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Asia Pacific garment industry reels from impact of coronavirus pandemic: ILO report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 04:13 PM

The International Labor Organization said Thursday the garment industry in the Asia Pacific region suffered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with reduced demand from countries that imposed the strictest lockdowns. Read more »

Pandemic ‘amplifies’ employment woes for Asia's youth: ILO-ADB study

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 11:07 AM

The youth aged 15 to 24 years in the Asia and the Pacific would be “hit harder” by the COVID-19 pandemic since majority of them are engaged in industries pounded by the pandemic, a report released Tuesday showed.    Read more »

UN warns coronavirus may push millions of children into underage labor

Matthew Lavietes, Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 11:08 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of children at risk of being pushed into underage labor, reversing two decades of work to combat the practice and potentially marking the first rise in child labor since 2000, the United Nations warned on Friday. Read more »

World's youth lose jobs due to COVID-19: ILO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 11:10 AM

The International Labor Organization said Thurday 1 in 6 young people lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

1 in 6 youth out of work due to pandemic: ILO

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 28 08:09 AM

Employed people aged 15-24 years old were also more likely to be in forms of work that leave them vulnerable, such as low paid occupations, informal sector work, or as migrant workers, ILO added. Read more »

ILO: Income inequality higher in recent years

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 04:39 PM

A new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) shows that global income inequality could be higher than previous estimates. Read more »

Macron warns on 'capitalism gone mad' in ILO speech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 08:11 AM

The French president nodded to the founding principles of the ILO -- the only international body created under the League of Nations, the forerunner to the UN, that survived the rise of fascism and World War II. Read more »

Ilang ahensiya tiniyak na ligtas ang mga manggagawa sa banta ng automation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 12:06 AM

Tiniyak ng ilang ahensiya na protektado ang trabaho ng kanilang mga manggagawa matapos lumabas sa isang pag-aaral na may ilang mga trabaho ang maaaring mawala dahil sa automation. Read more »

Libreng training sa animation at game development, inaalok sa kababaihan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:30 PM

Kasabay ng pag-unlad ng teknolohiya ay ang pangangailangan sa mga tao na paunlarin ang kanilang kaalaman at mga kakayahan. Read more »

Sex trafficking in U.S. massage parlors a $2.5-B business: study

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 18 02:16 PM

NEW YORK - U.S. traffickers make $2.5 billion a year forcing women to have sex in massage parlors, according to a report on Wednesday describing victims as new immigrants with debts and no language skills. Read more »

ILO: Almost half of all senior citizens in Asia do not have pension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 01:07 AM

The International Labour Organization reports almost half of elderly in Asia have no access to pension.  Read more »

Almost half of Asia's elderly have no pension: ILO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 06:47 PM

Nearly half of the elderly in Asian countries including the Philippines do not receive pension benefits, an international labor survey revealed Friday, despite an increase in social protection allocation in the country. Read more »