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ILO and JICA sign MOC to promote Business and Human Rights

Maritime sector

Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment

New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.

Indonesia Business Forum 2022 showcases a decade of progress and challenges in Indonesia’s garment industry

Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), highlights a collective effort undertaken by Indonesian garment industry to gain a significant improvement in compliance of labour laws and standards.

Business and Human Rights e-course helps to promote responsible business conduct in Georgia

Online self-paced course on Business and Human Rights aims to strengthen capacity of participants to fully understand the linkages and implications of the business – human rights nexus, not only in general, but also in the specific context of...

Labour standards compliance is key to build a sustainable supply chain in the fishing sector

The ILO’s two-day capacity building programme aims to improve labour laws compliance, gender equality and working conditions in the fishing industry.

Latin America

Low levels of social protection and statistical invisibility increases the vulnerability of 55 million indigenous people

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected more than 800 groups of indigenous peoples, who are overly affected by poverty and informality, have few opportunities for decent work, and face obstacles in accessing education or participating...

Opening address at the Strategic planning for gender mainstreaming in the promotion of compliance to labour standards and OSH in the rural...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Strategic planning for gender mainstreaming in the promotion of compliance to labour standards and OSH in the rural sectors, 14 December 2022, Manila, Philippines

Indonesian employers renew its Guideline on Prevention and Handling Sexual Harassment at Workplace

The renewed Employers Guideline on Prevention and Handling the Sexual Harassment at Workplace, supported by the ILO, has incorporated the ILO Convention No. 190 and the key findings of ILO’s survey violence and harassment at work in Indonesia.

ACCEL Project Partners Unite to Combat Child Labor in Malawi: Sharing Knowledge and Results for a Better Future

ACCEL project partners in Malawi hosted a knowledge sharing workshop to showcase their initiatives to combat child labour and promote decent work for adults and children of working age. The workshop was a platform to identify gaps, shortages, and...

Indonesian constituents join the ILO’s Gender Academy on the elimination of violence and harassment at work

The Indonesian constituents join a five-day training programme of the ILO’s Regional Academy on Gender, Inclusion and the Future of Asia Pacific, conducted by the ILO’s International Training Centre (ITC) Turin.

Workers’ and employers’ organizations joint the fight against gender harassment, violence and discrimination in palm oil and fisheries...

The ILO joins forces with workers’ and employers’ organizations to free Indonesian palm oil and fisheries sectors from gender harassment, violence and discrimination.

Experiences of Violence and Harassment at Work: A first global survey

Violence and harassment at work has affected more than one in five people

The first global survey on experiences of violence and harassment at work aims to bring a better understanding and awareness of an issue rooted in complex economic, social and cultural factors.

ILO Director-General meets constituents on first visit to Belgium

During his trip to Brussels, the ILO Director-General met the Belgian Minister of the Economy and Employment, the Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, in charge of Development Cooperation and of the Major Cities Policy, and the Belgian...

ILO Director-General discusses bilateral cooperation with the European Commission

During his first official visit to Brussels, the ILO Director-General met the Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, the Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, and the EU Commissioners for Jobs and Social Rights and...

The Bahamas ratifies two ILO Conventions that ensure a future of work based on equity, security, dignity and respect for all

The country deposited the instruments of ratification for the two Conventions on 30 November 2022.

The strong relationship between international labour standards and human rights covered in a UN-wide training

Computable general equilibrium modelling techniques

In line with the government of Egypt approach of evidence based policies and recognizing the importance of investing in its human capital, the UNESCWA and ILO's computable general equilibrium modelling techniques were presented during a one-day...

Ratify C190: Time to end violence and harassment now, says ILO Director-General

Highlighting the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo urged all countries to ratify and implement the ILO Convention 190 to...

ILO Tokyo and JETRO sign agreement to strengthen collaboration on co-research

Building Trust in the Cotton Fields: ILO Activities in Uzbekistan

On November 22, Usbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent hosted a presentation of a book by the former adviser to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization Kari Tapiola “Building confidence in the cotton fields: the activities of...