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June 2020
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Violence and harassment Convention
ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021
25 June 2020
The ratification by Fiji, the second after Uruguay, will allow Convention No. 190 to enter into force in a year’s time.
January 2020
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I benefitted from migration, let others do so too
02 January 2020
All sides can benefit if migration is well-organized and governed, according to an economist who has personal experience of the costs and benefits.
June 2019
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Child Labour
Observing the World Day against Child Labour in Suva, Fiji
12 June 2019
The ILO’s Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182) has achieved almost universal ratification by the ILO’s 187 member States, and the ratification rate of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) is not far behind.
January 2015
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Gender equality
Empowering women in business and management
12 January 2015
There is a growing recognition that women in senior management positions make good business sense yet just five per cent of CEOs are women. Now, companies and employers' organizations are raising awareness of the qualities women bring to leadership positions and that is changing attitudes. An international conference: "Reflecting Global Change: Women in Business and Management" organized by the ILO with the International Finance Corporation and hosted by the Confederation of British Industry is taking place April 28, 2015 in London, UK.
October 2013
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319th Governing Body
ILO Governing Body adopts report of the Committee on Freedom of Association
31 October 2013
The Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) draws special attention to three serious and urgent country cases.
September 2012
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Freedom of association
ILO mission to Fiji aborted
19 September 2012
An ILO mission on freedom of association obliged to depart from Fiji without having completed its mandate.
August 2011
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News
ILO Director-General’s expressed concern on trade union developments in Fiji
08 August 2011
January 2010
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Article
Questions and answers on jobs recovery and the development of decent work for people in the Pacific Islands
11 January 2010
In February 2010, at Port Vila, Vanuatu, Labour Ministers, Senior Labour officials and representatives of worker and employer organizations from all eight countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu – as well as Australia and New Zealand – took part in the first high-level gathering of its kind. After two days of rich debate a tripartite accord was adopted – The Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and the Pacific Action Plan for Decent Work. ILO Online spoke to Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, the ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific about the accord and development plans in the Pacific.
October 2008
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Remove the obstacles – Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work Campaign 2008-09
Working in a ‘man’s world’: women in the Fiji police force
08 October 2008
There are higher proportions of women in public services worldwide, and an increasing number of equal opportunities policies exist globally. Nevertheless the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111) adopted in 1958 remains as relevant today as it was in the late 1950s – in the Pacific region and elsewhere. An interview with Kasanita Seruvatu, former Director of Training in the Fijian Police and now Training Advisor to the Samoa Police, who was spearheading initiatives in the two countries to create a stronger ethnic and gender balance and empower women to take up challenging roles in the police force over the last 10 years.