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After the tsunami In Thailand, the tourist industry fights back

The December tsunami hit Thailand's tourist resorts and beaches hard, both in human terms as well as in lost incomes and livelihoods. Now, the tourist industry is making a comeback. Journalist Clifford Coonan looks at how the job situation is...

Address to the Planning Meeting on Gender and Business Development in the Informal Economy in Thailand

by Ms Christine Evans-Klock, Director of ILO Subregional Office for East Asia

Three northern provinces join forces establishing anti-trafficking data centres and assisting victims of trafficking

The International Labour Organization, through its IPEC Mekong Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women (ILO-IPEC-TICW), today announced the launch of a series of partner-driven action programmes to fight human trafficking in three border...

The Mekong challenge - destination Thailand - a cross-border labour migration survey in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia

An analysis of labour migration in four districts of Banteay Meanchey Province. The survey address the movement of workers across the Cambodian-Thai border.

The informal economy, poverty and employment: An integrated approach (Mid-term Evaluation Summary)

Project RAS/03/51/UKM

Assessing the situation of children in the production, sales and trafficking of drugs in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand (Final...

Project RAS/02/52/USA

Social security gap to be reviewed 80 per cent of Thais lack social security; ILO recommends ways to extend protection

A new survey carried out by the ILO and the Thai government indicates that some 51 million Thais, or 80 per cent of the population, still lack social security coverage.

Children in production, sales and trafficking of drugs

The use of children in the production, sales and trafficking of drugs: Intervention models developed in Indonesia, the Philippines and...

The study develops and demonstrates an action-oriented research methodology to provide better understanding and information on the use of children in the production, sales and distribution of illegal drugs in three countries.

Safety and health for homeworkers to be reviewed

A two day workshop with focus on the ILO’s WISH (Work Improvement for Safe Home) training programme is being held in Bangkok with the aim to improve occupational safety and health for Thailand ’s homeworkers.

Working Action on HIV/AIDS

COMMIT Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation against trafficking in persons in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Children in production, sales and trafficking of drugs

The use of children in the production, sales and trafficking of drugs: A synthesis of participatory action-oriented research programmes in...

Dangers and risks faced by children engaged in the drug trade go beyond the physical, psychological and mental disorders prevalent among drug-addicted children. Children in the drug trade/trafficking are exposed and initiated to the world of illegal...

The use of children in the production, sales and trafficking of drugs: a synthesis of participatory action-oriented research programs

An interview with Franklyn Lisk, Director of the ILO Global Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work

At the XV International AIDS Conference (Bangkok, 11-16 June) the ILO will be launching its Report on the Global Estimates of the Impact of HIV/AIDS on the World of Work. Franklyn Lisk is the ILO’s Director ILO Global Programme on HIV/AIDS and the...

Ground-breaking surveys expose plight of Bangladesh's working children

The first nationwide look at the worst forms of child labour in Bangladesh finds that chldren are working long hours, suffer from bad health, receive minimal pay and overall have bleak futures.

การเคลื่อนไหวเพื่อความยุติธรรมในสังคม ILO Global Report 2004

Opening Remarks to the National Stakeholders' Meeting on Selection of Sending and Receiving Areas, Sectors for the ILO/IPEC/TICW...

by Ms Christine Evans-Klock, Director of Subregional Office for East Asia

Campaign against human trafficking in Japan

A campaign for stronger measures to combat human trafficking is gaining attention in Japan, a country which has long been reluctant to acknowledge that any problem existed. Mieko Takenobu of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reports.

HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response - 2004

The report presents global estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the male and female labour force and the working-age population in developing and developed regions for the period 1995-2015. It reviews and discusses effects on the private and...

Role of the informal sector in coping with economic crisis in Thailand and Zambia

SEED Working Paper No. 42