Strengthening childcare services in Bangladesh: Building a skilled and certified workforce
DHAKA – Accessible, affordable, and high-quality childcare services are vital for supporting working parents, enabling them to balance their professional and family responsibilities. Gender-responsive childcare services are especially critical in helping women enter and remain in the workforce, fostering economic participation and social inclusion. In Bangladesh, the government has been providing affordable childcare services through […]
Key ILO Findings on Climate Change and Occupational Safety and Health
ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, Jakarta – 2023 is the hottest year ever recorded in human history. Climate change changes everything, Climate Change causes deaths, injuries and occupational diseases wherever they are. Climate change is causing excessive heat, extreme weather, ultraviolet radiation, air pollution and an alarming increase in certain diseases. And that is a danger that can threaten […]
ILO launches initiative to strengthen labour dispute resolution in Cambodia
Phnom Penh (ILO News) — The International Labour Organization (ILO), through its ILO-Korea Partnership Programme (I-KORP) has launched a new initiative to strengthen Cambodia’s labour dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms The project, “Social Dialogue & Capacity Building for Strengthening Labour Disputes Prevention & Resolution Mechanisms,” seeks to address pressing challenges in Cambodia’s labour relations framework […]
ILO Session ILC 112Th, Indonesian Workers Urge the Indonesian Government to Improve the Job Creation Omnibus Law
ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, GENEVA – Elly Rosita Silaban, President of the Confederation of All Indonesian Trade Unions (KSBSI) who is also Chair of the Trade Union Delegation at the 112th International Labor Conference (ILC) this year, said that Indonesian workers urged the Indonesian government to follow up on the conclusions and recommendations of the 2023 ILO ILC […]
EU reforms: A step forward for trade union rights in new forms of work
The ITUC welcomes two, new historic EU directives on platform work and corporate sustainability and due diligence. Although they do not fully meet the needs of working people, they are a step in the right direction. The directive on platform work introduces a presumption of employment at the national level to address the widespread abuse […]
ILO Indonesia and Timor-Leste Officially Introduce New Director to Replace Michiko Miyamoto
ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, JAKARTA – The International Labor Organization (ILO) for Indonesia and Timor-Leste officially introduced its new Director to replace Michiko Miyamoto. This was published by the ILO in an ILO press release on 15 February 2024 with the title New Director for the ILO Office in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Simrin Singh has officially taken over […]
Commemorating 3 years of Myanmar Military Takeover, Release Detained Trade Union Leaders
ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, JAKARTA – Commemorating the third anniversary of the military takeover of Myanmar, the International Labor Organization calls for the release of trade union leaders and all those unjustly detained. Deep concern was expressed over the increasing erosion of civic space and trade union rights in the country. On the third anniversary of the military […]
