TY - JOUR AU - Furuokaa, Fumitaka AU - Lim, Beatrice AU - Pazim, Khairul Hanim PY - 2021/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Promotion of human rights by providing equal employment opportunities for the disadvantaged workers in ASEAN JF - AEI Insights JA - AEI Insights VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/AEIINSIGHTS/article/view/31639 SP - 5-22 AB - <p>The promotion and protection of human rights is a key political principle of ASEAN and the<br>ASEAN member states have made efforts to safeguard human rights and freedom of all<br>ASEAN citizens, including the disadvantaged workers. This paper examines the ASEAN<br>countries’ commitment and labour policy to promote equal employment opportunities for<br>women, the elderly and persons with disabilities. The findings of this study would provide<br>better insights to the issues of human rights in the labour market among ASEAN countries. It<br>can serve as a resource for researchers, practitioners and policymakers for policymaking in<br>ensuring that disadvantaged workers are not excluded from being able to fully enjoy their right<br>to work as their participation in the labour market could in turn be one of the solutions to reduce<br>high unemployment rate suffered in some ASEAN countries.</p> ER -