Press releases

April 2024

  1. Press release

    100 Thai automotive industry workers gain essential hard skills to keep pace with rapidly changing technology

    23 April 2024

    Training helps enhance workers’ job prospects while supporting Thai automotive industry efforts to close skills gaps.

  2. © Judith 2024

    OSH and climate change

    Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of the world’s workers, ILO report finds

    22 April 2024

    The health consequences of climate change can include cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory illnesses, kidney dysfunction and mental health conditions.

  3. New ILO website

    ILO to launch new website with improved access to ILO information for all

    18 April 2024

    A new ILO website is set to provide a reinvigorated, user-friendly and more accessible digital experience to the public.

  4. Media Advisory

    New ILO report to reveal dangerous and long-lasting effects of climate change on workers’ health and safety

    16 April 2024

  5. Media advisory

    Pacific Tripartite High-Level Dialogue on Decent Work and the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent

    15 April 2024

    Organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the event will foster a coordinated and inclusive approach to ensure decent work in the Pacific.

  6. Press release

    The United States of America authorized to participate in the proceedings

    10 April 2024

  7. © ILO 2024

    Press release

    EU supports ILO and partners to empower community leaders to ensure safe migration of Filipino fishers

    03 April 2024

    Outreach effort leverages church network across the country to help convey the practical realities of work in fishing.

March 2024

  1. Press release

    Indonesia launches its Road Map for Care Economy for a more Gender Equal World of Work

    28 March 2024

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office in Indonesia supports the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection in the development of a Road Map on Care Economy for a Transformative, fair and Equal World of Work in Indonesia.

  2. Global Accelerator

    Philippines joins the Global Accelerator aiming to expand jobs and social protection

    27 March 2024

    To address challenges and channel investments, the Philippines becomes a pathfinder country of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, a joint high impact initiative of the United Nations to create decent work and extend social protection for sustainable development.

  3. © Chalinee Thirasupa/ILO 2024

    Labour migration

    New EU-UN ‘PROTECT’ project supports women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia

    26 March 2024

    A new initiative launched by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) will help strengthen the rights of women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia, while reducing their vulnerabilities.