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Absallom Retto: Investing for the future

By Gita F. Lingga, Communications-Officer of ILO-Jakarta. (Jayapura, Papua): Most indigenous peoples are dependent on their access to lands, territories and natural resources, particularly where they still engage in traditional livelihood...

Avian and pandemic human influenza and the workplace

By Suttida Chaikitsakol, National Project Coordinator, Subregional Ofice for East Asia. The continuing outbreaks of cases of avian influenza have prompted worldwide concerns of possible pandemic human influenza. As the number of cases of infection...

Gender Equality

From Veil to Camera: Empowering women through skills training

In many countries, women face more barriers than men to acquire the necessary skills to use new technologies and to start innovative economic activities. For the 60 per cent of women employed in agriculture in South Asia, access to quality...

Opening speech at China 2nd High Skills Development Forum

By Ms Constance Thomas, Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Sub-regional Training “HIV/AIDS and the world of work” for constituents’ focal points

Know About Business workshop in Bishkek

A 10 day national train-the-trainers workshop for (KAB) programme is being held at the premises of Vocational College No.44 in Bishkek. The workshop has been organized with the support of the International Labour Organization, KABAR News Agency was...

ILO offers first safety and health training for North West Cambodian workers

Experts from the ILO visit north-western Cambodia to assist at the ILO’s first occupational safety and health training session in that region.

The Pacifc’s youth employment challenge

By Aurelio Parisotta, INTEGRATION, ILO Geneva; Margaret Reade Rounds, ILO Suva & Urmila Sarkar, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. There are many obstacles facing young people like Genevieve who want to get an education and a job in the...

Peace, security and work in Timor-Leste

By Jose Assalino, Chief Technical Advisor, Timor-Leste. As a newly independent country with a fledgling economy, Timor-Leste faces many social and economic challenges. To help the Timorese people find decent work the ILO started three new...

Helping former Afghan fighters reintegrate

By Ingrid Christensen, Officer-in-Charge, Jacqueline Paul and Ram Gopal Parajuli, ILO Kabul. Former fighters and their families are now getting help to resume normal lives, thanks to the Afghan Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and...

Training to improve work safety for Lao small business

Improving working conditions in small businesses will be the focus of a national workshop for government officials, workers and employers in Vientiane on 19-20 July 2007.

Timor-Leste: Setting the STAGE for a brighter future

Despite a significant boost in national income last year from oil revenues, Timor-Leste is amongst the world’s poorest nations. While unemployment in rural areas is at least 20 per cent, it reaches 43 per cent among urban youth. ILO Online reports...

Address to the World Islamic Economic Forum, Session on Creating and Innovating Jobs for the Future - Roles of Governments, Business and...

by Mr Gek-Boo Ng, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

ILO project helps Viet Nam create 28,000 safety & health improvements

A three-year programme to improve occupational safety and health in Viet Nam ’s agriculture has resulted in about 28,000 individual improvements in working and living conditions for the farmers involved.

ILO and regional trade unions meet to promote migrant workers rights

A training programme to engage Thai, Cambodian, Lao and Burmese Trade Unions in improving respect for the rights of migrant workers is being organised by the ILO.

ILO experts offer 1st workplace safety & health training in North Eastern Cambodia

ILO experts visits north eastern Cambodia to organize the Organization’s first occupational safety and health training session for officials in that region.

More than 10,000 Afghans get help with finding jobs, training through ILO-backed project

An ILO project helps thousands of Afghans finding paid work, receiving training and help in searching for work in the first half of 2006.