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International Women's Day
Indonesia’s garment industry to combat gender inequality and empower women workers
Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a partnership of the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), promotes gender equality through a series of training programmes providing a greater chance for women workers to grow and develop.
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ILO’s compensation fund programme offers laid-off workers reliefs
The ILO through its programmes distributes a total of USD1,7 million compensation funds to 20,000 garment workers who have lost their jobs.
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Vaccines for garment workers to end the transmission of COVID-19 at workplace
The ILO’s Better Work programme and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) join forces to provide more than 21 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesia’s garment industry in Semarang, Central Java.
Textiles, clothing, leather and footwear
Asia garment and textile industry seeks path to bright and sustainable future
Representatives from ten Asian countries discuss challenges facing industry in aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic and global trends shaping the sector.
World Mental Health Day
Better Work Indonesia promotes mental health and gender equality for garment industry
Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a joint programme of ILO and IFC, member of World Bank Group conducts a series of knowledge-sharing sessions to promote mental health and gender equality at its participating garment companies during the pandemic...
Virtual workshops share COVID-19 prevention strategies and business continuity plan to support enterprises
The events take place as Viet Nam is facing the fourth wave of the pandemic which hits many industrial parks and manufacturing clusters, affecting the lives of millions of workers.
Asia-Pacific labour market insights
What future for the Asia garment industry post-COVID?
The COVID-19 crisis has hit the global garment industry hard and nowhere has this been felt more than in Asia, where the majority of the industry is based. A new brief from the International Labour Organization looks at what the future holds for the...
Asia-Pacific labour market insights
Depressed global consumer demand continues to hit jobs in Asia and the Pacific
Almost 1 in 3 jobs in Asia and the Pacific are linked to the production of manufacturing products. COVID-19 has led to severe declines in global consumer demand, with only partial and in many cases uncertain recovery in sales of many of these...
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
A "Just Transition Toolkit" for textile and garment supply chain in Asia
Under the Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, the ILO releases a "Just Transition Toolkit". The Toolkit looks at how to drive behaviours and practices throughout the textile and garment supply chain in Asia, and provides specific...
Journal article
Defeminization, Structural Transformation and Technological Upgrading in Manufacturing
Report highlights need for gender equality in Asia’s garment sector
A new ILO report 'Moving the needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector' examines the status and trends relating to women and gender dynamics in Asia’s garment sector while providing a roadmap for action to accelerate progress...
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Social dialogue is a win-win in times of crisis
Social dialogue is a key strategy for management and workers to find win-win solutions. One of the Better Work Indonesia (BWI) participating companies shows the benefits gained from social dialogues for both workers’ welfare and business continuity.
Workshop
The ILO, JRC and external experts discuss next steps in the research of automation in the apparel and automotive sectors and their gender...
The first technical meeting under the EU-ILO project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work” took place on 15 April.
Automotive industry
Urgent need to promote decent and sustainable work in the automotive industry
With the COVID-19 crisis placing massive economic strains on the automotive industry, governments, workers’ and employers’ representatives agree a roadmap to ensure a future that works for all in the sector.
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Introducing the Factory Improvement Toolset to partners in Cambodia
On December 17th, the ILO ran a virtual workshop to introduce the Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) to the Cambodian Garment Training Institute (CGTI). This is the first of a series of activities to make FIT services available to garment factories...
In Business Soft Skills
Overcoming the soft skills gap and COVID-19 challenges for women factory and office workers
The ILO, in partnership with the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and Nestlé piloted the first In Business Online Soft Skills Training to develop soft skills of women and to support their livelihoods during COVID-19.
COVID-19
Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impacts ripple through supply chain
A new ILO research studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on supply chains, factories and workers in ten major garment-producing countries of the region, including Viet Nam.
Supporting factories in Bangladesh to manage the impact of COVID-19
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The benefits of collaborative work: continuous improvement
Inclusion and active collaboration of workers with improved working conditions proves key to continuous improvement