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Review of labour migration management, policies and legal framework in Cambodia

The review of labour migration management, policies and legal framework in Cambodia is an attempt to understand the underlying factors inhibited the promotion of orderly labour migration flow from Cambodia to Thailand.

Exploitation of Cambodian men at sea : Facts about the trafficking of Cambodian men onto Thai fishing boats

Fact sheet on the recruitment, trafficking, and exploitation of Cambodian men onto Thai fishing boats, published by the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP). It is based on 49 cases of victims who escaped in Thailand or...

MOU on operational procedures for concerned agencies in prevention, suppression, and solution for human trafficking problem in 9 lower...

The MOU on operation procedures for concerned agencies in combating human trafficking in the lower part of central Thailand, consists of 9 provinces including Kanchanaburi, Nakorn Pathom, Prachup Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi, Supanburi,...

Operational guideline on the prevention and suppression of trafficking for labour purposes, and assistance and protection for trafficked...

ILO celebrates 90 years of campaigning for social justice with high-level Bangkok event

The ILO will mark its 90th anniversary with a world-wide series of activities, including a high-level event with the Thai Prime Minister in Bangkok, the ILO’s headquarters in Asia and the Pacific.

Aging workforce threatens Thailand's productivity and development, says ILO report

This study is released to coincide with Thailand's National Day for Older Persons on April 13.

Decent work for older persons in Thailand

This paper brings to light the current and emerging issues concerning the promotion of decent work for older persons in Thailand.

A synthesis report on labour migration policies, management and immigration pressure in Thailand

This paper aims to bring together the findings and policy recommendations from the wide range of studies that have looked at Thailand’s irregular labour migration. The synthesis report draws facts and findings mainly from the “Review of Labour...

Programme_LM Pattaya Feb 09

ILO/MOL Training Workshop on Labour Migration Policy and Management in Thailand

Background Note_LM Pattaya Feb 09

ILO/MOL Training Workshop on Labour Migration Policy and Management in Thailand

Asia in the global economic crisis: Impacts and responses from a gender perspective

A technical note for meeting: Responding to the Economic Crisis – Coherent Policies for Growth, Employment and Decent Work in Asia and Pacific, Manila, Philippines, 18-20 February 2009

Out of the frying pan: The Thai economy between two crises

A study on policy coherence initiative on growth,investment and employment, the case of Thailand prepared for the meeting in Manila, Philippines, 18-20 February

ILO-Thai Trade Unions discuss effective responses to the global economic crisis

The ILO recently organized the ILO/Thai Trade Unions High-Level Workshop on Effective Trade Union Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in Bangkok for 50 participants comprising of labour leaders, union members and unionists.

ILO global employment trends report 2009 - unemployment, working poor, vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global...

The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global...

Successful ways of preventing avian & human influenza in Thailand to be discussed - Project to be extended to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia,...

Successful techniques for preventing the spread of avian and human influenza among Thailand’s poultry workers, farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises will be discussed at a workshop in Bangkok on Tuesday 20 January 2009.

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From Asia to Europe and back: a rapid assessment of Thai workers travelling to and from the European Union, and available assistance

Compiles demographic information on labour migrants to Europe and the patterns of Thai returnees who are trafficked or suffer labour exploitation and assesses the delivery of reintegration services in Thailand.

Meeting the challenge: Proven practices for human trafficking prevention in the greater Mekong sub-region

Compendium of proven practices and lessons learned from ILO's Mekong Sub-regional project to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children (2000-2008). Covers achievements of the project in the areas of research, policy development and direct action. It...

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...

Moving from poverty to prosperity – women show the smart way

ILO global gender campaign. The Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW), run by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the Government of Japan has been operating in Cambodia and Viet Nam since 2002 and...