News and articles
2013
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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
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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.
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Informal apprenticeships
Pakistan learning lessons from Bangladesh in structuring informal apprenticeships
27 September 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A five-day visit of fourteen high-level officials from Pakistan’s public and private sector concluded today. The officials were here to learn about how the government and industry are working together to structure apprenticeships in Bangladesh’s informal sector, in trades such as motorcycle servicing, mobile phone servicing, tailoring and dressmaking.
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News
The ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, visited Thimpu, Bhutan from 25 to 28 September 2013
25 September 2013,
The main purpose of the visit was to meet members of the Government and attend a meeting of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC).
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Press release
ILO-OHCHR Joint Statement welcoming the Supreme Court decision in the case of the murder of Cambodian trade union leader Chea Vichea
25 September 2013, Cambodia
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Gender Equality
Window of opportunity for Viet Nam to improve gender equality at work
24 September 2013,
Viet Nam has a lot of opportunity to address gender equality at workplaces, which helps industrial relations, but more efforts are needed in this area.
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Press release
ILO-OHCHR Joint Statement on the Supreme Court hearing in the case of the murder of trade union leader Chea Vichea
24 September 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
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Press release
New ILO Report finds Global Number of Child Labourers Falls
23 September 2013,
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, with the largest absolute decline in the Asia Pacific region.
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Press release
ILO-Better Factories Cambodia returns to public disclosure of assessment findings
23 September 2013,
The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program today announces its return to a practice of publicly disclosing individual factory information collected in its assessment reports.
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New report
New ILO report finds global number of child labourers falls - Asia Pacific sees the greatest decline but still has the largest numbers
23 September 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, with the largest absolute decline in the Asia-Pacific region.