Feature stories

This is a list of official ILO feature stories issued by the ILO office in Jakarta and Timor-Leste. Some are available in multiple languages, indicated on the top of each stories. The most recent stories is at the top.

2014

  1. Turning leather waste into a profitable footwear business

    12 November 2014

    One of the young entrepreneurs was Yoi Yohanantoko from Yogyakarta who has developed a leather footwear business called “Bucini Footwear: The Beauty of Leather.” He was selected from more than 100 applicants and was able to improve her business. Here is his story:

  2. Promoting rural entrepreneurship through improved rural road access in Timor-Leste

    05 November 2014

    Income-generating opportunities are available to very few people in rural areas of Timor-Leste where the local economy relies mostly on subsistence agriculture. Severe infrastructure constraints, in particular poor rural roads access, limit potentials for local economic and social development.

  3. “Moving forward is my current life principle”

    15 October 2014

    September 2014 would be a monumental, unforgettable month for Juliani, a 31-year-old home worker from Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. For the first time, she and several other home workers had courage to demand a raise. Also, these home workers have started to work together to improve their working conditions.

  4. Utilizing knowledge and experience for a better work

    15 October 2014

    Siti Zamzanah has been making button holes and sewing buttons for 16 years now. She generally enjoys her life – spending time with family and working from home – but she is not fully satisfied with her work.

  5. Young Indonesian entrepreneur goes green

    30 September 2014

    Ilham Rhamanda is one of a new generation of entrepreneurs in Indonesia, for whom there is more to business than pure profits. With ILO support he is following a greener, sustainable approach for his sportswear business.

  6. Working as a homeworker and three other jobs to support family

    15 September 2014

    Working as a home worker, Uswatun Hasanah complete 20-30 pairs of embroidery in a month. Her employer will drop the threads in the beginning of every month and retrieve completed work at the end of every month.

  7. Gaining skills for a new life in Timor Leste

    29 August 2014

    Empowering youth through education and training is key to achieving sustainable development in small island developing states like Timor Leste, where youth unemployment has reached 21.6 per cent.

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    Domestic work, Work like any other

    16 June 2014

    The well-publicised case of the abused Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih placed a spotlight on the plight of a vulnerable and often invisible population, migrant domestic workers. Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, explains how we can contribute to end this plight, relying on international labour standards.

  9. Fighting for workers’, and women’s, rights in Indonesia

    01 June 2014

    From scepticism and questioning to recognition and trust; Elly Rosita Silaban’s path to the leadership of a huge Indonesian labour union shows how the barriers for women unionists can be broken through passion and perseverance.

  10. Next govt faces ‘jobless growth’

    30 April 2014

    An opinion-editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, Programme Officer of ILO-Jakarta discussing about the jobless growth phenomenon which would be faced by the new government. The piece is published in conjunction with the commemoration of the Labour Day.