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Malawi: Businesswomen on Board with HIV/AIDS Message

01 December 2010

It’s tough to be an entrepreneur; it’s a lot tougher when you’re a woman from a low income background, running a small scale enterprise across international borders. But in Malawi the challenges for pioneering women entrepreneurs also include the risk of HIV infection. That’s why a local business association is welcoming a new initiative to educate entrepreneurs how to protect themselves. And the classroom is an unconventional one; on board the bus to buy goods across the border in Tanzania.

South Africa: World Cup Jobs

24 May 2010

When "World Cup Fever" hits South Africa, it will bring worldwide attention, and big money. It's estimated the half million visiting fans will inject more than two and a half billion dollars into the South African economy, and more than 150 000 jobs will be created. But how many of those new jobs will still be around when the World Cup is over is a key concern for South Africa.

Afghanistan: Women Entrepreneurs

26 March 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 as ILO TV reports: