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Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate

Climate change is a real threat to worker safety across the Asia-Pacific region. To mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa explains what needs to change.

Forced Labour and Human Trafficking

Balochistan Officials Empowered Against Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

One of the BRIDGE project’s aims in Pakistan is to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders in Balochistan province to combat forced labour, bonded labour, and human trafficking

Social justice

Pakistan launches National Coalition for Social Justice

National Coalition for Social Justice cements the commitment of partners to addressing inequalities and promoting social justice in Pakistan.

Sustainable Development Goals

ILO and EFP launch ‘Roadmap for Business Engagement’ to promote SDGs

The roadmap for business engagement would represent a united business voice in Pakistan, showcasing the contribution of the business community to SDGs.

ILO organizes regional technical meeting on statistics of international labour migration and migrant recruitment costs in South Asia

A sub-regional meeting on labour migration brought together government, social partners, CSOs and academia to discuss and identify issues, challenges and more importantly to develop action plans to better measure, analyze and disseminate labour migration data.

Migrant workers

ILO and EFP award 150 national skills passports to aspiring migrant workers

Recognizing the pivotal role of skilled human resources in national and international labour markets is essential for achieving decent work.

Social security

Actuarial capacity of social security institutions boosted in Asia and the Pacific

Regional actuarial valuation training builds skills and management capacity for social security institutions in the region to support evidence-based policy making.

Migrant workers

Empowering migrant workers through the National Skills Passport initiative

Participants discuss the many challenges faced by Pakistani migrant workers and set out a strategy to recognize and enhance the skills and qualifications of returning workers.

Decent work

Stakeholders validate evaluation of ILO interventions to promote decent work for vulnerable segments of society

Participants in the validation event heard testimonials from stakeholders how the project has brought change in their lives.

Maritime Labour Convention

Pakistan advances towards ratifying Maritime Labour Convention for seafarers' rights

Stakeholders recognize the important benefits that ratification of the ILO instrument would bring to the lives of Pakistani maritime workers.

International labour standards

New report evaluates Pakistan’s compliance with GSP+ labour standards obligations

The report charts progress, identifies gaps in compliance indicators and provides practical recommendations for improvement.

Occupational safety and health & environment

Employers’ Federation of Pakistan with support from ILO organizes the 17th Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Awards

ILO and other social partners reaffirm their commitment to promoting safe and productive workplaces ensuring the safety of workers and enterprise sustainability.

Labour market

ILO forecasts Pakistan unemployment up 1.5 million since 2021

New labour market brief highlights how prolonged crises are cumulating in extreme labour market distress.

Forced Labour Convention

Pakistan moving closer to ratifying Protocol 29 to ILO’s Forced Labour Convention

Consultations agree on the important benefits that ratification of the ILO instrument would bring to the lives of Pakistani workers.

Mine workers

ILO and All Pakistan Labour Federation join hands to protect safety and health of mine workers

Advocating a comprehensive strategy for safe mining in Pakistan and continuing the campaign for the ratification of Convention No. 176.

Domestic workers

ILO and Pakistan Workers’ Federation join hands for protection of the rights of domestic workers

Discussions consider the ratification of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and recognize the many benefits this would bring.

Sustainable development

UNFPA and ILO strengthen collaboration for inclusive sustainable development in Pakistan

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) joined hands in a momentous event to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 20 July 2023.

Asia Regional Child Labour (ARC) Project

ILO Country Office for Pakistan hosted "Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!" Conference in Islamabad

The ILO Country Office for Pakistan, a leading global advocate for labour rights, successfully organized the "Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!" conference on 12 July, 2023 in Islamabad. The conference aimed to accelerate efforts towards the prevention and elimination of child labour, in alignment with the World Day Against Child Labour

Technical Experts Meeting on South Asia Qualifications Reference Framework (SAQRF)

The Qualifications Framework will ease the movement of workers and students across the region and bring equal opportunities and fairness in the recruitment process.

Our impact, Their voices

Empowering women in the manufacturing industry: A Pakistani SME’s journey towards gender equality, workplace cooperation and decent work

A leading sock manufacturer implemented SCORE Training to tackle workers’ safety concerns while improving equal opportunities and awareness on gender equality.