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Viet Nam commits to strengthening legal frameworks for employer-worker negotiations

Viet Nam has announced it is taking steps to strengthen its legal framework by creating a better environment for workers and employers to settle differences as they arise.

New ILO project to eliminate child labour and its worst forms in Viet Nam

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), ILO and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) today launched a 2.5-million-Euro Project of Support to the Design and Implementation of National Programmes...

ILO IPEC receives the Sahametrei Sena Medal for its contribution towards ending child labour in Cambodia

(ILO Cambodia) The Royal Government of Cambodia conferred the Sahametrei Sena Medal on Mr. MP Joseph, Chief Technical Advisor of IPEC’s Time Bound Programme Support Project in recognition of the ILO’s work in the area of child labour in Cambodia.

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ILO honours internationally-acclaimed recording artist Shakira for her work promoting social justice

Internationally-acclaimed recording artist and humanitarian Shakira was honoured by the International Labour Organization for her work promoting the advancement of children and youth around the world.

On February 18, Dushanbe hosted a roundtable meeting entitled Child Labour as a Consequence of Migration in Tajikistan

ILO – BPS to release national data on working children in Indonesia

The labour market in Indonesia is characterized by the existence of working children; however, to date there has been no collection of comprehensive data about the work characteristics of children aged 5 – 17 years. To fulfill the urgent need for an...

Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Surabaya

Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in...

Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Yogyakarta

Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in...

Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Makassar

Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in...

Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Samarinda

Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in...

Domestic work is adult work

An opinion editorial by Bill Salter, Director, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia on child domestic workers in Cambodia.

Uzbekistan imposes administrative penalty for using child labour in hazardous work

ILO says economic crisis eroding real wages for second year running

Global growth in real wages slowed dramatically in 2008 as a result of the economic crisis and is expected to drop even further this year despite signs of a possible economic recovery, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today.

Examining international standards-setting for Indonesian domestic workers in Medan

Domestic work is considered undervalued and poorly regulated, and many domestic workers remain overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Accounts of maltreatment and abuse, especially of live-in and migrant domestic workers, are regularly reported in...

Launching ceremony of the ILO-DCC Action Program to Combat Hazardous Child Labour in the Urban Informal Economy

By Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 August 2009

The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)

ILO says significant steps undertaken for the development of a new international human rights instrument on HIV/AIDS

The first draft text of an international labour standard in the form of a Recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work has been released by the ILO. Based on the discussions held at the International Labour Conference in Geneva this June, the...

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Questions and Answers on Child trafficking (Training tools for ILO constituents)

Around one million children are trafficked worldwide today, and there is growing concern that the global economic crisis may further increase child vulnerability to trafficking. The ILO has been leading the fight against child trafficking, and is...

Explore issues related to today’s globalised economy through the Pinocchio canvas and related resources

World Day Against Child Labour 2009: Government of Indonesia – ILO to tackle female child Labour

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Indonesia will join with governments, national confederations, academic institutions, NGOs, and other key constituents in organizing a national march against child labour on Sunday, 21 June 2009, from...

Opening remarks on the World Day Against Child Labour 2009 “Give Girls a Chance”

By Ms Kathleen Speake，Chief Technical Advisor, ILO CPTING Project