ILO on the air

March 2008 

• Philippines radio show discusses employment trends for women in South East Asia and around the world - Duration: 00:06:03 (2.4 MB)
  07 March 2008 - With the release of a new report on "Global Employment Trends for Women 2008", Radio Veritas in the Philippines interviews the Director of the ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific, Linda Wirth.

January 2008 

• "Challenges ahead for the jobs market" Director-General is interviewed by CNN during the World Economic Forum in Davos, 24 January 2008 - - Duration: 00:05:16 (12.4 MB)
  24 January 2008 -

September 2007 

• BBC's World Business Report focuses on productivity - - Duration: 00:03:32 (9 MB)
  04 September 2007 - BBC's World Business Report talks about labour productivity and other Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) with Lawrence J. Johnson.

July 2007 

• CNBC World Business reports on child labour - - Duration: 00:05:21 (10.3 MB)
  27 July 2007 - CNBC's World Business programme talks with the ILO expert Frank Hagemann and reports on global efforts to eliminate child labour.

May 2007 

• Leman Bleu TV discusses ILO Global Report on Discrimination - - Duration: 00:03:01 (5.24 MB)
  15 May 2007 - Leman Bleu TV talks to Zafar Shaheed about how Switzerland is faring in its efforts to eliminate discrimination in the workplace.

April 2007 

• Afghanistan: Women Entrepreneurs - - Duration: 00:02:19 (4.10 MB)
  29 April 2007 - More than two decades of conflict have crippled Afghanistan’s economy. But some Afghan women are taking their handicraft skills to the market and playing an active role in the country’s reconstruction and development.
• ABC News: Child soldiers in Uganda - - Duration: 00:01:58 (4.13 MB)
  28 April 2007 - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports from Northern Uganda where thousands of children have been forced to labour as child soldiers.
• Rebuilding Baphuon Temple in Angkor, Cambodia - - Duration: 00:02:07 (3.72 MB)
  07 April 2007 - Tourists will soon be able to visit one of Angkor’s greatest treasures: the 11th century Baphuon temple. Now the temple is the centre of a huge archaeological reconstruction effort. Safety training means today’s Khmer construction workers are reclaiming this piece of their heritage without the dangers their ancestors faced.

March 2007 

• Making information technology work for agriculture in India - - Duration: 00:02:29 (7.22 MB)
  30 March 2007 - Using IT in the agricultural sector is one solution to help reduce poverty in India and bridge the digital divide.
• Tanzania: Sewing the seeds of women's rights - - Duration: 00:02:28 (3.82 MB)
  17 March 2007 - Harvesting flowers for Valentine's Day is not always a bed of roses for those who work in the cut flower industry, but in Tanzania, employers and unions are working together to improve conditions on commercial flower farms as ILO TV reports for CNN World Report.
• Marinalva: Mobile squad labour inspector - - Duration: 00:02:04 (3.21 MB)
  11 March 2007 - In Brazil, labour inspectors are dispatched in mobile units to rescue victims of forced labour and one veteran in the force also happens to be a woman as ILO TV reports for CNN World Report.

February 2007 

• ILO Understanding with Myanmar - - Duration: 00:02:28 (6.90 MB)
  27 February 2007 - BBC World TV's "Asia Today" talks to ILO Executive Director Kari Tapiola about the Understanding agreed to with Myanmar which will enable alleged victims of forced labour to seek redress.
• Occupational Safety and Health in Bulgaria - - Duration: 00:01:49 (3.14 MB)
  06 February 2007 - With Bulgaria's entry into the European Union, employers place a high priority on safety and health in the workplace.

December 2006 

• Cultural heritage project a tool for development in Peru - - Duration: 00:03:09 (5.34 MB)
  24 December 2006 - Poor communities in Northern Lima, Peru benefit from a colonial church restoration project led by architect Luis Villacorta, an alumnus of the ILO's International Training Centre in Turin, Italy. ILO TV reports.

November 2006 

• Sweet taste of success - - Duration: 00:02:02 (3.58 MB)
  05 November 2006 - ILO business training has helped Tsunami survivor, Asriana, turn her donut-making enterprise into a success.

October 2006 

• Ecotourism in Northern Cyprus - - Duration: 00:02:46 (4.57 MB)
  28 October 2006 - ILO TV reports from Northern Cyprus where new jobs come from old traditions.

August 2006 

• Post-tsunami road-building project in Banda Aceh - - Duration: 00:02:07 (3.52 MB)
  12 August 2006 - ILO TV reports on a post-tsunami road-building project in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for CNN World Report.

July 2006 

• Street children back to school in Morocco - - Duration: 00:02:40 (4.49 MB)
  21 July 2006 - A footbal pitch and a circus tent lure children off the streets, out of child labour and back to school in Morocco as ILO TV reports.
• HIV/AIDS prevention in Cameroon - - Duration: 00:01:24 (2.46 MB)
  13 July 2006 - ILO TV reports on how an HIV/AIDS workplace prevention program in Cameroon is becoming a model for the country and the region.
• Uganda tea plantation child labour - - Duration: 00:02:36 (4.79 MB)
  07 July 2006 - In Western Uganda trade unions, employers and local radio are working together to encourage children to stop working in the tea plantations and go to school.