News and articles

2013

  1. Press release

    Philippines to give child labour a red card

    17 October 2013, Manila, Philippines

    The Philippines is joining the “Red Card to Child Labour” global campaign to end child labour. The Red Card campaign was announced at the closing of the third Global Child Labour Conference in Brasilia last week, and has already gained the support of Hollywood stars as well as artists and athletes from the around the world.

  2. Social protection

    Pension system: difficult choices to overcome a major crisis

    14 October 2013,

    The pension fund in Viet Nam faces a crisis, but the required reforms are not popular. ILO Viet Nam specialist on social protection, Carlos Galian, analyses the difficult choices for the Government.

  3. Press release

    New initiative to support policy-makers in finding workable solutions to the youth employment crisis

    11 October 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

    A new initiative to help policy-makers find solutions to the challenge of youth employment was launched by the ILO in Bangkok. This initiative will focus on sharing knowledge about youth employment policies in 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

  4. Non-discrimination

    New initiative to help people with disabilities claim their rights

    09 October 2013,

    A joint ILO, UNDP and UNICEF programme in Viet Nam will help include people with disabilities in all decision-making steps through strengthening the capacities and role of organizations of people with disabilities.

  5. Press release

    Bonded labour can be addressed by reducing conditions that perpetrate bondage like situation- Experts

    08 October 2013, New Delhi, India

    National Consultation on Abolition of Bonded Labour and Reducing Vulnerability to Bondage in India through Promotion of Decent Work, New Delhi

  6. Press release

    ILO welcomes improvements in protection for Cambodian migrant workers

    07 October 2013,

    International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed the introduction of new legal measures in Cambodia to improve the protection of migrant workers.

  7. Press release

    Bangladesh Minimum Wages Board returns from study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam

    07 October 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Members of the Minimum Wage Board returned to Dhaka on Friday from a study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam. The aim of the study tour was to better understand the approaches taken in other countries in order to inform the Board’s on-going negotiations on a new minimum wage for Bangladesh’s 4 million garment workers.

  8. Workplace safety

    Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health launched in Karachi

    04 October 2013, Islamabad, Pakistan

    In response to the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, validated and officially launched a Joint Action Plan to promote workplace safety and health in Karachi.

  9. Press release

    Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health being launched in Sindh

    03 October 2013, Hyderabad

    In response to the the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, will validate and officially launch a Joint Action Plan to promote workplace safety and health on 4 October 2013 in Sindh

  10. Skills training

    Getting skills and jobs to Bangladesh's poorest

    01 October 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between Far East Knitting & Dyeing Industries, IDLC Finance, the ILO TVET Reform Project, Gazipur Technical School and College, Care Bangladesh and Shiree.