News and articles

2011

  1. News

    Viet Nam acknowledges ILO contributions on labour, invalids and social affairs

    26 July 2011,

    Ms Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Country for Viet Nam, was awarded a medal to acknowledge her strong commitment and ILO’s contributions to labour, invalids and social affairs in Viet Nam. The medal was presented by Vice Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa on 26 July 2011 in Hanoi.

  2. Press release

    New ILO survey reveals limited public support for migrant workers' rights in Asia

    20 July 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

    There is limited support for the rights of migrant workers among the public according to a new multi-country study released by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. In general the report reveals higher levels of public support for migrant workers, in terms of their rights and their contribution, in Singapore and South Korea than in Malaysia and Thailand.

  3. Press release

    Protecting Indonesian migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities

    18 July 2011,

    Indonesian women migrant workers, a majority of whom work as domestic workers, are particularly vulnerable to gender based violence and to HIV and AIDS throughout the entire course of the migratory cycle. Gender based violence stands out as one of the main violations faced by women migrant workers and poses a direct risk to them of HIV infection.

  4. Press release

    ILO project brings together worker's and employer's organizations from Samoa and New Zealand in mentoring initiative

    29 June 2011,

    Worker's and employer's organizations in New Zealand have welcomed the opportunity to engage in an exchange of expertise with counterparts in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.

  5. Press release

    Indonesian electronic industry to improve productivity and efficiency through social dialogue

    24 June 2011,

    Representatives of major companies in the electronic industry, trade unions, employers’ organizations and the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration discussed the importance of social dialogue between employers and workers to improve the productivity and efficiency of the electronics industry in Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, from 21 – 23 June.

  6. Press release

    Indonesia to examine its progress towards achieving decent work

    24 June 2011,

    The promotion of decent work is defined as “productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity”. The 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice and a Fair Globalization reaffirmed the commitment of Member States to promote decent work based on the four equally important strategic objectives: (1) promoting employment; (2) developing and enhancing measures of social protection; (3) promoting social dialogue and tripartism; and (4) respecting, promoting and realizing the fundamental principles and rights at work.

  7. Press release

    Tackling child labour through Public-Private-Local Community Partnership

    21 June 2011,

    Child labour remains a significant problem in Indonesia. The 2010 National Child Labour Survey showed that 4 million children are working and 1.7 million of them are child labourers, with work that affect negatively their well being, their safety and their capacity to benefit from normal schooling.

  8. Press release

    World day against child labour 2011 in Thailand

    19 June 2011,

    A seminar on “Creative operational campaign against child labour in hazardous work”

  9. Press release

    100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards

    16 June 2011,

    The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

  10. I-News

    Singapore, First Asian country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

    15 June 2011,

    Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the full support of tripartite partners – the seafarer unions and the National Trades Union Congress, as well as the maritime industry and the Singapore National Employers Federation.