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December 2009

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   Video

   Success Africa

   14 December 2009

   This film was produced for the Second Social Partners Forum on "Mobilizing Social Dialogue for the Implementation of the Global Jobs Pact in Africa" and the First African Decent Work Symposium on “Recovering from the crisis: the implementation of the Global Jobs Pact in Africa”. It provides examples of the International Labour Organization’s efforts to promote decent work across the region.

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   Video

   Workplaces in Africa respond to HIV/AIDS

   01 December 2009

   A film on the ILO's work in five countries in Africa. The ILO is the United Nations specialised agency for the world of work and cosponsor of UNAIDS. Within the UNAIDS family, the ILO is lead agency for workplace policies and programmes on HIV/AIDS. It has activities in all regions and in all sectors, from transport and agriculture to mining, hotels, and the public sector.

February 2009

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   Global employment trends

   When Community Clean-up Generates Livelihoods for Women

   06 February 2009

   “Green jobs” not only clean up the earth’s fragile environment, they can also provide innovative new ways to build sustainable jobs. A good example can be found in Burkina Faso, where recycling waste is generating new livelihoods for women.

October 2007

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   News item

   ILO documentary to be screened at environmental movie festival in Italy

   11 October 2007

   Turning waste into wages is the goal of an ambitious project in Burkina Faso and the subject of an International Labour Office documentary to be screened by the Italian Film Festival "CinemAmbiente" in Turin, Italy.

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   Video

   Burkina Faso: Protecting the Environment by Profiting from Garbage

   09 October 2007

   Burkina Faso’s first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project. It provides a money earner to the poor while tackling environmental pollution. Local industry also benefits – the recycled plastic granules cost half the price of importing new plastic from abroad.

March 2007

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   Video

   Burkina Faso: A New Life for Trafficked Children

   15 March 2007

   In Burkina Faso, the focus is on bus stations and bus drivers to help prevent children from being trafficked. Rescued children are given apprenticeships to ensure they won't be trafficked again.

January 2007

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   Video

   Burkina Faso: Protecting the Environment by Profiting from Garbage

   12 January 2007

   Burkina Faso’s first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project. It provides a money earner to the poor while tackling environmental pollution. Local industry also benefits – the recycled plastic granules cost half the price of importing new plastic from abroad.

August 2004

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   Official Website of the Summit

   01 August 2004