Video and audio stories

2010

1. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with K.V. Subramaniam, Sathasivam, Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

2. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with Marianito Roque, Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

3. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with Mark Maipakal, Minister, Ministry for Labour and Industrial Relations, Papua New Guinea (2 of 2)

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

4. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with Mark Maipakal, Minister, Ministry for Labour and Industrial Relations, Papua New Guinea (1 of 2)

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

5. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with Kim Yong Gan, Minister for Manpower, Singapore (2 of 2)

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

6. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with Kim Yong Gan, Minister for Manpower, Singapore (1 of 2)

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

7. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: Interview with Lionel Kaluat, Commissioner of Labour, Vanuatu

   02 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

8. International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010: interviews with officials

   01 June 2010

   Delegates to the International Labour Conference (ILC) were asked to give their views on the importance of decent work and the role of the Global Jobs Pact in ensuring that employment-friendly measures were incorporated into national responses to the global economic and jobs crisis.

9. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 6 Working contract

   28 April 2010

   A fair contract, which understandable and agreed by both employer and domestic worker, is a fundamental aspect for protecting the rights of domestic workers as enjoyed by other groups of workers. Even though at the moment the existence of a working contract between domestic worker and employer sounds like an alien idea, this video shows us how some employers, including Indonesia entertainment stars such as Shanaz Haque and Farhan, can correctly emphasize the need of a working contract which will benefit not only a domestic worker but an employer as well.

10. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 5 Health

    27 April 2010

    At the moment, there is no Government's health care program for domestic workers in Indonesia, and yet, it does not make Riris Sarumpaet, an employer, ignores the need of taking good care of the health condition of her domestic worker. This video shows us how in such situation, where domestic workers has no guarantee of their social security, the employers still need to pay attention to the health condition of their domestic workers as part of ways for respecting the employment relationship between the two.

11. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 4 Working environment

    26 April 2010

    As other workers, a domestic workers need to work in a situation where they fully understand and enjoy the respect and fulfilment of their rights; a situation where their duty can be done properly without avoiding respect to their needs as human being. The implementation of a decent working hour, rest time, and other employment aspects would create a good working environment for both domestic worker and his/her employer.

12. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 3 Overtime

    25 April 2010

    This video, through the characters of Mirdalena and Aliyah, gives the example of how an employer respects her domestic worker by providing her over time fee. The employer pays the overtime every time she needs her domestic workers' assistance longer than the regular working hours and on holidays. In the context of Indonesia, and in the absence of working hour regulation for domestic workers as it should be, this video has a message which in line with ILO's role for creating decent work for all with regard to overtime.

13. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 2 Salary

    24 April 2010

    While other workers have different set of minimum wage standards for their income, there is no standard yet in Indonesia for the salary of domestic workers. In the meantime, it is heavily depend on the employer's generosity. In this circumstances, and as part of the campaign and program of the ILO for creating decent work for all, this video has a main message for the viewers: the work load and the need of the domestic workers and his/her family have to be considered wisely when setting up the salary level of the domestic worker.

14. Indonesia - Domestic Workers: Part 1 Myths

    23 April 2010

    In Indonesia, most households consider the relationship between domestic workers and employers as a non-employment relationship. If you ask them, many will answer that it is more as a "family relationship" rather than an employment-relationship. Without opposing the positive meaning of "family relationship", this video emphasizes that beyond the personal relationship and approach, however, domestic worker's rights as workers should be respected and protected as it is applies to others workers, as clearly promoted by Atiqah Hasiholan, an Indonesian young female rising movie star.

15. Indonesia: The Maluku Youth Sailing the Sea

    01 April 2010

    The short film highlights the youth employment project in the Aru Island of Maluku, showing that the skills of unemployed youths in the remote area could be improved through an integrated training approach. The trainings, in turn, helped them to get a job in a big fishery company. The project applied an integrated 4 in 1 approach and promoted good synergy among local government, NGO, company and trade union.

2009

1. Community infrastructure development: reducing poverty in times of crisis

   01 December 2009

   Disasters like floods, landslides, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions often occur in countries such as the Philippines. The video presents the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) which created jobs at the community level using local resource-based investments in infrastructure. It proved that emergency interventions after a calamity not only provide immediate relief and employment for the affected families but also help improve their access to future employment and livelihood towards rebuilding their lives and their community.

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   A training video for people living with HIV/AIDS

   09 October 2009

   9 October 2009 - This video from the International Labour Organization (ILO) offers practical step-by-step guidelines to help people living with HIV/AIDS to raise awareness and understanding in their workplaces. With contributions from more than a 100 people living with HIV, it is part of a unique training package developed with the Indian Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (INP+). It has been produced in both English and Hindi with the support of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) and the President Emergency Funds for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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   India: Puppets Versus Child Labour

   28 September 2009

   The art of puppetry has a profound place in India’s deep tradition of storytelling. For centuries, puppets have not only been used to entertain, but to educate, inspire, and even heal the sick and the disabled. Now this ancient Indian art form is being used in a new way, to fight the plague of child labour in India.

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   India: Finding a Voice in the Silk Industry

   28 September 2009

   When families have no source of immediate income, often the only answer the families seem to have is sending their children to work. And just as the parents themselves were sent to work when they were young, the plague of child labour passes on from one generation to another. But in India’s silk industry, now it is the mothers who are breaking the cycle of child labour. At the same time, thanks to a remarkably successful initiative, the mothers of the silk industry are finding their own voices; in their families, in their communities, and in changing society for the better.

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   India: Fighting Child Labour with Street Plays

   28 September 2009

   Like every complex problem, the causes of child labour are many: social, economic, cultural, and political factors all play a role. But perhaps the best way to help people understand and do something about the plague of child labour is to reach out to them on their own terms, using stories taken from real life. In India, this unique approach is having remarkable results, and it is playing out on the streets of hundreds of villages.