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ILO Indonesia strengthens its tripartite coordination to ensure decent work in fishing and seafood processing sectors

The meeting bolsters collaboration between the government, employers’ and workers' organizations and civil society organizations to ensure decent work for Indonesian migrant fishers and seafood processing workers in Indonesia.

Transition to Formality: Impact of the monotax scheme in Uruguay

New ILO Technical Report reviews the opinions, assessments and suggestions of monotax workers and analyses this scheme’s impact on the transition towards labour formalisation.

Indonesian young workers are still vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and have limited access to social protection

The joint study of ILO and YARSI University maps the vulnerability of young workers to HIV/AIDS and their access to social protection. The study recommends expanding the access of young workers to HIV education programme and social protection.

Innovative HIV e-Learning benefits companies in strengthening HIV workplace programme

The e-Learning platform for the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS at the Workplace programme has benefited hundreds of companies. The platform is jointly developed by the ILO and its social partners to improve the existing Manpower Ministry’s...

International labour standards

Uganda ratifies the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment

Uganda becomes the 32nd country in the world, and the 8th country in Africa, to ratify Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work

HIV self-testing at workplace can contribute to end the HIV epidemic

Relevant stakeholders, facilitated by the ILO, share their experiences, lessons learnt and challenges in the implementation of HIV self-testing at workplace in Indonesia.

Launched, a series of HIV innovative interventions at workplace in Indonesia

The ILO and its social partners join forces to develop and implement a series of HIV innovative interventions to support Indonesia achieving the triple 95s goals and strengthening its HIV/AIDS national programme.

ILO launches Phase II of the Bridge Project to continue its support in addressing forced labour in Nepal

The Bridge project, supported by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) aims to support global and national efforts to combat forced labour, promoting ratification and implementation of ILO Protocol 29 on Forced Labour.

ILO, GSS work with stakeholders to develop productivity measurement

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) have successfully concluded a two-day stakeholder discussion on developing a national labour and multi-factor productivity measurement.

International Labour Organization supports celebration of 10 years of protecting labour rights at the Kenya Labour Court

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the All Hands in Kenya and Fairway projects, joined the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) in commemorating its 10th anniversary in July 2023.

ILO supports the establishment of Provincial OSH Council and Sectoral Tripartite Forum in Riau

The ILO Workers’ Rights Project continues to support the establishment of Provincial OSH Council and Sectoral Tripartite Forum in some provinces in Indonesia promote compliance of labour standards.

Ambitious reforms in Oman pave way to universal social protection

Newly approved legislation, developed with the support of the ILO, radically reshapes the social protection system in the Sultanate and is set to become a reference for countries in the region.

Promoting Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for African Migrant Workers

Fair recruitment, international labour standards (ILS), union-to-union agreements, and monitoring and reporting

All Hands in Kenya supports code of practice for workplace compliance in the tea and textile sectors in Kenya

The Code of Practice offers practical advice to revitalize existing systems or establish independent institutions, ensuring efficient operation and effective dispute resolution services, drawing heavily from previous ILO publications.

ILO supports Indonesia’s joint labour inspection in the fishing sector to prevent forced labour at sea

The ILO through its 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme has supported Indonesia to improve working conditions of fishers and prevent forced labour through the establishment of joint labour inspection system and strengthened coordination between labour and...

Better Work

President of National Council of Switzerland visits Better Work Viet Nam participating factory in Hai Duong province

The Swiss delegation visited the factory in Hai Duong province to better understand the impacts of the programme on the factory floor and discuss how the factory balances green initiatives with labour standard compliance.

Our impact, their voices

An Indonesian student warns her community of the risks of forced labour at sea

The communications trainings of the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme have inspired a 20-year-old communications student to campaign about labour rights of fishers in her fishing community to break the longstanding myth about working at sea.

Capacity Building of Labour officers on Labour inspections and HIV/AIDS at Four Points Sheraton, Arusha Tanzania

The ILO Decent Work Country Program under priority 3 focuses on the governance, rights, and dialogue through which matters of compliance with labour standards, elimination of gender equality and non-discrimination, HIV prevention, Disability...

ILO launches a new initiative to eradicate forced labour in Mongolia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United States Department of Labor have commenced "The Bridge Project II" to combat forced labour in Mongolia, aiming to enhance the national capacity by engaging with the government, social...

Integrating Social Dialogues in creating more decent jobs in the agro-processing sector - The ProAgro Ethiopia project experience