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. Inspiring students through the ILO’s new KAB Start Up and Go Modules

    15 April 2014

    The ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education and the Provincial Education Office of East Java conducted an entrepreneurship pilot project at vocational schools and high schools for six months (June-December) in 2013. The project covered five districts: Lamongan, Blitar, Kediri, Bangkalan dan Banyuwangi.

  2. Empowering women homeworkers for better working conditions

    26 March 2014

    Uswatun has been doing embroidery work from home, in the Pakis subdistrict of Malang, for more than seven years. She works every day of the week for up to ten hours a day. “No holidays,” she says, with a laugh.

  3. A promise to domestic workers, after 10 years

    18 March 2014

    An opinion-editorial by Irham Ali Saifuddin, Capacity Building Specialist, ILO-Jakarta highlighting the importance of the ILO Convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. This was published by the Jakarta Post on 18 March 2014.

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    Domestic workers: The need to speed up change

    04 March 2014

    We need to step up the speed of change to better protect domestic workers throughout the world, says ILO Wage Specialist Malte Luebker six months after the entry into force of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.

  5. "Money finds us!" - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste

    28 February 2014

    How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

2013

  1. The story of Neneng: “Our fields are now more productive”

    30 November 2013

    Neneng lives in Lawang Kajang, a small village along Kapuas River in Central Kalimantan, but is originally from Katujung, a village in the neighbouring district. She is Dayak, the main indigenous group of Borneo and married Junedi from Lawang Kajang in the early 1990s. Now, Junedi is the head of the village and they have four children.

  2. When Nua did not have to fish in the Kayahan river of Central Kalimantan

    30 November 2013

    Every day at 4 o’clock in the morning, Nua, 53 years old, starts the day, jumps on her boat in front of her house and begins paddling towards the Lake Tundai across the Kayahan River. She remains at the lake until four in the afternoon, trying to catch as much fish as possible. On a good day, two kilograms of fish will bite the hook, but very often she only brings an average of one kilogram back to the village.

  3. The story of Henggo: “Now I can sell my fish to the capital city with higher prices”

    30 November 2013

    Henggo is a 24 years old fisherman from Tumbang Nusa who lives with his family nearby the Kayahan River of Central Kalimantan. Every day, except Friday, they get on two boats to catch fishes in the river and a lake nearby. The day’s catch depends very much on the season, but on average five kilograms of fish will bite the hook.

  4. Timor-Leste: When a short road makes a huge difference

    01 October 2013

    In a country where 75 per cent of the population live in rural areas and 40 per cent are below the poverty line, improving a short stretch of road can mean more jobs and a better quality of life for rural workers and their families.

  5. Fixing the minimum wage hike: Does it matter?

    16 September 2013

    An opinion-editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, Programme Officer, ILO-Jakarta, responding to the controversial debate on minimum wage fixing and to the recent issuance of the Presidential Instruction on minimum wage. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 16 September.