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Maritime Labour Convention

Syrian Arab Republic ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Syria is the 103rd Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Workers and employers to campaign labour rights and gender equality in palm oil and fish processing sectors

The ILO’s Workers Rights Project equips workers’ and employers’ organizations with communications skills to promote wider campaigns on labour rights and gender equality in the palm oil and fish processing sectors.

Gender-based collective bargaining agreements better protect rights of woman workers

The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia Programme promotes a gender-based collective bargaining negotiation and agreement to better protect the rights of woman workers in the seafood processing industry.

Indonesian labour actors to improve efforts preventing online gender-based violence at work

The ILO promotes awareness about online gender-based violence at work to its social partners for stronger joint collaboration and preventive actions and interventions.

Labour standards

Promoting improved compliance with labour standards on fishing vessels in Fiji waters

The strategic compliance planning workshop was the first ever in the Pacific fishing industry.

International Labour Standards

Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour

Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.

Spain ratifies ILO conventions on work in fishing and on domestic workers

The Second Vice-President and Minister of Labour and Social Economy deposited the instruments of ratification of both Conventions with the Director-General of the ILO in Geneva.

A new private sector working group to promote decent work and sustainable growth in Indonesia’s fishing industry

Supported by the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab Multi Partner Fund, employers’ organisations and their members’ fishing companies, form a working group to address existing labour challenges and promote decent work.

Gender-responsive labour inspection to promote workplace free from harassment

The Ministry of Manpower, with support from the ILO’s Improving Workers’ Rights in Indonesian Rural Sectors with a focus on Women Project, mainstreams gender responsive approach to its labour inspection system to prevent violence, harassment and...

Opening address at the Executive course for regional managers on strategic compliance planning

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Executive course for regional managers on strategic compliance planning, 6 February 2023, Manila, Philippines

COVID-19 and transport workers

Recommendations adopted by heads of UN agencies and sectoral organizations to protect transport workers in future health emergencies

A Joint Action Group, set up to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s transport workers and the global supply chain, encourages all actors to apply internationally agreed protocols and standards and take proactive and concrete...

ILO launches the first gender equality and social inclusion handbook for Higher Education Institutions

This handbook is designed to be used in Gender Equality, Disabilities and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) training for staff and students in all types of vocational education and training institutions across Indonesia.

Indonesia continues to strengthen its efforts to ensure workplace safety and health

The ILO supports the efforts taken by the Ministry of Manpower to strengthen its national policies and programmes on occupational safety and health (OSH) through the publication of the 2022 National OSH Profile.

Sunshine, sea… and skills in tourism: ILO supports women in northeastern Indonesia in sustainable tourism development

Protection of Indonesian migrant workers should be included in the upcoming national development plan

The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia Programme supports the two-day public dialogues to improve services and protection of Indonesian migrant workers. including Indonesian migrant fishers.

Maritime sector

Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment

New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.

Labour standards compliance is key to build a sustainable supply chain in the fishing sector

The ILO’s two-day capacity building programme aims to improve labour laws compliance, gender equality and working conditions in the fishing industry.

Opening address at the Strategic planning for gender mainstreaming in the promotion of compliance to labour standards and OSH in the rural...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Strategic planning for gender mainstreaming in the promotion of compliance to labour standards and OSH in the rural sectors, 14 December 2022, Manila, Philippines

Workers’ and employers’ organizations joint the fight against gender harassment, violence and discrimination in palm oil and fisheries...

The ILO joins forces with workers’ and employers’ organizations to free Indonesian palm oil and fisheries sectors from gender harassment, violence and discrimination.

Indonesian women seafarers: Fighting against the tide of harassment and discrimination

After joining the ILO training of trainer on harassment, violence and HIV/AIDS vulnerability in the maritime sector, an Indonesian woman seafarer actively promotes the rights to be free from harassment and discrimination at sea.