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ILO COOP holds follow up activities as part of the project on Strengthen Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) policy in Asia

A number of follow-up activities are being held to disseminate key outputs of the project on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia.

ILO in action

Decent jobs and safe water in the Philippines

In the latest in the ILO in Action video story series, Jennylyn Aguinaldo, manager of the ILO-Japan Water Project in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, explains how the ILO is contributing to peace and development in one of the...

Convention 190 in action: preventing harassment of workers in Japanese banks

Labour banks (“Rokin Banks”) in Japan have been promoting workers’ access to finance for many years. They have also been in the vanguard when it comes to adopting international standards around workplace violence and harassment. Rokin Banks modelled...

Interview

10 years on from the ILO Domestic Workers Convention: What has changed?

Over half of the world’s domestic workers are in Asia and the Pacific. 10 years on from the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), Anna Olsen, Technical Specialist at the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN...

ILO-Japan initiative targets safe return to work for small enterprises

Small enterprises and alternative livelihoods will benefit from a new ILO project with the Government of Japan through safer, more digitalized and productive workplaces, which will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 at work and mitigate the impact...

METI proposes collaboration with ILO in policy recommendations on the textile industry in Japan

Indonesia and Japan work hand in hand enhancing COVID-19 prevention at workplaces

COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect businesses and workers. Prevention measures against virus transmission at workplaces is essential in maintaining businesses, jobs and income of people. The ILO join forces with the Government of Indonesia and...

Domestic work

Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects in Asia and the Pacific, ten years after the adoption of the...

In 2011, the international community adopted the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), which recognized for the first time that domestic work is work and that domestic workers should enjoy the same labour protections as all other...

Domestic workers

Presentation: Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects in Asia and the Pacific, ten years after the...

In 2011, the international community adopted the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), which recognized for the first time that domestic work is work and that domestic workers should enjoy the same labour protections as all other...

World Day Against Child Labour

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

Executive Summary

Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward - Executive Summary

Japan Textile Federation Sustainability Seminar Report

Mr. Takasaki, Director's presentation: What is the sustainability strategy of SMEs? -from the perspective of the ILO-

Cooperation among Cooperatives in Action between Japan and Africa - 10 Years of ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour

This retrospective booklet tells the story of a decade of collaboration between the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union (JCCU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour Programme....

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Misako Shinozaki, Chairperson of Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative Kanagawa, Japan

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Workshop on Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy in Asia takes place virtually

The capacity-building workshop on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia, held virtually, brought stakeholders from six countries in Asia and the Pacific region.

Japan and ILO to support environmental and socio-economic resilience of Sudan

The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.9 million to the ILO’s dual response to recent flooding and the COVID-19 pandemic in Khartoum, Sudan.

Lanao del Sur launches biggest water system with ILO, Japan, MOLE

A new water system built by community members under the ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project connects six villages in Lanao del Sur to provide clean and safe water, promote decent work and contribute to peacebuilding in the Bangsamoro region amid...

The Government of Japan partners with the ILO to support disaster resilience through waterworks restoration in Ethiopia

The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.1 million to the ILO’s response to enhance disaster resilience through the employment-intensive restoration of waterworks in the city of Jijiga and among refugee-hosting communities of Kebribeyah in the...

ILO contributes the first lecture of the JICA online lecture series on cooperatives for the Iran Chamber of Cooperatives

ILO COOP Unit Manager delivered a presentation titled “Cooperative Responses to the Changing World of Work” on March 1, 2021 during the first session of the online lecture series organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the...

Three ILO projects on social and solidarity economy policy presented at the Enterprises Department’s virtual exhibit

The COOP Unit of the ILO has shared highlights from three social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy projects from six countries in Asia and two countries in Africa during the ILO Enterprises Department’s virtual exhibit as part of its global team...