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World Day against Child Labour 2009

Migrant working girls, victims of the global crisis

More than 100 million girls are involved in child labour worldwide, according to a new ILO report for World Day against Child Labour 2009. The report warns that the global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly...

ILO anniversary high on the agenda of national workshop in Tajikistan

On 3 June, Kokhi Vahdat, the main conference hall in Dushanbe, hosted a national workshop on the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Tajik Migrant Workers and a presentation of the ILO Global Report on Forced Labour.

The impact of the financial crisis to Indonesian migrant workers in East Java

In times of economic crisis, migrant workers are often the group of workers most vulnerable to adverse impact, as they tend to have the most insecure terms of employment. As it turns out, the current global economic crisis is no different, as...

Reaching out to migrant construction workers in India

Internal migration

ILO, China launch first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers

The 200 million internal migrant workers in China play a vital role in the country’s mining, construction, and transportation sectors. But the lack of awareness about HIV puts them at risk of contracting the disease. Last November, the ILO and...

Gender equality at the heart of decent work, Campaign 2008-09

From high fashion ‘alta moda’ to dress-making in Ukraine

At 16 per cent, the region of Chernivtsi in Ukraine has the highest unemployment rate in the country and the lowest number of women employed. This is why the region was chosen for an ILO project, funded by Development Cooperation Ireland, that...

International Migrants Day (18 December)

Migrants in times of economic crisis: ILO/UNDP join forces to make Tajik migration safe

Tajikistan is the poorest of the Central Asian republics and a huge supplier of migrants: 800 000 of its 7 million inhabitants, most of them men, are working abroad. While many migrants are already at risk of all kinds of abuse, they may also become...

Migrant domestic workers: Dreams washed away by tears

Most workers experience some form of verbal, physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse on a regular basis and are forced to confinement within the workplace. Contracts are violated, and payments and passports are sometimes withheld by employers or...

The first targeted HIV/AIDS prevention campaign in China featuring migrant workers for their hometown fellows

Some 700,000 people are living with HIV in China, according to the Ministry of Health. Over half of them contracted the virus through sexual activities. The government is increasingly placing great emphasis on protecting rural migrant workers from...

Speech at the ILO/SKILLS-AP/Korea Regional Technical Meeting on Skills Recognition for Migrant Workers

By Mr Guy Thijs, Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Preventing Human Trafficking

Opinion article: Preventing human trafficking, by Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. 10 October 2008. Human trafficking for labour exploitation is a gross human rights abuse. But there are proven...

International Labour Organization to Present a Series of ‘Proven Practices’ for the Prevention of Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong...

Government representatives, employers/ workers organizations & NGOs from five countries to participate in Bangkok presentations – 9th October 2008.

Migration and development

Women migrant workers: seizing opportunities, upholding rights

Nearly half of the world’s migrants are women. Increasingly, migration provides them with opportunities to find better jobs. However, many still accept lower skilled jobs for higher pay and some may even become victims of exploitation and abuse. In...

The National Workshop on the Effective Governance of Labour Migration in Tajikistan – Migration and Development took place in Dushanbe

The workshop was organized by the International Labour Organization within the framework of “Towards Sustainable Partnerships for the Effective Governance of Labour Migration in the Russian Federation, the Caucasus and Central Asia” project funded...

The role of Nepalese Trade Unions in the fight against HIV/AIDS among the migrant workers

National Workshop on the Effective Governance of Labour Migration in Armenia

Today, National Workshop on the Effective Governance of Labour Migration in Armenia took place in Marriott Armenia Hotel. The workshop was organized by the International Labour Organization within the framework of Towards Sustainable Partnerships...

Speech at the Regional Symposium on Deployment of Workers Overseas: A Shared Responsibility

By Ms Panudda Boonpala, Director, ILO Office in Bangladesh, on 15 July 2008

Address at the Regional Symposium on Deployment of Workers Overseas: A Shared Responsibility

By Dr. Dora Rapold, Ambassador of Switzerland, held in Bangladesh on 15 July 2008

Improved migration infrastructure needed to better protect soaring South Asian labour migrants

Protection for the soaring number of migrant workers from South Asia – and the ability or inability of countries to provide this protection – will be the focus of an international conference to be held in Dhaka Sheraton Hotel , Bangladesh from 15 to...

Media Advisory: 21 Asia-Pacific countries to discuss extending social security coverage Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 19-20 May 2008

The recruitment process for Indonesian and Vietnamese migrant workers in the Republic of Korea will be discussed at two international meetings being organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea. The two...