News and articles
2018
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Employment in Asia-Pacific continues to grow but often remains of poor quality
22 January 2018
ILO’s flagship report shows that despite sustained job growth, decent work deficits and informality challenge prospects of further reduction in working poverty in Asia and the Pacific.
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ILO/Myanmar: Agreements on forced labour extended to 31 December 2018
22 January 2018
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Myanmar strengthens efforts to protect seafarers’ rights
17 January 2018
Myanmar becomes the 35th ILO member State to ratify Convention C185.
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Labour law reform is key to sustainable development for Myanmar
17 January 2018
Myanmar Government, employers, workers, civil society and international partners discuss priorities to bring labour law reform forward in order to accelerate sustainable development, and reduce poverty and inequality.
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Achievements of Myanmar youth at the 21st World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
11 January 2018
Nine Youth Champions for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) from Myanmar participated in the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work held in Singapore in September 2017. The team of nine youth delegates from Myanmar were selected from amongst more than 350 applicants worldwide to participate in establishing a new international network of young workers, employers, and government officials from 29 countries.
2017
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ILO/IOM: Labour rights and skills development key to improving outcomes of migration in South-East Asia
15 December 2017
Against the backdrop of increasing migration among ASEAN countries, joint ILO/IOM report assesses changes in the lives of migrant workers from before to after their migration.
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Business case for employing people with disabilities reaffirmed in Myanmar
23 November 2017
Representatives of Myanmar disabled persons organizations, government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and disability experts discussed ways to make workplaces more inclusive and acknowledged the benefits of hiring persons with disability.
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Myanmar: ILO pilots self-learning approach to promote the cooperative business model
15 November 2017
ILO conducted the first Myanmar pilot of the Think.Coop training module on cooperative business, where over 40 participants from trade unions, including farmers, were provided with a basic introduction to cooperation and collective action.
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Myanmar’s ginger value chain actors meet to discuss safer practices and better production
30 October 2017
Through the support of the ILO’s Vision Zero Fund, all actors involved in Myanmar’s ginger value chain, from production to commercialization, met in Aung Ban, Shan State to discuss the way forward to promote occupational safety and health as well as to fairly maximize the benefits of the ginger business.
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ILO launches Global Commission on the Future of Work
21 August 2017
In the presence of the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Mauritius, the ILO has launched a high-level international body to address the challenges of the rapidly transforming world of work.