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Opening address at the training on Achieving fair and ethical recruitment: Improving regulation and enforcement in the ASEAN region
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the training on Achieving fair and ethical recruitment: Improving regulation and enforcement in the ASEAN region, 27 September 2022, Manila, Philippines
Myanmar trade unions and civil society organizations face existential threat following military takeover
Targeted persecution severely limits ability to operate; more flexible and responsive support from international community needed to avoid collapse of civic space and worker organizing.
ILO brief
Riding out the storm: Organizational resilience of trade unions and civil society organizations following the military takeover in Myanmar
This research brief assesses the impact of the military's seizure of power on trade unions and civil society organizations and makes recommendations to the international community for providing them with effective support.
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...
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...
Gender strategy
Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia: Gender equality and women’s empowerment strategy
This report sets out the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy for the Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia programme, which aims to increase the visibility of gender inequality within the fishing and seafood processing sectors and reset...
Ship to Shore Rights
ILO launches three new migrant worker resource centres for Cambodian migrants in the fishing industry
The ILO-EU Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme opens Migrant Worker Resource Centres focused on Cambodians seeking work abroad in the fishing and seafood processing sectors.
Op-ed
At land or sea, decent work is a right for all
An ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude prevails all too often when it comes to the labour rights of workers employed in South East Asia’s fishing and seafood processing sectors. On International Workers' Day, Mi Zhou and Benjamin Harkins argue that...
‘Out of sight, out of mind’ attitude hampering COVID recovery for fishers and seafood processors in South-East Asia
New ILO-Cornell brief finds that exclusion from pandemic relief measures and social protection schemes hits migrant fisheries workers hard.
ILO Brief
Rough seas: The impact of COVID-19 on fishing workers in South-East Asia
This brief assesses the impacts of the pandemic on workers in the fishing industry in Asia and the Pacific, with particular attention to the pandemic’s impacts on migrant fishers.
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.
Opening address at the virtual forum on ILO Convention No. 188 on the Work in Fishing Convention
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the virtual forum on ILO Convention No. 188 on the Work in Fishing Convention, 29 November 2021, Manila, Philippines
ILO in action
Decent work for migrant workers in South East Asia's fishing industry
Standing outside a fishing port near Bangkok, Thailand, Chief technical Advisor, Mi Zhou explains how the ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia project, funded by the European Union, promotes regular and safe labour migration and decent work...
Message of support at the National Consultative Dialogue of the Ship to Shore Rights Southeast Asia (SEA) Programme
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the National Consultative Dialogue of the Ship to Shore Rights Southeast Asia (SEA) Programme, 5 August 2021, Manila, Philippines
Indonesia strengthens its internal coordination for work in fishing
To be more compliant with ILO Convention No. 188 on Work in Fishing, ILO assisted a technical meeting to strengthen coordination with stakeholders to better protect workers in the fishing sector.
Road map towards the ratification of ILO Convention No. 188 to protect Indonesian fishers
Fishing is recognized as a hazardous occupation with the highest incidence of occupational injuries and fatalities. As the biggest sending country for migrant fishers, Indonesia continue to find ways to provide better protection for its fishers.
Ship to Shore Rights
Decent work for fishing and seafood migrant workers in Asia Pacific
European Union and United Nations continue efforts to support safe labour migration and decent work in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in South East Asia
Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia programme provides humanitarian relief to migrant workers in response to COVID-19 outbreak in Samut...
ILO has approved a grant to support assistance for migrant workers affected by COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon, Thailand
Webinar on the Opportunities and Challenges of the Ratification of ILO Convention No. 188 on Working in Fishing
Fishing is recognized as a hazardous occupation, with capture fisheries having among the highest incidence of occupational injuries and fatalities. Fishers across the range of commercial fishing operations commonly face long working hours, remote...