Jakarta, Oct. 28 -- Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, H.E. San Lwin, delivered remarks at the launch of the 2nd edition of the ASEAN Employment Outlook: "Advancing Long-Term Care Work for Ageing Societies: Labour Protection, Labour Mobility and Labour Migration of ASEAN Care Workers". The Outlook estimates that ASEAN will require around 5.2 million long-term care workers by 2050, more than twice the current demand of approximately 2.3 million. More than three-quarters of the region's care workers are women.

The Outlook also underscores the important role of labour mobility in addressing emerging care workforce gaps within and outside the region. Collective efforts to build a long-term care workforce th...