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Spotlight Initiative

The experiences of migrant workers with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in ASEAN

This brief draws from the findings of research titled "A very beautiful but heavy jacket: The experiences of migrant workers with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in South-East Asia", which aims to fill the gap in knowledge...

ILO holds a regional advisory committee kick-off meeting toward strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia

The regional advisory committee kick-off meeting of the second phase of the project on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia was held on August 11, 2022.

UNEP, ILO, UNDP, UNIDO, UNITAR

Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) in Thailand

International Youth Day

Youth employment in Thailand: Cooking skills

Providing youth with access to productive employment and decent work opportunities is crucial to ensure that no youth is left behind. Check out the ILO's work with the Futuremakers Initiative by Standard Chartered Foundation in Thailand.

Our impact, their voices

Growing skills, mindsets and business: Peer support programme for COVID-19 recovery and long-term resilience

Umpanuch Bubpachai shares her story of taking over a business during the COVID-19 pandemic, confronting discrimination and changing her own mindset to overcome challenges through the WE-Can Be Resilient Programme.

Youth skills

Transforming youth skills for the future: YouTuber

Equipping youth with skills is key to promote productive employment and decent work in Asia-Pacific. Check out the ILO's work with the Futuremakers Initiative by Standard Chartered Foundation in Thailand.

Op-ed

Domestic workers should be entitled to social protection too

Jointly written by Ms Geraldine Ansart, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Thailand, Mr Graeme Buckley, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Thailand, Cambodia, and Lao People’s...

Migrant workers' rights

Trade union-led Migrant Worker Resource Centres in ASEAN and Jordan: Case studies for protecting and organizing migrant workers

This paper features good approaches and innovations by trade union MRCs in five Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia and Thailand) as well as in Jordan. It...

Responsible Supply Chains in Vehicle Parts Industry Case Studies and Challenges

The report provides good practices and challenges in line with international instruments including the ILO’s Multinational Enterprises Declaration, by researching responsible supply chains implemented by Japanese enterprises in the automotive...

Responsible Supply Chains in Asia: The Electronics Sector in Japan

This report generates an in-depth understanding of employment and labour issues in the electronics sector in Asian countries where Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) have their operation and sourcing.

ILO working paper 67

Social dialogue in the Public Services in selected ASEAN Countries

A comparative overview of the laws, institutions and practices in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand

Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia Programme

Thai seafood processing industry agrees new steps to improve working conditions

The Thai seafood processing sector has agreed to do more to embed good labour practices within the management and operational systems of the industry for the benefit of its workers.

Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia

Turning principles into pathways: The future of the Seafood Good Labour Practices programme

This publication highlights the findings of the assessment of the Seafood GLP programme. It covers lessons learned and challenges ahead. It also features a number of concrete recommendations for strengthening the effectiveness of the programme which...

ILO Voices | Domestic workers

Domestic workers need social protection too

What motivates someone to advocate for workers’ rights? Meet Champa, head of a network of migrant domestic workers, who lives and works in Thailand.

Migrant workers turned migrant volunteers to support their peers in their communities

Migrant workers in Khao Yoi, Phetchabuti province improved their capacity to become migrant volunteers on health, interpretation and to assist in disseminating migrants’ rights and COVID-19 related information to migrant workers in their communities.

Women migrant workers’ rights

Reaching women migrant workers and their families in construction camps in Thailand

The ILO, through its Safe and Fair Programme under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, is reaching women migrant workers and their families in construction camps, ensuring their rights and entitlements are protected and respected.

Responsible supply chains

Driving change: A market systems analysis of responsible business practices in Thailand’s automotive parts sector

The study was conducted to generate in depth knowledge and map the automotive sector in Thailand.

Labour migration

Key facts on working and employment conditions in the agriculture sector in Thailand

Labour migration

Working and employment conditions in the agriculture sector in Thailand: A survey of migrants working on Thai sugarcane, rubber, oil palm...

Thailand's agriculture sector increasingly depends on migrant workers from Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Myanmar. This report, based on a survey of migrant workers and interviews with migrant workers and key informants, sheds...

Migrant workers

Labour Act exclusion leads to low pay and challenging conditions for migrant workers in Thai agricultural sector

ILO survey highlights how pre-COVID-19 working conditions were already difficult for migrant workers in the Thai sugarcane, rubber, oil palm and maize industries.