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Welcome and opening remarks at the Project Launch: Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through Local...

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

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...

Statement by Ms Shakira Mebarak Ripoll at the ILO

Remarks by ILO Director-General

Introduction by the Director-General on the occasion of the visit of Ms Shakira Mebarak Ripoll

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...

Signing Ceremony V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, India and the National Institute of Labour Studies, Sri Lanka

By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Office in Sri Lanka

ILO presents proven strategies for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the world of work

HIV/AIDS project dissemination workshop, New Delhi 9-11 September 2009

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...

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...

Vocational Education and Business: the Dialogue of Partners

Know About Business workshop in Bishkek

A 10 day national train-the-trainers workshop for (KAB) programme is being held at the premises of Vocational College No.44 in Bishkek. The workshop has been organized with the support of the International Labour Organization, KABAR News Agency was...

From entrepreneurship to education: how empowering women can help their children learn

Women’s entrepreneurship helps reduce poverty, promote gender equality and empower women. But it has another impact – providing women with the means to improve the health of their families and finance the education of their children. Two ILO...

Feature for World Day Against Child Labour 2008 – When “voceadores” learn to SCREAM: Giving a voice to education instead of child labour

Education is often seen as an empowerment right, that can lift economically and socially marginalized children and youth out of poverty. Yet in some developing countries, education remains more of a luxury than a reality for many poor children, who...

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.

Reaching the unreached: the child labour challenge in India

“Every child counts…Over the last year, we have rescued more than 5,000 children from the streets of Hyderabad to enable them to regain their lost childhood”, says Leyla Tegmo-Reddy, ILO Director in New Delhi, India. The ILO’s International...

World Teachers’ Day 2007 - Teacher shortages in education: Achieving quality education for all

It is a paradox: as the importance of education for knowledge- and information-based societies grows, the world is facing a shortage of qualified teachers. Moreover, according to some international estimates, 18 million new teachers will be needed...