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Disability and HIV/AIDS -- common causes of workplace discrimination

By Emanuela Pozzan, Coordinator on Disability and Wade Bromley, Technical Officer on HIV/AIDS, ILO Decent Work Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific. Women and men with disabilitiies and those living with HIV/AIDS join forces to fight...

Disability Inclusion - Good for business

Disability inclusion promotes a working environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, where the talents and skills of different groups are valued, and where productivity improves because the workforce is motivated.

Hong-Kong: A New Federation of Asian Domestic Workers

G20 Summit

G20 urged to implement commitment to jobs, social protection

Amidst widespread concern about the slow recovery in employment, Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, urged the G20 Leaders to implement their commitment to the central role of social protection and decent work in global recovery.

ILO report sees “volatile and uneven recovery” across economic sectors in 2010

GENEVA (ILO News)– The ILO’s Sectoral Activities Department has released new data showing that employment is recovering unevenly across sectors in the first half of 2010 and will continue to do so over the remainder of the year.

G20 Summit in Seoul (11-12 November 2010)

Amid mixed employment data for 2010, ILO urges G20 to intensify focus on jobs

Amid a “fragile labour market” marked by persistent high unemployment, “slack” jobs growth and declining wages, the International Labour Office urged the Group of 20 to intensify its focus on “productive employment and job-intensive growth policies”...

The Inauguration of "Decent Work and Tripartism" ceramic road for Hanoi 1,000 years

The Viet Nam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour; Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Viet Nam Cooperatives Alliance and the International Labour Organization (ILO) inaugurated the mural...

Opening remarks at the Inauguration of the MOLISA, VGCL, VCCI, VCA and ILO “Decent Work and Tripartism” Ceramic Road for HANOI 1000 YEARS,...

By Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

ILO to launch region’s first Disability Championship Programme in Thailand

The media are invited to attend the Disability Championship Programme launch. Representatives and specialists from the ILO, disabled peoples’ organizations and trade unions will be available for interview. The event will take place on Friday 3...

Youth unemployment a challenge in Asia and the Pacific

Young Asian women and men are increasingly finding it difficult to get jobs. This article looks at the situation in Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. By Kee Beom Kim, Labour Economist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the...

ILO Forum on Green Jobs for a Better Life, Shanghai World EXPO

The International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and China Enterprises Confederation (CEC), organized a Forum on Green Jobs for a...

Youth unemployment at highest recorded level - ILO report; 36 million Asia Pacific young people unemployed – A possible “Lost generation”

The global unemployment rate for young people has risen to its highest recorded level, and is expected to continue increasing until the end of 2010, a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

News: Asian Union Leaders Meet their Counterparts in the Gulf to Discuss Labour Migration

National Policy on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in India – The Rationale, Process and Lessons Learnt

The Forgotten MARP: Effective Programmes for Clients of Sex Workers through the Workplace

Employment Creation for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Lessons Learned from Nepal

Abstract: the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010

Occupational Safety and Health and Decent Work in Asia - Achievements and Challenges - by Sachiko Yamamoto, Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific to the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010, 15-16 September 2010.

Message from Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Office to the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010

By Mr Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General to the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010, 15-16 September 2010.

World Day against Child Labour - countries to "go for the goal" and tackle child labour

As the football World Cup in South Africa kicked off, countries throughout Asia-Pacific marked World Day against Child Labour with an urgent appeal to "Go For the goal - end child labour".

China’s vocational schools play a key role in reaching prospective young migrant workers