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It is time for Indonesia to invest in care leave and services
Investing in care leave and services improves women's participation in the workforce and ensures quality childcare. The ILO promotes transformative care work policies through social dialogues.
Women leadership
Women leaders at garment sector improve their leadership skills for better productivity
Hundreds of women leaders in garment sector have improved their leadership skills through the Supervisory Skills Training organized by Better Work Indonesia, a partnership programme of the ILO and International Finance Cooperation (IFC). The...
Indonesia Business Forum 2022 showcases a decade of progress and challenges in Indonesia’s garment industry
Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), highlights a collective effort undertaken by Indonesian garment industry to gain a significant improvement in compliance of labour laws and standards.
Skills development
Forecasting and developing skills to advance decent work and productivity in Viet Nam’s textiles and garment sector
Advancing decent work and productivity in the textile and garment sector was the prominent call at a stakeholders’ consultation workshop, co-organized by ILO Viet Nam and the Directorate for Vocational Education under Viet Nam’s Ministry of Labour,...
Towards Indonesia’s maritime industry free from discrimination and harassment
The ILO organizes a series of training programmes on violence, harassment and discrimination at work, focusing on mainstream anti-discrimination and anti-harassment measures in the workplace, particularly in the maritime industry.
ILO and its partners sign a Declaration to promote a greater employment opportunity for persons with disabilities
The ILO and its partners join forces to enhance the Employment Disability Service Unit under the Provincial Manpower Office of Central Java to create an inclusive world of work in Indonesia.
Enhancing social dialogues for decent working conditions in Indonesia’s fishing industry
Work in fishing is a hazardous occupation. Labour rights challenges in the fisheries sector such as weak labour inspection, poor occupational safety and health (OSH) and other problems related to working conditions can be improved through social...
#RatifyC190
Poster and social media competitions promote workplaces free from harassment and violence in garment sector
Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), promotes safe working environment and the ratification of the ILO’s Convention No. 190 on Harassment and Violence through poster and social media...
#RatifyC190
Indonesia updates its EEO Guide to be relevant with the fast-changing world of work
Indonesian key labour actors jointly update the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Guide to accommodate recent employment changes and to promote the creation of harassment- and violence-free workplaces.
SAFEDAY
ILO Myanmar highlights on SAFEDAY the importance of safe and healthy workplaces in building resilience to crises
28th April is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work (SafeDay). This year’s campaign focuses on how OSH management can build resilience in workplaces to respond to crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and highlights the important role of...
Occupational Safety and Health
Occupational safety and health in agriculture: How to prevent accidents and diseases
Our impact, their voices
Indonesian garment factories step up to meet occupational safety and health standards
Through strengthening compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards, two participating garment factories of Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have been recognized by the...
The ILO focuses on coordinated efforts in realizing decent work in Indonesia’s fishing industry
The ILO initiates a coordinated consultation meeting for its fishery sector to strengthen its supports to realize decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.
International Women's Day
Indonesia’s garment industry to combat gender inequality and empower women workers
Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a partnership of the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), promotes gender equality through a series of training programmes providing a greater chance for women workers to grow and develop.
Our impact, their voices
ILO’s compensation fund programme offers laid-off workers reliefs
The ILO through its programmes distributes a total of USD1,7 million compensation funds to 20,000 garment workers who have lost their jobs.
Our impact, their voices
Vaccines for garment workers to end the transmission of COVID-19 at workplace
The ILO’s Better Work programme and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) join forces to provide more than 21 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesia’s garment industry in Semarang, Central Java.
ILO in action
Out of the fields and into the classroom
Senior Programme Officer in Turkey, Nejat Kocabay, explains how four ILO projects are helping to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in seasonal agriculture in Turkey, including hazelnut harvesting. The projects, targeting seasonal...
World Mental Health Day
Better Work Indonesia promotes mental health and gender equality for garment industry
Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a joint programme of ILO and IFC, member of World Bank Group conducts a series of knowledge-sharing sessions to promote mental health and gender equality at its participating garment companies during the pandemic...
ILO assessment
ILO estimates reveal heavy job losses in the first half of 2021 in Myanmar
With an economy already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapid assessment by the ILO reveals a deep employment crisis following the military takeover in Myanmar.
Public attitudes towards migrant workers in Thailand
In 2019 the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative’s Safe and Fair (ILO and UN Women) and TRIANGLE in ASEAN (ILO) projects conducted a survey of 4,099 nationals.