2010

1. 

   New ILO Global Report on child labour: as efforts to end child labour slow, ILO calls for “re-energized” global action

   10 May 2010

   Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO warned in a new study that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a “re-energized” global campaign to end the practice.

2. Youth Employment Conference: Making youth employment policies in Indonesia operational

   13 April 2010

   To tackle challenges of youth employment and facilitate more effective government planning, the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) will organize a two-day Youth Employment Conference from 15 – 16 April 2010 in Jakarta.

3. 

   ILO study focuses new attention on adopting a “rights-based approach” to meet the needs of the world’s 105 million migrant workers

   05 April 2010

   Amid growing challenges due to the global economic crisis, a new ILO study highlights the need to adopt a “rights-based approach” to provide a “fair deal” for the world’s 105 million migrant workers.

4. Tripartite constituents identify decent work indicators for national monitoring

   26 March 2010

   Representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MoMT), the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and trade union confederations met during a 2-day tripartite workshop to discuss the monitoring and assessment of decent work in Indonesia.

5. ILO, University of Indonesia team up to address ageing and productivity problems in Indonesia

   12 March 2010

   In Asia and the Pacific, the number of older persons is growing rapidly, from 410 million in 2007 to about 733 million in 2025, and to an expected 1.3 billion in 2050. Ageing will also intensify over the next 50 years and the Asian population aged over 60 will increase almost three times from 9 percent in 2000 to an estimated 24 percent by 2050. In 2020, the number of older people in Indonesia is estimated to steadily increase to 28.8 million (11 percent of total population).

6. ILO, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss green jobs

   10 March 2010

   The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs in association with the ILO’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific in Bangkok and the ILO Jakarta Office organized a workshop on green jobs at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 10 March 2010.

7. More women choosing to work, but gender equality remains a long way off

   05 March 2010

   Despite signs of progress in gender equality over the past 15 years, there is still a significant gap between women and men in terms of job opportunities and quality of employment, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).

8. A dozen countries from Asia and the Pacific say ‘yes’ to international labour standards for domestic workers: International Labour Conference to formally consider the proposal this June

   05 March 2010

   Governments, worker and employer organizations in Asia and the Pacific have indicated their general support – in principle – of setting a new international labour standard which could offer better social protection to millions of domestic workers – defined as women and men who earn their living by working in the homes of others.

9. 

   National Domestic Workers Day: Recognizing domestic work as work

   12 February 2010

   In conjunction with the commemoration of the National Domestic Workers Day, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Jaringan Kerja Layak Pekerja Rumah Tangga (Jakerla PRT) will organize a one-day rally on 14 February 2010.

10. ILO – BPS to release national data on working children in Indonesia

    09 February 2010

    The labour market in Indonesia is characterized by the existence of working children; however, to date there has been no collection of comprehensive data about the work characteristics of children aged 5 – 17 years. To fulfill the urgent need for an accurate estimate of working children data and information on their socio-economic characteristics, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Badan Pusat Statistik (Statistics Indonesia) will launch and release the report titled “Working Children in Indonesia 2009” which contains findings from the first Indonesia child labour survey (ICLS) on Thursday, 11 February 2010, at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta.