work

(LO NEWS – Kabul) A new project to strengthen labour law and administration in Afghanistan will be launched today by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United...

Vietnam: Symposium on Strengthening the Role and Representation of Workers and Collective Bargaining

ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) took part in a seminar in Hanoi on the strengthening of the role and representation of workers and collective bargaining.

New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2011; Global economic crisis opens up new space for discrimination at work, ILO says

GENEVA (ILO News) – In a new study, the International Labour Office1 (ILO) notes that in spite of continuous positive advances in anti-discrimination legislation, the global economic and social crisis has led to a higher risk of discrimination...

Singapore: 2nd ITUC Asia-Pacific Congress

ILO signs US$1,300,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have announced their intention to sign an agreement that will enable two new projects to get underway.

Papua New Guinea labour delegation in Australia: tripartite group studies industrial relations, Australian labour market governance and...

ILO News: A tripartite delegation from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has travelled to Australia to study that country’s industrial relations institutions in advance of an anticipated enactment of a Bill to reform PNG’s industrial relations laws.

Window of opportunity for Asia to improve gender equality at work - ILO, ADB

Asian countries have a window of opportunity to tackle gender inequality in their labour markets and support sustainable crisis recovery, according to a new report prepared jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian...

ILO and ADB to issue joint report on situation of working women in Asia

A new report on how women are faring in the world of work will be issued by the ILO and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday 29 April, in the run-up to Labour Day on May 1.

Joint Meeting of the ITUC and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions

Forging stronger partnerships for decent work in Asia-Pacific

By Cristina Tiron and Wolfgang Schiefer, Regional Unit for Partnerships, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Assisted in part by the region’s faster recovery from the global economic crisis, Asia and the Pacific is seeing an increase in...

ILO-JICA agreement to improve Pacific Islands waste management

The ILO and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed an agreement to support improved waste management in the Pacific Island Countries (PIC).

Asia Pacific job recovery lagging economic growth, says ILO report: ILO Global Employment Trends 2011; cites concerns including inflation,...

BANGKOK (ILO News) – With global unemployment, as officially measured, at record highs for the third straight year since the start of the economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned that weak recovery in jobs is likely to continue...

Eight countries meet in Jakarta to exchange experiences on how to increase youth employment in Asia and the Pacific

Representatives of governments, workers, employers and specialists from eight countries in Asia and the Pacific are meeting in Jakarta from 25 – 28 January to discuss ways to increase youth employment in the region.

ILO to launch annual report on Global Employment Trends 2011

BANGKOK (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization is to issue its annual report, “Global Employment Trends: The challenge of a jobs recovery”, on Tuesday 25 January 2011.

Asian wage growth remains positive despite economic crisis - But country-level picture mixed, concern about growing inequality, “flying”...

The worldwide financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009, however in Asia wage growth slowed but remained positive.

Stigma doesn’t discriminate; a reflection on World AIDS Day 2010

By Wade Bromley, Technical Officer on HIV/AIDS, ILO Decent Work Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific. December marks both World AIDS Day (1 December) and the International Day of Disabled Persons (3 December). The proximity of these...