All news: Asia + Pacific

Workplace Policies on HIV and AIDS and the Right to Non-discrimination: Pilot Initiatives in Nepal

Breaking the barriers: an innovative collaborative approach between the workplace and an STI clinic in Sri Lanka

Responding to the livelihood needs to PLHIV – Experiences from a pilot project in India

The role of Nepalese Trade Unions in the fight against HIV/AIDS among the migrant workers

Speech at the Regional Symposium on Deployment of Workers Overseas: A Shared Responsibility

By Ms Panudda Boonpala, Director, ILO Office in Bangladesh, on 15 July 2008

Address at the Regional Symposium on Deployment of Workers Overseas: A Shared Responsibility

By Dr. Dora Rapold, Ambassador of Switzerland, held in Bangladesh on 15 July 2008

Improved migration infrastructure needed to better protect soaring South Asian labour migrants

Protection for the soaring number of migrant workers from South Asia – and the ability or inability of countries to provide this protection – will be the focus of an international conference to be held in Dhaka Sheraton Hotel , Bangladesh from 15 to...

Bicycle rally against human trafficking and child labour

Labour Rights Promotion Network (LPN), supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and MTV Exit, will launch a bicycle rally from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province through four provinces to Samut Sakhon from 26 to 29 June. The aim is to...

ILO signs US$1 million partnership agreement with Korean Government

The International Labour Organization (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.

Asia-Pacific marks World Day Against Child Labour with focus on Education

World Day Against Child Labour (12 June) will be marked with a focus on the role of education in combating child labour, and particularly the need to improve children’s access to schooling.

New Asian members elected to ILO Governing Body

Three Asian countries have been elected as new members of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization. The Governments of Bangladesh and Singapore will join as Regular Members, and Thailand will join as a Deputy Member.

Pakistani elected as Vice President of ILO annual conference

Mr Ashraf W. Taban, President of the Employer’s Federation of Pakistan, has been elected as a Vice President of the 97th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), the annual meeting of the International Labour Organization, the UN...

ILO Asia-Pacific meeting on extending social security opens

The aims of the conference include helping delegates to share experiences regarding ways of extending social security coverage and dealing with emerging challenges, identifying good practices and fostering consensus on ways to proceed.

Keynote adress at the Asia-Pacific Regional High-Level Meeting on Socially-Inclusive Strategies to Extend Social Security Coverage

by Mr Oscar Fernandes, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Speech at the Asia-Pacific Regional High-Level Meeting on Socially-Inclusive Strategies to Extend Social Security Coverage

by Ms Sudha Pillai, Secretary (Labour and Employment), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Remarks at the Opening ceremony for the "Beyond Barriers" Photo Exhibition (Mr Guy Thijs)

by Mr Guy Thijs, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Remarks at the Opening Ceremony for the "Beyond Barriers" Photo Exhibition (Mr Monthian Buntan)

by Mr Monthian Buntan, Senator of Thailand and President of Thailand Association of the Blind

21 Asia-Pacific countries to discuss extending social security coverage

NEW DELHI (ILO NEWS) – The ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is hosting a high level tripartite Asia-Pacific meeting on Socially-Inclusive Strategies to Extend Social Security Coverage, in New...

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

The meeting will bring together government, workers and employers’ delegates from 21 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of the conference is to identify a set of policy approaches that countries can use to pursue the effective and...

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.