In this edition of Our Workplace, ILO Communications Director Zohreh Tabatabai meets with Samuel Woods, human rights lawyer and Minister of Labour in Liberia. When fourteen years of conflict came to an end in 2003, 85 per cent of the country's working people were unemployed. A self-described "incurable optimist", Mr. Woods is pushing ahead with an employment action programme, which he sees as crucial to the country's renewal: "Liberia wants to be the model that shows that out of the misery and agony of war, we can now seize the moment to provide great opportunities, explore our potentials and show the political will and leadership that will inspire people."
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Date issued 21 June 2007 Size/duration 00:12:18 (21.3MB)