Call for Submissions

  1. Gender equality

    Tackling Gender- Based Violence and Harassment in the world of work in Asia and the Pacific

    ILO in Asia and Pacific, in collaboration with UNFPA and the ILO/UN Women Joint Programme “Safe and Fair: Safe and Fair: Realizing Women Migrant Worker’s Rights and Opportunities in the ASEAN region”, is calling for good practices and lessons learned in preventing and responding to gender-based violence and harassment which includes sexual harassment in the world of work. Interested individuals are requested to submit the documents outlined in the Call for Submissions by 20 October 2019.

ILO in Asia and the Pacific

  • Small businesses and self-employed provide most jobs worldwide and in Asia

    A new ILO study reveals that almost seven in 10 workers worldwide are self-employed or in small businesses. Self-employed and micro-enterprises account for more than 80 per cent of employment in South Asia. By contrast, medium-sized and large enterprises account for 46 per cent of employment in East Asia and the Pacific.

Latest

  1. Responsible Supply Chains in Asia

    Responsible Business and implementation of International Labour Standards in practice

  2. Responsible Supply Chains in Asia

    Thailand: Workshop on policy framework for the promotion of responsible business conduct

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ILO's research and publications

  1. ilo.org/futureasia

    Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6

    Spurred by technological advancements, demographic shifts and environmental and climate disruptions, fast-paced transformations are affecting how, where and when people work, impacting our labour markets and shaping the future of work. Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6 provides an overview of how countries in the Asia-Pacific region are reacting to such changes with new or adapted strategies and policies.

  2. Global Commission on the Future of Work

    Work for a brighter future

    This landmark report by the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work examines how to achieve a better future of work for all at a time of unprecedented change and exceptional challenges in the world of work.

Interactive maps and charts

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    Create charts and download data with the Data Finder

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    Browse through ILO's development cooperation dashboard accross Asia and beyond

Labour standards and legislations in Asia and the Pacific

  1. See which countries in Asia and the Pacific have ratified ILO Conventions

    From NORMLEX Database

  2. Browse national labour, social security and related human rights legislations

    NATLEX Database

  3. Search occupational safety and health legislations by country

    LEGOSH Database

Objectives and agendas

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    The Bali declaration: A labour roadmap for Asia-Pacific

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    Decent Work, the key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development