Feature stories

This is a list of official ILO feature stories issued by the ILO office in Jakarta and Timor-Leste. Some are available in multiple languages, indicated on the top of each stories. The most recent stories is at the top.

2013

  1. News-casting laborer

    15 May 2013

    This is Ari Widiastari’s activity when she does not work at her factory. Her expertise in public speaking shall not be doubted any longer. At least twice a week, Ari Widiastari, who is popular with her nickname Dias, says hello to her fans on air.

  2. Sexual harassment at workplace (III)

    06 May 2013

    ILO and KSBSI said they are willing to deal with sexual harassment at the workplace. What are they going to do?

  3. Sexual harassment at workplace (II)

    06 May 2013

    Thus, how can a worker be protected from sexual harassment? What can encourage such a protection?

  4. Sexual harassment at workplace

    06 May 2013

    Sexual harassment is clearly disturbing. The case is more complicated when it occurs at the workplace. Unlike sexual harassment at a public place, the victim’s source of income is under threat if he or she fights for his or her case. A regulation on which employers and employees agreed, in a Joint Working Agreement, is a way to prevent it from happening.

  5. Badminton heroes without trophies

    29 April 2013

    A residential area in the corner of Malang City has highly contributed to the sustainability of badminton. However, they are paid a small amount of money for their hardwork.

  6. A woman behind Rungkut’s “cake kampong"

    08 April 2013

    ‘Mbak’ Irul, the woman who initiated the “Cake Kampong” idea, has empowered women and developed the economy in her area.

  7. Influencing a culture of zero harassment in Indonesia

    10 March 2013

    To help its factory partners achieve zero tolerance, Better Work Indonesia works toward ensuring all factories have an appropriate policy in place and promote compliance with that policy.

2012

  1. Kimung, marginalized child worker: Fate of child sex workers

    12 December 2012

    Amid increasing attention to the labour movement, child workers receive the least attention, but their fate and wages are far worse than those of workers in the formal sector.

  2. Fighting disability from within

    03 December 2012

    Indonesia’s law states that disabled people must make up at least one per cent of a company’s workforce. As some garment factories employ over 100,000 people, the challenge is not an easy one. But now the law has found a new ally.

  3. Employer’s slight hope for child domestic workers

    15 November 2012

    Issues pertaining to children domestic workers (CDWs) are rarely made public. It is different than factory workers who are frequently highlighted by mass media when they have public demonstrations. Reports on CDWs are rare, almost nonexistent.