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Women's entrepreneurship development

Paitara Chaochalard's story

Paitara Chaochalard (Modd) is a Thai entrepreneur who runs a small event planning business, Neat Event and Consultant Co. The COVID-19 pandemic was particularly disruptive to her business, cutting 80 percent of income, and forced her to pivot her...

Women's entrepreneurship development

Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19 (long version)

The ‘Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19’ project assisted women entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand to recover their businesses from the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening their access to vital support...

Women's entrepreneurship development

Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19 (short version)

The ‘Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19’ project assisted women entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand to recover their businesses from the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening their access to vital support...

Japan International Labour Foundation reaches out to hundreds of informal workers in South East Asia using ILO’s orientation and learning...

The ILO’s Our.COOP tools provide an opportunity to train informal workers on the values of collaboration through cooperatives.

Responsible business conduct in Thailand agri-food sector

It is estimated that about 2.6 billion people around the world rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. The share of the agriculture sector to global labour has steadily declined largely as a consequence of the advancement of agricultural...

Responsible business conduct in Thailand auto parts supply chains

The automotive industry is comprised of motor vehicle assemblers, and manufacturers of components and parts. Given that a single car has more than 30,000 parts, auto parts manufacturing is the largest subsector of the automotive industry. Migrant...

Responsible business conduct in global supply chains in Asia

Among the countries covered by the ILO-OECD Responsible Supply Chains in Asia (RSCA) programme in Asia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Philippines had a higher backward participation index than forward participation. On the other hand, Japan, China, and...

Collaboration between Thailand and Cambodia

Summary of the Comparability Assessment Workshop on Mutual Recognition of Skills for Bricklaying and Plastering

The continued support from ILO/Korea Partnership Programme helps to strengthen the mutual recognition of skills (MRS) in ASEAN through the collaboration between Thailand and Cambodia to conduct this workshop during 8-13 January 2023 at the National...

Protection of Indonesian migrant workers should be included in the upcoming national development plan

The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia Programme supports the two-day public dialogues to improve services and protection of Indonesian migrant workers. including Indonesian migrant fishers.

Youth employment

Trends, characteristics and COVID-19 impact on youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in Thailand

This report focuses on the NEET population between the ages of 15 to 24 in Thailand. The report examines the NEET characteristics, identifies the socio-economic and demographic indicators associated with NEET and analyses the impact of the COVID-19...

ILO co-organizes a session on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals through the social and solidarity economy in Asia

The ILO co-organized and participated in a session on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals through the social and solidarity economy (SSE) with UN ESCAP and Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC). The session took place on December 14,...

Migrant women's groups

Lessons learned: Building migrant women’s groups and networks

The Lessons Learned outlined in this paper draw attention to reflections and good practices from the experiences of building of migrant women’s groups and networks in both countries of origin and destination.

Agenda: International Migrants Day Conference 2022

The Asian Research Centre for Migration, based in the Institute of Asian Studies in Chulalongkorn University in collaboration with the ILO, IOM and the Stockholm Environment Institute will host the annual conference to celebrate International...

Achieving fair and ethical recruitment: Improving regulation and enforcement in the ASEAN region

This report focuses on the efforts of ASEAN Member States to foster fair and ethical recruitment. It maps the laws and regulations, and moreover, the enforcement mechanisms States have employed, and reviews evidence of the results achieved.

Social security

Training Workshop on Strengthening Regional Capacity on Employment Injury Insurance (EII) and Employment Insurance (EI)

ILO/Korea Partnership Programme and the Korean partner intuitions brought together the tripartite representatives from seven countries in South-East Asia to discuss and enhance their knowledge and understanding in relation to strengthening EII and...

Women's entrepreneurship development

Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19 Project: Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in South-East Asia: Results at a...

Green jobs

Capacity Building and Knowledge Tour on Green Jobs and Just Transition for Government and Farmer Communities in Thailand

With a focus on transition toward sustainable agriculture, ILO worked with local government's representatives and stakeholders in Chiang Mai to enhance their awareness and understanding of Green Jobs and Just Transition.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Everyone would be welcome at my shop

'There should be no discrimination'. Thanakorn Suddai, a young Thai with hearing impairment, wants to open a barber shop and welcome everyone.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

I have got a chance to learn like everyone else

Sakkarin Rinrum, a young Thai with hearing impairment, wants to pursue a career in hairdressing. At an ILO skills workshop, Rinrum got to learn like everyone else. Join us on International Day of Persons with Disabilities to promote youth...

Green jobs

ASEAN: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet

The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in ASEAN, as well as vulnerability...