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ILO signs US$1,300,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have announced their intention to sign an agreement that will enable two new projects to get underway.

Tripartite Labour Advisory Council launched in Vanuatu

For the first time since independence in 1980, government, workers and employers have formally joined forces to create a tripartite advisory body to help guide Vanuatu’s development of new labour and employment policies.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years on

The first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York...

Kazakh minister calls for reducing need for foreign workforce

Tajikistan sets up Migration Service

Under a decree by the president of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Migration Service under the government of the Republic of Tajikistan was set up today.

Tajik migrants send nearly 2.3 bn dollars home in 2010

Tajik migrant workers, who are mainly working in Russia, sent nearly 2.29bn dollars to Tajikistan last year, which is a 25-per-cent increase compared to 2009, the chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan, Sharif Rahimzoda, has told journalists.

International Migrants Day 2010: A stronger commitment for the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

Approximately 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers go overseas each year to seek better income opportunities in the Middle East, South East Asia and East Asia. Of these documented migrant workers, approximately 80 percent are women working...

New ILO migration project to improve migrant workers' conditions in South-East Asia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new project in South-East Asia to improve the governance of cross-border labour migration.

International Migrants Day 2010

OSCE, ILO launch new study "Strengthening Migration Governance"

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Labour Office (ILO) have launched a new study on "Strengthening Migration Governance" for International Migrants Day on 18 December.

Opening remarks at the ASEAN Forum on Improving Overseas Employment

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines

ILO Enterprise Projects for Women in Vavuniya North

ILO LEED Project introduces TREE methodology for economic empowerment of conflict-affected women in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

Hong-Kong: A New Federation of Asian Domestic Workers

Tajik migrant remittances up by over 27 per cent in Jan-Sep 2010

Children on the move - An ILO perspective

Presented by Hans Van de Glind, ILO-IPEC Child Labour and Migration Specialist, at the International Conference on "Children on the Move" - Barcelona, 5-10 October 2010

Council on Human Exploitation Issues studies surveys on migration in Armenia

The results of the surveys of external migration in Armenia for 2008-2009 and the analysis of labour migration trends and migration experience were represented at the meeting of the Council on Human Trafficking Issues on July 27.

Labour migration and child labour in Kazakhstan

How to protect labour migrants’ rights and prevent child labour? These issues topped the agenda of a roundtable meeting focusing on working conditions of migrants employed in agriculture in the Almaty region.

News: Asian Union Leaders Meet their Counterparts in the Gulf to Discuss Labour Migration

Sustainable enterprises

Cooperatives and the crisis: “Our customers are also our owners”

Cooperatives have been more resilient to the deepening global economic and jobs crisis than other sectors. Report from Sweden.

Saving for the future, protecting migrant workers and their families

In the Philippines, migrant workers are covered by insurance but coverage excludes their family members. Often savings are used up when family members suffer from illness or die. Pioneer Life created an Overseas Filipino Workers Savers and Wellness...

News: Support for Migrant Workers in Israel