News and articles

2022

  1. Op-ed

    At land or sea, decent work is a right for all

    01 May 2022, Bangkok, Thailand

    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 it’s time for change.

  2. Child Labour

    ILO, UNICEF and the Fijian media join hands to strengthen reporting on child safety and protection

    29 April 2022,

    The ILO, together with UNICEF, held a 2 day training workshop for journalists in Fiji on reporting on child abuse, neglect, exploitation, and child labour to support in ensuring safety and well-being for all children in media reporting.

  3. Press release

    Chinese celebrity actor, in collaboration with the ILO, campaigns for the prevention of pneumoconiosis

    28 April 2022,

    The ILO has collaborated with Wang Baoqiang, an A-lister actor in Chinese movies and TV series, in producing a series of video clips to raise the attention of workers, employers and the society to workplace dust hazards and prevention of pneumoconiosis.

  4. Press release

    Coffee and tea workers the focus of new ILO project launched in Lao PDR

    28 April 2022,

    New project set to reduce vulnerability of workers in the Bolaven Plateau region through training and strengthening of grassroots organisations.

  5. News

    Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on Vietnam

    28 April 2022,

  6. News

    Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on Thailand

    28 April 2022,

  7. News

    Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on Mongolia

    28 April 2022,

  8. News

    Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on Laos

    28 April 2022,

  9. News

    Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on Kyrgyzstan

    28 April 2022,

  10. News

    Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on Cambodia

    28 April 2022,