
News by Country: Global / Asia and the Pacific
28 July 2020
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UN rights expert urges States to step-up anti-slavery
efforts to protect most vulnerable during COVID-19 (UN, 5 May 2020)
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Policy Brief: The need for social
dialogue in addressing the COVID-19 crisis (ILO, 5 May 2020)
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Technical Brief: Rapid Diagnostics for
Assessing the Country Level Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy and Labour Market
- Guidelines (ILO, 5 May 2020)
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ITUC-AP: A brief analysis of the impacts on
employment, government’s initial responses and trade union’s actions in the
Asian and Pacific region (ITUC-AP, 5 May 2020)
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Scientists warn worse pandemics are on
the way if we don’t protect nature (World Economic Forum, 4 May 2020)
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COVID-19 Crisis: Why ILO Employment and
Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation (R205) is relevant for Trade Unions? (ACTRAV, 2 May 2020)
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Importance of the effective respect and
implementation of ILO’s International Labour Standards in the context of the
outbreak of COVID (ACTRAV, 2 May 2020)
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Virus Worries Haunt Workers Demanding
Rights On May Day Worldwide (WBEZ, 2 May 2020)
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In pictures: May Day protests around the world (BBC, 2 May 2020)
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May 1, 2020 end of week update: Debt
relief for the world’s poorest countries (World Bank Blog, 1 May 2020)
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Informal worker movements call on
governments to partner on Covid-19 response & recovery (MailChimp, 1 May 2020)
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Journalists provide ‘antidote’ to COVID-19 misinformation, UN chief says ahead of
World Press Freedom Day (UN, 1 May 2020)
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Workers’ struggles echo around the world
as pandemic spreads (CLB, 1 May 2020)
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Guidance note: Addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
on women migrant workers (UN Women, 30 April 2020)
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Sharan Burrow: May Day 2020 message to
the workers of the world (ITUC, 30 April 2020)
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A “New Deal” for informal workers in Asia (IMF, 30 April 2020)
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Protecting Workers in the Informal
Economy during COVID-19 Pandemic (ACTRAV, 30 April 2020)
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COVID-19 and the new meaning of safety
and health at work (ILO, 30 April 2020)
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Policy Brief: Protecting migrant workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic (ILO, 30 April 2020)
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One World: Global solidarity for
recovery and resilience (The OECD Forum Network, 30 April 2020)
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We need to strengthen social dialogue to
respond to the on-going global health crisis: Lessons from Denmark (The OECD Forum Network, 30 April 2020)
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UN chief call for ‘solidarity, unity and hope’ in battling COVID-19 pandemic (UN, 30 April 2020)
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Coronavirus and human rights: New guidance highlights
support for persons with disabilities (UN, 30 April 2020)
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Surveys show that COVID-19 has gendered effects in
Asia and the Pacific (UN Women, 29 April 2020)
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ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half
of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods (ILO, 29 April 2020)
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UN urges countries to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19 (World Economic Forum, 29 April
2020)
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COVID-19 poses an existential threat to
human rights activists worldwide (openDemocracy, 29 April
2020)
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Healthcare workers are still coming
under attack during the coronavirus pandemic (The Conversation, 29 April
2020)
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ITUC Global COVID-19 Survey: Global gaps
in adequate provision of PPE and preparation of safe workplaces to protect
workers from spread of Covid-19 in spotlight (ITUC, 28 April 2020)
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The COVID-19 crisis may lead to mental
health issues for many workers (ILO, 28 April 2020)
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Protect workers both now and after
lockdowns ease, says ILO (ILO, 28 April 2020)
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Across the world, construction workers are caught
between coronavirus risk and joblessness (Equal Times, 28 April 2020)
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
2020 - Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work can save lives (ILO, 28 April 2020)
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Coronavirus chaos
could cause extra 7 million unintended pregnancies, UN study finds (Independent, 28 April
2020)
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A UN framework for the
immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 (UNSDG, 27 April 2020)
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COVID-19 should be classified as an occupational
disease (ITUC, 27 April 2020)
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Halt destruction of nature or suffer
even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists (The Guardian, 27 April 2020)
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4 ASEAN States Abusing COVID-19
Emergency Powers (The Diplomat, 27 April 2020)
· Two crises, one flawed supply chain
model: How the imbalance of power in global supply chains harms workers (Workers Rights Consortium, 27
April 2020)