ILO in the media

2007

1. Tanzania: Sowing the Seeds of Women's Rights

   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.

2. Marinalva: Mobile squad labour inspector

   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.

3. ILO Understanding with Myanmar

   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.

4. Occupational Safety and Health in Bulgaria

   06 February 2007

   With Bulgaria's entry into the European Union, employers place a high priority on safety and health in the workplace.

2006

1. Cultural heritage project a tool for development in Peru

   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.

2. Sweet taste of success

   05 November 2006

   ILO business training has helped Tsunami survivor, Asriana, turn her donut-making enterprise into a success.

3. 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.

4. Street children back to school in Morocco

   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.

5. HIV/AIDS prevention in Cameroon

   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.

6. Uganda tea plantation child labour

   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.