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Bonded labour can be addressed by reducing conditions that perpetrate bondage like situation- Experts

National Consultation on Abolition of Bonded Labour and Reducing Vulnerability to Bondage in India through Promotion of Decent Work, New Delhi

New report

ILO study examines working conditions in Thai fishing industry

A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation to national and international labour standards.

ILO-IPEC Thailand works together with DOF and DLPW to train fisheries officials on Child Labour and Forced Labour and organizes series of...

The ILO-IPEC Thailand commenced a new leg in its work against child labour and forced labour in the fisheries sector through a series of capacity building and training efforts aimed at training and orienting Provincial DOF staff on child labour and...

Bonded labour

Fighting bonded labour in Nepal

Though it is banned by the government and has all but disappeared from certain locations, bonded labour persists in some parts of the country.

Pak Pang Royal Project Celebrations in Nakhon Si Thammarat Highlight this year Provincial Work Against Child Labour

Every year at Pak Pang district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, a ‘Royal Pak Panang River basin Development Project initiated by his majesty the King’s is celebrated with various community projects on water management, environment and social...

Fighting forced labour

Question and answers on Work In Freedom programme

The 5-year joint DFID/ILO programme aims to prevent over 100,000 girls and women from South Asia from falling victim to child and labour trafficking.

Cooperation against trafficking

Major new initiative to protect women and girls from modern-day slavery

ILO and DFID team up to combat the trafficking of women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East.

Cooperation against trafficking

New support to protect girls and women from ‘modern day slavery’

The ILO and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) partner to combat trafficking of women and girls with major new project in South Asia and the Middle East.

“Work in Freedom” Programme

DFID, ILO to launch new initiative to tackle trafficking of women and girls

102nd International Labour Conference

ILO lifts remaining restrictions on Myanmar

The restrictions were related to the country’s non compliance of the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29).

Ministry of Education collaborates with teachers for the rights of migrant children in Thailand

The Office of Non-formal and Informal Education (ONIE) at the Ministry of Education took a critical step for the education of migrant children in Thailand, by strengthening the capacity of teachers in providing education to the migrant children; a...

Surat Thani Province joins with ILO-IPEC Thailand to celebrate the World Day against Child Labour 2013

This first time ever event combining messages on working against child labour and human trafficking took the form of an advocacy event organized at the busy shopping and tourist Walking Street area in Surat Thani City.

Shrimp and Seafood Processing Industry took lead in organizing a World Day Against Child Labour 2013 event in Samut Sakhon Province in...

The event organized in Talad Talay (Thai Seafood Market) in Samut Sakhon was organized by Thai Frozen Food Association (TFFA) and Thai Food Producers Association (TFPA) the two leading seafood industry organizations dealing with export seafood...

ILO and Thai Trade Unions hold workshop on further promoting ratification of ILO C.87 and C.98 and protection of young and migrant workers

The objective of the workshop was to discuss and agree on the action plan to be supported by the ILO during 2013-2014 that takes into consideration the unions’ current campaign strategies and the important role of unions in the protection of migrant...

Report on the Fishing industry

Caught at sea: fighting forced labour in the fishing industry

The fishing sector is an important source of employment, income and food production for many countries. But there are serious incidents of abuse in some fisheries and fishing vessels. By Beate Andrees, head of the ILO’s Special Action Programme to...

ILO-IPEC releases mini-survey results on employer perceptions and understanding on child labour, forced labour, migrant welfare and CSR in...

The ILO-IPEC conducted together with Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) a mini survey on employer perceptions and understanding on child labour, forced labour, migrant welfare and CSR in Thailand in mid-2012 the results of which are now...

Mini-survey on employer perceptions of child labour, forced labour, migrant welfare and CSR in Thailand

ILO Statement to the 46th Commission for Population and Development

International migration is largely a labour market and decent work issue

Migration today is linked, directly or indirectly, to the world of work and to the search for decent employment opportunities and a better life.

Ask an ILO expert

Join our Q&A session on forced labour in the Middle East

The head of the ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, Beate Andrees to host a Twitter Q&A on the forced labour situation in the Middle East on Wednesday 10 April.

Thailand’s Shrimp and Seafood Industry: An Overview of Primary Processing in Samut Sakhon Province