2012

1. Key results of council of ministers meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste

   02 May 2012

   The Council of Ministers met this Wednesday on 2 May 2012 in the Council of Ministers Meeting to discuss key issues, including plan for professional technical education training.

2. World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Promoting a safety culture in Indonesian small and medium enterprises

   23 April 2012

   Employing more than 95 per cent of the world’s working population, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the main source of employment in developing countries, including Indonesia. In Indonesia, SMEs have also become a significant support to the sustainable development of the economy and important channel to absorb surplus labour. In fact, more than 60 per cent of the labour force is employed in SMEs.

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   ILO and Australian government strengthen technical cooperation with US$31 million Timor-Leste project

   29 March 2012

   The ILO and the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste have announced a new US$31 million project to significantly improve road transport in Timor-Leste.

4. Protecting the health rights of Indonesian migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities

   27 March 2012

   Although the Government of Indonesia has issued a number of regulations concerning migrant workers and gender mainstreaming, significant challenges still hamper the development of effective policy and regulations for the protection of migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS. Indonesian women migrant workers, a majority of whom work as domestic workers, are particularly vulnerable to gender based violence and to HIV and AIDS throughout the entire course of the migratory cycle.

5. Voices of youth: Facing the global challenge on youth employment

   26 March 2012

   A critical element of the current global jobs crisis is the struggle of young people to enter and remain in the labour market. For those who do have a job, the quality of jobs is often an issue. According to ILO estimates, of the total of 200 million people unemployed worldwide, 75 million, or around 40 percent, are young people. In many economies, young people are 2.8 times likely to be unemployed than adults but in Indonesia youth are 4.6 times more likely to be unemployed than their adult counterparts.

6. Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in Nusa Tenggara Timur

   26 March 2012

   Despite of the importance of the role of domestic workers, domestic work is still not recognized as work. Since their work is done in private households, which are not considered work places in many countries, their employment relationship is not addressed in national labour laws or other legislation, denying them recognition as workers entitled to labour protection.

7. Promote growth of productive employment in provinces, says new ILO report

   21 March 2012

   While the world economy still struggles to recover from the economic crisis, Indonesia has weathered the crisis better than neighbouring countries and its economic growth is expected to accelerate in the coming years.

8. Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in North Sumatra

   21 March 2012

   The great majority of domestic workers are female with low educational levels; they mainly come from poor families in rural communities. Apart from adult domestic workers, one of the most common child labour forms found in Indonesia is child domestic labour.

9. Providing better economic protection to Indonesian migrant workers

   19 March 2012

   Indonesian migrant workers and their families need to have a good understanding about the financial implications of migration, including the earnings, costs and deductions inherent in placement and employment overseas, as well as hazards and conditions. Financial education plays an important role in enabling Indonesian migrant workers and their families to administer, save and invest the earnings which migrant workers remit to their families on a regular basis throughout their employment overseas.

10. Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in South Sulawesi

    19 March 2012

    To address issues related to domestic workers and child domestic workers and as an effort to provide recognition to domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and SmartFM Makassar, a leading radio station in Makassar, will organize an interactive talkshow, “Problems and Solutions on Domestic Workers and Child Domestic Workers in South Sulawesi” on Monday, 19 March 2012, at Krakatau Ballroom, Horison Hotel, Makassar, South Sulawesi.