Audio
2009
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Decent Work round table
12 June 2009
A high-level panel of leaders from the world of work discuss tools to counter the economic crisis at a round table discussion hosted by the Governments of Norway, South Africa, Germany and the ILO
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ILC opening remarks by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia
03 June 2009
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia warns of a possible 6-8 year employment and social protection crisis due to the eocnomic crisis and called on delegates to the 98th International Labour Conference to adopt a "Global Jobs Pact".
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India's poorest workers get organized (SEWA)
03 June 2009
Hundreds of millions of women worldwide work in the so-called informal sector (e.g. a job without regular income and benefits). Many women are trapped in this sector because they lack education, skills, or have other commitments which prevent full-time or regular work. In India nine out of ten working women are in informal work – with no rights, medical insurance, contract, or guaranteed minimum consequently, they and their families remain trapped in poverty. But in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Ella Bhatt, a woman who has earned the nickname of "the gentle revolutionary", has set up a unique organization – the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA). SEWA has not only helped thousands find a way out of the poverty trap, it has given them access to financial services, and a way of making themselves heard by Government.
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India’s female taxi drivers
03 June 2009
For millions of women going out to work is a necessary. But earning a living can be a dangerous business if you are poor and female, and live in India. Many jobs carry a very high risk of accidents, sickness or assault. This issue – women's right to work safely – is currently being highlighted by a global gender campaign, organized by the International Labour Organization – the UN agency dealing with workplace issues. (The Campaign culminates with a debate in June at an international conference in Geneva). In India, some women have decided to look for solutions themselves, by training as Delhi's first female taxi drivers and offering a service to working women.
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Barefoot solar engineers
03 June 2009
Everyone's affected by climate change, but women are increasingly being seen as more vulnerable than men because they represent the majority of the world's poor and are proportionally more dependent on threatened natural resources. In India's Rajasthan desert some of the region's poorest are being trained as "barefoot solar engineers" so putting these ideas into practice and showing how the new idea of "green jobs" can also help alleviate poverty.
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ILC coverage: Effects of globalization on employment in India
13 June 2008
Neelam Agnihotri from ILO Radio interviews the President of the Employers Federation of India, Mr. N. Venkataramini.
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ILC coverage: What does Decent Work mean to you?
13 June 2008
During the International Labour Conference a shuttle bus transported delegates back and forth from the ILO building to the United Nations Palais des Nations. Olga Bogdanova from ILO Radio went along for the ride and asked delegates what Decent Work meant to them. (in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish)
