Resources on Mining (coal and other mining) sector

  1. Rebuilding better coconut economy: Demonstrating an integrated inclusive recovery model from Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) and overlaying crises

    01 July 2023

    The ILO project funded by the Government of Japan provides strategic support and guidance to local governments targeting coconut farmers and the working-age population who are greatly affect by the Super Typhoon Odette.

  2. A just energy transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on jobs

    01 May 2022

    Coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, and its rapid phasing out is essential to limit global warming to 1.5°C. However, the status of coal power plants as of 2021 shows that the world is far from reaching this objective unless drastic steps are taken immediately. The ILO's Report on "A just transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on jobs" lays out the need to mitigate the negative socio-economic effects of coal phase out and the necessity for just transition policies to be fostered by using evidence at local levels.

  3. Improved Workers' Rights in Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a Focus on Women

    01 December 2020

    This ILO project, funded by the US Department of Labor (US DOL), aims to improve the promotion and compliance to labour laws, occupational safety and health, and gender equality in the rural sectors in the Philippines and Indonesia, with a focus on women workers.

  4. Desk review of research on HIV/AIDS in the world of work

    31 July 2012

    This desk review was conducted by ILO/AIDS as part of the Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV workplace policies/programmes and private sector engagement (IATT/WPPS). It is based primarily on the research documents shared by the IATT members, covering vulnerability studies, stigma and discrimination studies, impact and cost-benefit studies.