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.
2013
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Turning tragedy into opportunity
19 July 2013
In one of the remotest parts of Indonesia, devastated by a tsunami, an ILO business training programme has helped one young woman develop talents she never knew she had, and open up new horizons for her community.
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Voucher pliers: fate of home-based workers
31 May 2013
After sunset, the hustle could still be felt in the narrow alleys of Jati Bundar area in Tanah Abang. Some residents were having fun; chatting and talking in their house terraces, while watching the traffic of people in the densely populated area. In a small house, two women were glued in front of a 21-inch television. Tuti (54) and Teti (43) were relaxing after arriving home from work that day.
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"No" to child labour in domestic work
31 May 2013
The 2013 World Day against Child Labour (marked on June 12) is focusing on child labour in domestic work. Millions of children globally work as domestic labourers, mostly girls under 18. They are deprived of education, and endure harsh working conditions that leave them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. However, an innovative ILO project in Indonesia aims to bring about a lasting end to this abuse.
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Creating sustainable livelihoods while saving a precious eco-system
29 May 2013
The ILO is working with local communities on the Indonesian island of Borneo on a green jobs programme that is helping to rehabilitate a partly-destroyed peat swamp forest.
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Waging a grassroots guerilla war in fighting for labour welfare
27 May 2013
Setting up a trade union is the most effective strategy to fight for the welfare of workers. However, some reasons make workers unable to get involved in such a movement. The role of a labor associate is needed to keep the workers empowered and not just accepting of their destiny.
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Keeping SCORE with Better Work Indonesia; how one factory improved its production
24 May 2013
Partnering with SCORE, Better Work Indonesia is able to offer companies tried and tested training methods to improve workplace conditions.
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Government doesn’t neglect
16 May 2013
The role of women in fishing villages in developing local economy, the role of early-age education and the role of natural conservation by planting mangrove, together have proven that the participation of women must be put in a strategic position.
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Forgotten heroes of the ocean
16 May 2013
Efforts to get income by women in fishing villages are only limited up to earning enough to support their husbands. None have encouraged them to improve what they do, and to not just stop at getting additional income.
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Marsinah radio and labour movement
15 May 2013
A mass rally like this is not something new at Kawasan Berikat Nusantara or KBN industrial estate in Cakung, North Jakarta. This rally is a kind of awareness on how important it is to set up a labor union.
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Marsinah radio
15 May 2013
Here is the atmosphere of Marsinah FM Radio, a community radio located in Cakung area in North Jakarta. At a glance, the radio’s secretariat just looks like a sheltering house, but when entering it, the aroma of workers fighting for their rights can be strongly smelled.