Statements and speeches
2022
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Op-ed
At land or sea, decent work is a right for all
01 May 2022
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.
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Manila, Philippines
Opening address at the Communication and visibility capacity development programme for workers
29 April 2022
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Communication and visibility capacity development programme for workers, 29 April 2022, Manila, Philippines
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Opinion editorial
Acting together to build a positive culture of safety and health
28 April 2022
An opinion editorial by Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for the International Labour Organization for Asia and the Pacific , in conjunction with the commemoration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work with examples from Indonesia. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 28 April.
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Op-ed
Acting together to build a positive culture of safety and health
28 April 2022
‘Social dialogue’ has been key to tackling the occupational safety and health challenges of COVID-19 across Asia and the Pacific. Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for the International Labour Organization for Asia and the Pacific explains why.
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Statement
India's apprenticeship process can be optimized to equip the youth with the necessary competencies to gain decent, sustainable, and meaningful work.
27 April 2022
Opening remarks by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for South Asia and Country Office for India at the Apprenticeship in India: Country Strategy Innovation Bootcamp
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Safe and fair migration
Opening address at the Second Philippine workshop on International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) and sex-disaggregated Philippine migration data
21 April 2022
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Second Philippine workshop on International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) and sex-disaggregated Philippine migration data co-organized by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Safe and Fair Programme, 21 April 2022, Manila, Philippines via Zoom
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Statement
Inclusive governance, a just transition, gender-equity and digitalization are the four considerations that the future of work should be built upon
13 April 2022
Valedictory address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi at the 62nd Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference at IIT Roorkee
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Statement
Message at the handover ceremony of the water system in Tenorio, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project
05 April 2022
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the handover ceremony of the water system in Tenorio, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project, 5 April 2022, Maguindanao, Philippines
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Manila, Philippines
Opening address at the webinar on Promoting gender equality in the workplace through the promotion of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
30 March 2022
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the webinar on Promoting gender equality in the workplace through the promotion of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), 30 March 2022, Manila, Philippines
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Philippine National Women with Disabilities Day
An advocate for disability inclusion in the Philippines
28 March 2022
Overcoming her visual disability, Maria Criselda Bisda has become a leading voice for disability inclusion in technical and vocational education, as part of the ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme.