Video News Releases

2006 

• Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace - Video interview with Frans Roselaers: -
  12 October 2006 - Child labourers face the risk of violence in work where they are hidden from view, such as domestic work, or in illegal situations, says Frans Roselaers. (Part 2 of 3 videos.)
• Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace - Video interview with Frans Roselaers: -
  12 October 2006 - Frans Roselaers, Director of the ILO's Department of Partnerships and Development Cooperation, talks about the global challenge to raise awareness about violence against working children. (Part 1 of 3 videos.)
• Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace - Video interview with Frans Roselaers: -
  12 October 2006 - Frans Roselaers describes the risk of violence that legally working young people face and how children can protect themselves against violence in the workplace. (Part 3 of 3 videos.)
• Informal Gold Mining in Mongolia -
  11 October 2006 - Severe drought and heavy loss of livestock have led traditional Mongolian herders to mine gold in order to survive. Their work is hazardous and illegal. A new law has been proposed to help improve the working conditions of 100,000 informal gold miners.
• Peru: Ayacucho -
  10 October 2006 - In Peru, a group of women are using their traditional skills to update a perennial fashion favourite: The Converse hi-top sneaker. They’re not only giving the well-known brand a boost: they are also giving themselves a step up on the income ladder by creating sustainable new jobs for their region. ILO TV explains.
• Making Information Technology Work For Agriculture in India -
  02 October 2006 - Despite a rapid growth in it’s information communication technology sector, the digital divide in India is getting wider. Using IT in the agricultural sector is one solution to help reduce poverty in India and bridge the digital divide.
• Cambodian Labour Law Soap Opera: A Hit -
  02 October 2006 - A soap opera about labour law in a garment factory has become an unlikely hit in Cambodia. Fiction is relating fact as Cambodia modernizes the governing of its labour market.
• Decent Jobs for “the Millennium Generation” -
  02 October 2006 - Nearly half of young people in Asia are unemployed. In Angono, the Art Capital of the Philippines, employers’ organisations are working with aspiring young artists to help them make a start in the art market.
• Serbia: EXIT music festival and youth employment -
  02 October 2006 - As International Youth Day approaches (August 12th), summer is the time for music festivals in Europe and elsewhere, but the EXIT Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, is a festival with a social conscience that is turning its attention to the problems of unemployed young people as ILO TV reports:
• Post-tsunami road-building project in Banda Aceh -
  12 August 2006 - ILO TV reports on a post-tsunami road-building project in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for CNN World Report.