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Welcome to the ILO Country Office for the Philippines public information section. This section includes press materials, feature articles, newsletters, speeches and videos. Library services and links to statistics, databases and researches can also be accessed. Inquiries about usage or reproduction of materials should be sent by email.

Press releases

  1. ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ attitude hampering COVID recovery for fishers and seafood processors in South-East Asia

    19 April 2022

    New ILO-Cornell brief finds that exclusion from pandemic relief measures and social protection schemes hits migrant fisheries workers hard.

  2. Gender equality through improved labour standards compliance in the Philippines

    04 April 2022

    A dialogue on gender equality and labour standards highlighted the need to strengthen efforts to promote rights at work and improve working conditions for women through social dialogue to ensure compliance with general labour standards, including occupational safety and health, and access to social protection and other existing programmes and services.

  3. © A. Nguyen / ILO 2022
    New guide offers insights to business on employing people with disability in the Asia Pacific Region

    30 March 2022

    Updated ILO resource aims to help companies looking to provide accessible and supportive workplaces.

  4. New Director-General of the International Labour Organization elected

    25 March 2022

    The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022.

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Features articles

  1. Safety matters: More to life after Haiyan

    21 May 2018

    Following Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) many workers were pushed to the informal economy where they face hazards at work due to lack of occupational safety and health. The ILO’s SafeYouth@Work Project helps them design and implement training programmes on occupational safety and health (OSH).

  2. Construction ahead, safety first

    14 May 2018

    Construction attracts more young workers but it has one of the highest rates of occupational injury and illness. Santi knows that workers in the construction industry face day to day occupational hazards.

  3. Think safety, work safely

    07 May 2018

    Safety and health at work is important for government officials and workers in the public sector. Al, a young public sector official and union member shares that the local government is also performing its duty to protect its people by ensuring occupational safety and health.

  4. Safe and equal opportunities without dangerous shortcuts

    30 April 2018

    Risky behaviours are most common among young workers. Zai, a female welder shares that women can do what men can. Welders like her, however, should not take dangerous shortcuts to make easy money, because what is important is making it home safe for your family.

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Speeches

  1. Opening address at the Communication and visibility capacity development programme for workers

    29 April 2022

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Communication and visibility capacity development programme for workers, 29 April 2022, Manila, Philippines

  2. Opening address at the Second Philippine workshop on International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) and sex-disaggregated Philippine migration data

    21 April 2022

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Second Philippine workshop on International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) and sex-disaggregated Philippine migration data co-organized by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Safe and Fair Programme, 21 April 2022, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

  3. Message at the handover ceremony of the water system in Tenorio, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project

    05 April 2022

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the handover ceremony of the water system in Tenorio, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project, 5 April 2022, Maguindanao, Philippines

  4. Opening address at the webinar on Promoting gender equality in the workplace through the promotion of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

    30 March 2022

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the webinar on Promoting gender equality in the workplace through the promotion of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), 30 March 2022, Manila, Philippines

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