ILO’s Improving Workers’ Rights in Rural Sectors of Indonesia with a focus on Women project in collaboration with Magdalene, a bilingual online magazine that educates, empowers and push for a more equal society through solution-driven journalism is hosting a communication training programme for employers and workers organization from 27 February to 2 March 2023. The project, with funding from the U.S. Department of Labour (USDOL), offers the programme to Indonesian employers and worker's organizations exclusively in the palm oil and fish processing sector.

The 4-day course aims to help actors in the organization to build capabilities to communicate and raise awareness on the promotion of workers’ rights in their workplaces, which weave the fabrics of formal and informal working conditions. The program offers an opportunity for the actors in the organizations to equip themselves with knowledge and skills to develop and implement good labour standards, occupational safety and health (OSH) as well as gender equality and strengthen their ability in communications.

This course gives a basic understanding of strategic communication as well as the strategic communication process including planning, implementing, and measuring results. Participants should be able to develop a basic communication strategy and to have important and useful tools in building and implementing the strategy that weaves in gender and intersectional perspective into the message.

Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Magdalene, Devi Asmarani brings Purnama Ayu Rizky as the Managing Editor, Siti Parhani as the Social Media Coordinator and Paul Emas as the Community Engagement Manager to give the 4-day training.