Video News Releases

2002 

• WORK OF GIANTS – CAMBODIA -
  07 May 2002 - When a country emerges from decades of conflict, it takes a gigantic effort to rebuild it. In Cambodia, a book from the International Labour Organization details the reconstruction of an economy and the rebuilding of a devastated infrastructure. This report from ILO TV.
• BEEDI WOMEN WORKERS IN INDIA -
  30 April 2002 - While India now boasts a computer industry akin to silicon valley, there are still millions of informal workers such as Beedi rollers who earn barely enough to survive and are literally dying for a living
• FORCED LABOUR IN NIGER -
  26 April 2002 - Slavery is thought of as a thing of the past, but in certain African countries, such as Sudan, Niger and Mauritania, forced labour in its most ancient form still exists today. In Niger, the International Labour Organization is working with tribal chiefs to eradicate these modern forms of slavery and as ILO TV reports, the main thrust is to combat poverty.
• Substandard Working Conditions in the Maritime Industry -
  10 April 2002 - Conditions of work onboard ships often take a backseat to technical standards, to the detriment of the crew and the shipping industry as a whole.
• Forced Labour in Brazil -
  10 April 2002 - A special mobile unit set up by the Brazilian Ministry of Labour has freed hundreds of men and women held captive and forced to work in remote parts of the country.
• Child Trafficking in Thailand -
  10 April 2002 - A theatre project in Thailand is one of the more unique tools being used to stop the trafficking of children for exploitive purposes. An ILO TV report from Chang Rai.
• The Informal Sector -
  11 March 2002 - Thirty years ago, the International Labour Organization coined the term “the informal sector” to describe the activities of the working poor. Today, this sector accounts for nearly half of all workers in the world and it is expanding in both developing and industrialized countries. ILO Television takes a look at how some of the working poor are working their way out of poverty.
• WORKING STREET CHILDREN IN GREECE -
  14 February 2002 - The trafficking of children from country to country is seen as one of the worst forms of child labour, according to the International Labour Organization. As ILO TV now reports from Greece, youngsters often end up working and living on the streets, but the reasons behind the phenomenon - and the children’s legal situation - are complex.
• Children Perish in Colombian Mining Accident -
  10 February 2002 - Children were among the dead or missing in an accident that took the lives of more than 80 people working in a Colombian mine ILO Television reports from the scene the trafficking of children for exploitive purposes. An ILO TV report from Chang Rai.
• ROMANIAN STREET CHILDREN -
  06 February 2002 - Beneath the streets of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, live hundreds of children who barely survive through begging, working on the streets or prostitution. The International Labour Organization is funding efforts to get them off the streets and back with their families, as ILO TV now reports.