Video interviews
August 2021
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Go for the goal: Decent Jobs for Youth
12 August 2021
On International Youth Day, French football legend and winner of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Christian Karembeu, stands with the ILO to call for more and better Decent Jobs For Youth, particularly in times of COVID19. “We need to save their dreams and help them achieve their goals”, Karembeu says.
June 2021
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Domestic workers are essential care workers
16 June 2021
Marking the 10th anniversary of ILO Convention No. 189, academy award-winning director, Alfonso Cuarón calls for stronger protection of the rights of domestic workers. Convention 189 has been hailed as a breakthrough for the tens of millions of domestic workers around the world.
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Let’s step up to protect domestic workers’ rights
16 June 2021
The pandemic highlighted the critical role of care workers such as domestic workers. However, the majority of these workers are in the informal economy. They continue to suffer from poor working conditions, lack of income insurance, employment support and medical care. Ten years ago, the ILO adopted Convention No. 189 that granted their labour rights. Yet, there is a lot of ground to cover to recognize domestic workers as essential service providers.
April 2021
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Solidarity is key to our common survival and prosperity
30 April 2021
In a statement issued to mark May Day, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, calls on workers, employers, governments, international organizations and all who are committed to building back better, to join forces to bring in a world of work with justice and dignity for all.
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Lokua Kanza: We can all act to ensure a better future for our children
09 April 2021
Congolese singer and songwriter, Lokua Kanza, will be one of the judges of the Music Against Child Labour Initiative’s global music competition, launched by the youth music organization Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) in collaboration with the ILO. He says it’s time to act to ensure a better future for children, and called on musicians to raise awareness of child labour by taking part in the competition, which closes on 12 April.
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Juan Diego Flórez: Music offers hope to children
07 April 2021
The Music Against Child Labour Initiative's international song competition will be judged by celebrated opera singer, Juan Diego Flórez.
March 2021
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Make the eradication of modern slavery a political priority
23 March 2021
As we celebrate the 50th ratification of the ILO Forced Labour Protocol, activist and 50 for Freedom champion, Leonardo Sakamoto, calls on governments to make the eradication of modern slavery a political priority.
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We all have a role in ending modern slavery
23 March 2021
Humanitarian photographer, Lisa Kristine, has exposed the horrors of modern day slavery through her images. Fifty countries have now ratified the ILO Forced Labour Protocol. However, we all have a role to play in eliminating modern day slavery for good, she says.
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More countries should ratify ILO Forced Labour Protocol, says Wagner Moura
22 March 2021
Actor and ILO forced labour champion, Wagner Moura, has called on more countries to ratify the ILO’s Forced Labour Protocol, after the 50 for Freedom campaign to end modern slavery reached its landmark target.
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Ralph Johnson: Act now to protect our children
18 March 2021
The Music Against Child Labour Initiative's international song competition will be judged by Grammy Winner and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, Ralph Johnson.