Shaping the living wage agenda in Asia and the Pacific

Organized under the Global Coalition for Social Justice, this high-level regional event brings together key stakeholders from across the region to engage in a dialogue on living wages, in line with the ILO’s agreement on wage policies including living wages, adopted following the Meeting of Experts in early 2024.

As the Asia-Pacific region grapples with persistent low pay, informality, and rising inequality, living wages are a powerful lever to improve livelihoods, reduce poverty, and promote inclusive and sustainable growth. The event aims to support greater policy coherence and stronger wage governance, promote alignment between national wage-setting frameworks and emerging living wage initiatives. It will also equip governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations to learn, share, and shape a collective path forward in advancing the living wages agenda in the region.