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Adressing Forced Labour: The Role of Employers'Organizations and Business

A seminar on the role of employers' organizations and the business world in combating forced labour

Asia-Pacific marks World Day Against Child Labour with focus on Education

World Day Against Child Labour (12 June) will be marked with a focus on the role of education in combating child labour, and particularly the need to improve children’s access to schooling.

Remarks at the Opening Ceremony for the "Beyond Barriers" Photo Exhibition (Mr Monthian Buntan)

by Mr Monthian Buntan, Senator of Thailand and President of Thailand Association of the Blind

Media Advisory: Exhibition of prize-winning Asia Pacific photos of working people with disabilities opens at Imperial Queen's Park Hotel

The exhibition is titled Beyond Barriers; Images of decent work for persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific. It comprises more than 30 photographs from the 2007 Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities photo contest.

ILO Director-General highlights ASEAN charter as foundation for helping "Marginalized Majority"

ILO Director-General highlights the ASEAN Charter as a “fundamental political commitment” to honour “the dignity of work and respond to the legitimate aspirations of people and families for a better life" at the 20th ASEAN Labour Ministers meeting.

ILO signs US$1 million partnership agreement with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a US$1,040,000 partnership agreement funding ILO work in more than 11 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Royal Thai Government ministries launch new guidelines in responding to human trafficking for labour exploitation

The Royal Thai Government has today taken an important step forward in adopting a set of Guidelines that will help the authorities better respond to cases of trafficking for labour exploitation in the Kingdom.

Minister of Labour to open exhibition celebrating Thai workers' lives

A photo exhibition celebrating the lives of Thai working people opened by the Thai Minister of Labour H.E. Ms Uraiwan Thienthong at CentralWorld on Monday 28 April 2008 at 2 pm.

Thai workers lives celebrated in new photo exhibition

A photo exhibition celebrating the lives of Thai working people will open at CentralWorld on Monday 28th April 2008 at 2 pm.

Statement regarding the deaths of migrant workers in Thailand

A statement by ILO Sub-regional Director Bill Salter regarding the deaths of migrant workers in Thailand

Media Advisory: "Beyond Barriers" Exhibition of prize-winning photos

An exhibition of the winning pictures from the 2007 Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities photo contest, taken by photographers from throughout Asia Pacific

Do international migration policies in Thailand achieve their objectives?

Looks at the international migration policy in Thailand, examines its objectives, and makes an assessment of whether these objectives are being achieved.

Thailand - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition of...

Thailand - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment...

Global Employment Trends 2008

Development in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than elsewhere in Asia and the region faces some pressing challenges, notably the problems of young people looking for work, according to the ILO’s 2008 Global Employment Trends...

ILO meeting to review situation of Thai workers in Korea

The situation of Thai migrant workers in the Republic of Korea will be under the spotlight at an international meeting in Bangkok this week.

The contribution of migrant workers to Thailand: towards policy development

This fact sheet summarizes the main findings and conclusions of the report on "The contribution of migrant workers to Thailand: towards policy development".

Participatory approaches to improving safety, health and working conditions in informal economy workplaces. Experiences of Cambodia,...

Participatory training programmes are increasingly applied in Asia for supporting grassroots initiatives in informal economy workplaces to improve safety, health and working conditions. These participatory programmes are easy to apply and...

The economic contribution of migrant workers to Thailand: Towards policy development

This paper highlights the contributions of migrant workers to Thailand and recommends policies to promote economic development and decent work in both receiving and sending countries. The ILO views labour migration as a positive force that can...