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2009
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Spinning a Tradition into Commercial Success
26 May 2009
With the help of vocational training, indigenous women in Argentina are achieving commercial success using their traditional spinning skills. This report was produced by ILO TV for CNN World Report.
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Liberia: A new project is helping clean up Monrovia’s streets of tens of thousands of tons of garbage
15 May 2009
ILO TV reports for CNN World Report from Liberia, where efforts are underway to generate jobs that both provide a decent income and protect the environment.
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China: HIV-positive migrant worker raises AIDS awareness on the big screen
15 May 2009
In China, more than 200 million people are migrant workers – that is about 15 per cent of the country's population. And what is more they are amongst the most vulnerable to contracting HIV/AIDS as ILO TV reports for CNN World Report.
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ILO proposes a Global Jobs Pact
24 March 2009
According to a new report from the ILO, not enough money from economic stimulus packages is devoted to job creation. BBC World Business report talks to ILO Director-General Juan Somavia about the ILO's proposal for a "Global Jobs Pact."
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Rising Unemployment: Cause for more crime, discrimination, social unrest?
27 February 2009
Riz Khan interviews ILO Director-General Juan Somavia about the social backlash of the financial crisis. As the financial and economic crisis worsens will rising unemployment lead to more crime, discrimination, even racism around the world?
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BBC World Business Report on ILO's Global Employment Trends 2009
28 January 2009
BBC World Business Report interviewed ILO economist Lawrence Johnson about the impact the global economic crisis on global unemployment, the working poor and vulnerable employment in 2009.
2008
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Forgotten ILO murals uncovered at the WTO
22 July 2008
ARTE reports from the World Trade Organization in Geneva, formerly the headquarters of the International Labour Organization, where forgotten murals about labour and workers have been re-discovered and put back on display. (in French)
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The Road Ahead for Liberia
12 July 2008
ILO TV reports for CNN World Report from Liberia, where road-building is part of a multi-lateral effort to help the country get back on its feet and people back into jobs.
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CNN awards ILO TV with "Best Business Report 2008"
11 July 2008
The ILO TV story "Child Trafficking in Burkina Faso" has won the 2008 CNN World Report Award for "Best Business Report". Selected from over 70 nominations from more than 40 contributors, the report highlights ILO efforts to prevent children from being trafficked in Burkina Faso.
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Empowering Ghanaian people in business
25 May 2008
ILO TV reports for CNN World Report from the coast of Ghana, where an ILO project is helping informal businesses to become more formal and give workers access to social protection.