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  • 2002 

    • VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA -
      12 December 2002 - Trade unionists in Colombia have become the targets of political violence which has contributed to giving the country one of the highest murder rates in the world. ILO TV reports on a day in the life of a workers’ representative and on how the International Labour Organization is working with unions and the governments to promote conflict resolution.
    • Surgical instruments -
      22 October 2002 - 12-year old Asif is one of the 179 million children caught in the worst forms of child labour. Along with other child labourers in Pakistan, Asif now attends non-formal education in a Centre that was established with the help of the ILO.
    • Asian Regional Conference -
      22 October 2002 - The ILO's Asian Regional Conference presents its 5-year state-of-the-region assessment.
    • Small scale mines -
      22 October 2002 - Small scale miners work in disastrous conditions, with a fatality rate 90 per cent higher than in industrialized countries. ILO TV reports from a small scale mine in Bolivia.
    • NAYA PRAYAS PROJECT IN INDIA -
      26 September 2002 - 246 million children work worldwide, half of which live and work in Asia and the Pacific. Poor children are the victims of what their parents might consider to be fate. Ending child labour not only means education for the children, but also for the parents. ILO televison reports from the slums of Delhi.
    • KENYA: AIDS ORPHANS -
      20 September 2002 - The International Labour Organization says 41 per cent of Kenya’s children aged 10 to 14 work child labourers. The government is trying to get them back to school, but HIV/AIDS is putting increasing pressure on children to be breadwinners. ILO TV has this report.
    • SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN PAKISTAN -
      09 September 2002 - In Pakistan, the difficult and dangerous task of manufacturing surgical instruments has often in the past been done by children. The International Labour Organization is working to put a stop to this and other hazardous forms of child labour, helping cushion the financial blow of losing part of the family income while helping the child catch up with their education. This report from ILO TV.
    • MINE ACCIDENT IN COLOMBIA -
      17 July 2002 - An estimated 180 million children worldwide are trapped in some of the worst forms of child labour. An accident at a Colombian gold mine focused attention on the plight of small children forced to work for a living in hazardous conditions. This report from ILO TV.
    • SMALL SCALE MINES IN BOLIVIA -
      29 May 2002 - Mining is a dangerous occupation the world over, but in the small scale mines of Bolivia the fatality rate is 90 per cent higher than that faced by miners in industrialized countries. The dangers of makeshift mines, ranging from dust and noise to inexperience, are explained in a new manual from the International Labour Organization, as ILO TV reports.
    • Global Report on Child Labour -
      10 May 2002 - A report from the International Labour Organization reveals that the worst forms of child labour are much more widespread than was previously thought. Some 180 million youngsters are performing hazardous work. They may be victims of traffickers or be forced to work in the sex trade or recruited as child soldiers, as ILO TV now reports.
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