International Labour Organization

22/07/2026

🤖 Learning how to use AI to work more effectively?

🚗 When you book a ride, who is responsible for the driver's safety?

👵 What will work look like as we grow older?

Across Asia and the Pacific, nearly 2.1 billion workers are experiencing how megatrends including AI, platform work, demographic change, the green transition, and shifting trade patterns are transforming the way we work and live.

That's why the ILO, with funding from the European Union, has launched the project.

Learn more: 👉 https://www.ilo.org/projects-and-partnerships/projects/managing-decent-future-work-together-asia-pacific

The project supports governments, employers, and workers to better understand, prepare for, and shape a decent future of work for all. It is currently conducting research and convening policy dialogues in Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Palau, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand.

💬 Which future of work trend do you think will have the biggest impact on your life or community? Share your thoughts in the comments.

08/07/2026

A red card to child labour. 🟥✋

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi joins ILO's Red Card to Child Labour campaign: every child deserves freedom, education, and the chance to thrive - not to work.

Together, let's show child labour the red card.

12/06/2026

To mark the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June, it was inspiring to witness a range of events taking place across India.

These included law students and faculty from Ambedkar University of Social Sciences joining the ILO’s global Red Card to Child Labour campaign at a Social Action Workshop organized by the ILO-Rise for Impact project on 11 June; a field-based awareness event at Government College, Kukshi, Dhar, attended by women’s self-help groups; activities organized by the Government of Jharkhand in collaboration with Bal Kalyan Sangh and the ILO’s PPLL project, bringing together more than 50 child champions from across the state in solidarity; and a large-scale rally organized by the Government of Karnataka in collaboration with the ILO through the Child Labour Platform (CLP) project, held today.

At the rally, more than 750 children were at the heart of the event, reminding us why the fight against child labour remains so important. The ILO County Office Director had the honour of attending as Chief Guest, reaffirming commitment to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive free from child labour.

At the sub-regional level, the PPLL project collaborated with the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) and the South Asia Coordinating Group on Action against Violence against Children(SACG) to organize an online forum participated in by CSOs, governments, regional bodies, international organizations and children and youth representatives. The event featured a discussion around the Marrakech Global Framework for Action against Child Labour and the ceremonial signing of the MOU between ILO and SAIEVAC on the protection of children in South Asia.

Despite significant progress since 2000, the challenge remains immense. According to the ILO and UNICEF Global Estimates of Child Labour 2024, 138 million children are still in child labour worldwide, including nearly 54 million in hazardous work.

Ending child labour requires coordinated action across policies, institutions, and communities. Events like these demonstrate the strong partnerships and collective commitment needed to turn that vision into reality.

09/06/2026

Children from Khunti district, Jharkhand, marked World Environment Day on 5 June by participating in a painting and art competition.

Supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Policies, Partnerships, Learning and Local Empowerment (PPLL) project, the children also planted saplings and pledged to protect the environment by nurturing and caring for them.

Observed globally on 5 June, World Environment Day 2026 was celebrated under the theme, “Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future.”

District administration officials from the Labour Department and other relevant departments joined the event alongside the ILO.

The PPLL project is a Japan-funded regional initiative designed to prevent and eliminate child labor in South Asia. In India, the project focuses particularly on supply chains, strengthening law enforcement, and enhancing public awareness.

25/05/2026

An ILO-supported National Training of Trainers programme is strengthening maternity protection and gender-responsive social protection systems in India, building institutional capacity to improve protections for women workers. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/3RsE8AT

04/05/2026

REGISTER and SAVE THE DATE: IMRF Side event “Empowerment and Rights Protection of Women Migrant Workers in the Care Economy”

We are pleased to invite you to a hybrid side event for the 2nd International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) on Empowerment and Rights Protection of Women Migrant Workers in the Care Economy.

📅 Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026
🕐 Time: 17:45 - 19:00 Delhi time
📍 Venue: ILO Office for the United Nations, One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 30th Floor, New York

🔗 RSVP:

IN-PERSON participants, please register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ygeb1AIjfE6yy-EhJ4UoUMpX6Yk0m-BAhs4SqmVU0QlURVA5VkUyTFczMjNTTTBCWE5UVzRaRTI1Uy4u

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The side event is being organised by GIZ, represented by the global programme “Shaping Development-Oriented Migration” (MEG), and ILO, through the project “Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in South-East Asia (PROTECT)”, in partnership with the EU, the Government of Nepal, and the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF).

The event aims to:
• Provide insights in realities and challenges of women migrant workers in the care economy
• Discuss the local, national and international approaches to enhance the protection of migrant care workers
• Showcase stakeholder initiatives facilitating the safe, fair and orderly migration of migrant care workers, and share progress in the implementation of the GCM

For further information, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gMu_F64D


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GIZ,German International Cooperation

श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्रालय

International Domestic Workers Federation

International Labour Organization - ILO Nepal

27/04/2026

Happy World Day for Safety and Health at Work!

A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work.

Long working hours, workplace stress, violence and harassment, low pay, and job insecurity - to name just a few - can take a serious toll on both physical and mental health. These are known as psychosocial risk factors.

To mark the occasion, the ILO Country Office for India spoke with people in New Delhi, together with its Occupational Safety and Health & Labour Inspection Specialist, about psychosocial risks.

▶️ Watch the video

22/04/2026

Care systems shape how societies and economies work, grow and thrive.

The International Labour Organization, in partnership with The World Bank Group and ITCILO, is pleased to convene the South-4-Care Learning Hub: Advancing Decent Work in the Care Economy in South Asia in Colombo from 21–24 April.

The Learning Hub is bringing together governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, development partners and experts from across South Asia to exchange experiences, strengthen capacities and identify practical pathways to implement the ILO Resolution on Decent Work and the Care Economy in South Asian countries.

By fostering South–South and Triangular Cooperation, the South4Care Hub aims to support countries in advancing inclusive, resilient and gender responsive care economy systems that promote decent work, support labour force participation and contribute to sustainable development.

Click here to learn more about the event: https://www.ilo.org/meetings-and-events/south-4-care-learning-hub-advancing-decent-work-care-economy-south-asia

21/04/2026

The ILO-supported workshop in Hyderabad agreed on the collaborative roles of government, trade unions, employers’ organizations, and businesses in addressing the root causes of child labour in cotton and spices-related farm activities in Telangana’s agriculture sector in India.

📽️Watch this video to hear from the Indian National Trade Union Congress (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) and the Government of Telangana on their commitment to multi-stakeholder action.

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👉 Read more https://bit.ly/4sWtaRi

📽️https://youtu.be/YHCYco5HgCw

Social partners' commitment: Multi-stakeholder approach is key to ending child labour

15/04/2026

Japan’s senior delegation recently visited India to see the impact of its partnership with the ILO in India in tackling child labour, advancing formalization and promoting gender equality.

In Koderma, they met women mica workers accessing social protection and strengthening their voice through the ILO-supported Workers’ Information Support Center.

In Patna, they met former domestic workers who, with ILO and INTUC support, have launched a women-run tiffin service and are forming Bihar’s first state-level women’s cooperative.

The visit reaffirmed the strong Japan-India partnership and shared commitment to decent work and social justice.