Video News Releases

2003 

• ILO TV takes us to Kiev to investigate the corroding health care system -
  29 July 2003 - With an economy in transition and high unemployment, universal healthcare for the people of the Soviet Republic of Ukraine is no longer an option. At a time when new studies have uncovered that there is a rise in infectious diseases, namely TB and Aids and now the added threat of SARS, health workers are not only struggling to survive on their poor wages but fearful of falling victim to the same diseases they are attempting to treat.
• ADIDAS IN INDONESIA -
  25 July 2003 - World sportswear giant Adidas has been working with the PT Dada factory in Indonesia amid concern about conditions in Asian garment factories in the face of increasing globalization. The company is working with the International Labour Organization to improve working conditions in the factory has become a model in the region of good labour-management relations. ILO TV has the details.
• Victims of poverty and racial discrimination, the Roma look to the ILO for a solution -
  22 July 2003 - According to the International Labour Organization's new report on discrimination in the workplace, the Roma people, also known as Gypsies are victim to the highest unemployment rates in Europe. As ILO TV reports, 90 per cent of Roma people of working age are jobless.
• MICROHEALTH INSURANCE IN SENEGAL -
  09 July 2003 - The fishing industry in West Africa is a high-risk and accident-prone business yet until recently, few people had access to health insurance. But fishermen have taken to casting their own safety nets by creating small, community-based health schemes. And the idea has struck a chord with other groups as well. ILO TV explains.
• Disability discrimination in the Ukraine -
  24 June 2003 - People with disabilities were rarely seen in the Ukraine under the Soviet system with the result that they now face discrimination when trying to find a job.But ILO-supported training programs are helping them secure their place in the workplace.
• ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addresses Press Conference in Geneva -
  19 June 2003 - Director-General Juan Somavia held a press conference at the close of the International Labour Conference in which he summarized the highlights of the meeting.
• DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ROMA -
  18 June 2003 - A new report on discrimination in the workplace has found that the highest unemployment rates in the whole of Europe are among the Roma people, also known as Gypsies. The report, by the International Labour Organization, says that in some countries up to 90 per cent of Roma people of working age are jobless. ILO TV has the details.
• Microhealth insurance in Senegal -
  17 June 2003 - Microhealth insurance schemes provide access to much needed health care for the musicians and fishermen in Senegal, while benefitting the community at large.
• SPANISH STRAWBERRIES -
  04 June 2003 - For years, Moroccans supplied the cheap labour for Spain's booming harvest of fruits and vegetables found throughout the markets of Europe and North America. But a new form of discrimination is making even these low-paid jobs hard to come by. ILO TV reports.
• The dangerous occupation for the children of Guatemala -
  29 May 2003 - ILO on TV takes us into a small village in Guatemala to witness the life threatening labour many of the children are subjected to. The dangerous task of making fireworks is part of the pleasure and the pain of Guatemala.