The Bolaven Plateau is unique in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for its cool, moist climate, ideal for the production of high-quality tea and coffee. However, most of the men and women working in this sector lack proper employment contracts or decent …
ILO home Regions and countries ILO in Asia and the Pacific Research and Publications Lao Social Security Organisation officials improve their actuarial and modelling ... Training helps key officials gain confidence in skills to financially manage national …
ILO is continuing its support to the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic in its commitment to achieve universal social protection coverage to reduce inequality and poverty through the implementation of a National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS …
A pilot initiative is bringing social protection services to farmers in rural areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Bangladesh’s new Labour and Employment State Minister, Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury addresses the national dialogue on 31 March © ILO DHAKA (ILO News) - Today, Government, industry and labour sector stakeholders convened in Dhaka for a national dialogue on …
The launch of the Indonesian Road Map is marked with the handing over of the Road Map by the Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection to relevant stakeholders, witnessed by ILO Country Director for Indonesia. ©ILO/Rizki Nasution JAKARTA (ILO News …
ILO home Topics Child Labour News Ending Child Labour in Supply Chains project study visit in ... Interaction on child labour in Uganda’s coffee supply chain with smallholder coffee farmers and commercial coffee enterprises. Date issued: 28 March 2024 | …
Construction workers in a high-rise building in the Philippines. © ILO/M. Fossat The Philippines is the latest country to join the Global Accelerator as a pathfinder country. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) confirmed the official high-level …
Representatives of the European Union, Ministry of Labour and United Nations with participants at the PROTECT project launch. © ILO Bangkok, 26 March 2024 - The European Union (EU) announces a financial support of € 13 million to the United Nations (UN) …
A worker mother and her child at her working place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Shutterstock BANGKOK (ILO News) - Representatives of governments, employers and workers from across the Asia and the Pacific region have agreed to strengthen collaboration and to …
Date issued: 26 March 2024 | Size/duration: 00:01:31 Tags: youth employment, skills, people with disabilities Regions and countries covered: Thailand
Arpasara Sutdamriwong joined the “Barber” training course organized by the Young Futuremakers Thailand project supported by the Standard Chartered Foundation. The course was delivered to 20 young people with hearing impairments (aged 15 -24) at the …
Panupong Mitpitak, a Thai youth with a hearing impairment, participated in the “Barista” training course in Bangkok. The training course, organized by the Young Futuremakers Thailand Project, was delivered to 20 young persons with hearing impairments at …
Date issued: 26 March 2024 | Size/duration: 00:01:28 Tags: youth employment, skills, people with disabilities Regions and countries covered: Thailand
Representatives of the European Union, Ministry of Labour and United Nations with participants at the PROTECT project launch. © ILO Bangkok, 26 March 2024 - The European Union (EU) announces a financial support of € 13 million to the United Nations (UN) …
Group work during the Start and Improve Your Business Training of Trainers, Kiribati. © ILO TARAWA (ILO News) – Representatives from Kiribati’s government, state-owned enterprises, training institutions, civil society as well as entrepreneurs took part in …
© ILO GENEVA (ILO News) – Forced labour in the private economy generates US$236 billion in illegal profits per year, a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found. The total amount of illegal profits from forced labour has risen …
Q. What is the focus of this new Guidance Note, and for whom is it intended? As recent discussions at the ILO Governing Body have highlighted, productivity is a key condition for sustained economic growth as well as to advance decent work. Productivity …
© BDRCS GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reached an agreement on the issue of the living wage. The agreement, reached during a Meeting of Experts on wage policies, in February, was endorsed by the ILO’s Governing Body at …
GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will publish the second edition of Profits and Poverty: The economics of forced labour report, which will unveil the latest estimates of illegal profits derived from forced labour. At that …
