All publications: fishing
Combating the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing areas of Thailand (Final evaluation summary)
Project: THA/10/50/USA - Evaluation Consultants: Amy Catherine Jersild, Nantaporn Ieumwananonthachai and Piyanut Kotsan
Safety and health training manual for the commercial fishing industry in Thailand
This Manual has been developed in consultation with ILO, NFAT, and the OSH Bureau in the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. Inputs were also provided by the Department of Fisheries, the Marine Department, the Southeast...
Prevention and Elimination of Child Labour in Agricultural and Fishing in Floating Village: Documentation of a Potential Intervention Model...
This report presents one of three action programmes (APs) implemented by the ILO-IPEC project Support the Development and Implementation of the Programme on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour during 2009-2013. The APs were...
Prevention and Elimination of Child Labour in the Traditional Craft Villages -Documentation of Potential Intervention Model in Hien giang...
This report presents one of three action programmes (APs) implemented in Viet Nam by the ILO-IPEC project Support the Development and Implementation of the Programme on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour during 2009-2013. The APs...
ILO GMS TRIANGLE project: Protecting migrant workers in the fishing sector in Thailand
The ILO GMS TRIANGLE project has adopted a sectoral approach to extending protection to migrant workers in fishing because of the specific nature of work and the urgency of the situation.
Work in fishing in the ASEAN region: Protecting the rights of migrant fishers
During 12 – 13 September 2013, representatives of governments, employers’ organizations and trade unions in the ASEAN region convened at the Aston Hotel, Makassar, Indonesia for the International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional meeting on Work in...
ILO- RGT Multi-stakeholder forum on labour conditions in the fisheries sector in Thailand 22nd and 23st of May 2014
Industry snapshot
ILO- RGT Multi-stakeholder forum on labour conditions in the fisheries sector in Thailand 22nd and 23st of May 2014
Industry snapshot
Thematic brochure: Discrimination
Equality and fair treatment are among the key pillars of harmonious societies. Equal opportunity and treatment allows all in society to contribute fully to development and share equitably in the benefits deriving from their labour. However,...
Working conditions
Employment practices and working conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector
The report, based on the largest survey of working conditions in the Thai fishing sector to date, has been compiled by the ILO’s tripartite project to protect migrant workers within and from the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Asian Research Center...
Baseseline surveys on child labour in selected areas in Thailand - Samut Sakhon, Surat Thani, Songkhla and Nakhon Si Thammarat
Summary of findings: September 2013
Brochure: Children in Hazardous Work – Questions and Answers
The ILO estimates that of the world’s 215 million child labourers, 115 million are involved in hazardous work, including 41 million girls and 74 million boys; 53 million are aged 5-14, and 62 million are aged 15-17. One concern is that the number of...
Thematic brochure: Migration
Migration is a global phenomenon which is growing in scope and complexity. In 2010, some 214 million people — 3 per cent of the world's population — lived outside their country of origin. The majority of migrants cross borders in search of better...
Thematic brochure: Forced labour
Thematic brochure on Forced Labour produced by the ILO-IPEC project on Combating the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing areas of Thailand.
Thematic brochure: Child labour
Thematic brochure on Child Labour produced by the ILO-IPEC project on Combating the worst forms of child labour in shrimp and seafood processing areas of Thailand.
Employment practices and working conditions in Thailand's fishing sector: Executive summary
A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation to national and international labour standards.
Analytical study on child labour in Volta Lake fishing in Ghana
The purpose of the study is to create a shared platform for action against child labour and trafficking in the fishing sector. The objectives are to examine the scope of the problem; to find out the nature and dimensions, including the extent of...
GMS TRIANGLE Activities in the Fishing Sector
The GMS TRIANGLE project is collaborating with tripartite constituents and other stakeholders on a variety of interventions to improve conditions for workers in the Thai fishing sector.
Joint ILO / FAO publication
Guidance on addressing child labour in fisheries and aquaculture
This document provide guidance on how to address child labour in fisheries and aquaculture. It provides information and analyses current issues in order to improve the understanding of the nature and scope, causes and contributing factors, and...
The Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188): Getting on board
Issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum for the Promotion of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)