All ILO Newsroom content

November 2012

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   Public Service Announcement

   Jada Pinkett Smith: End Slavery Now!

   30 November 2012

   Today, 21 million women, men and children are trapped in slavery all over the world. Jada Pinkett Smith has teamed up with the ILO and its new campaign End Slavery Now, and so can you!

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   Video interview

   21 million trapped in modern slavery

   30 November 2012

   Modern slavery, forced labour, still traps more than 20 million people around the world in different forms including debt bondage, forced begging, or trafficking. According to Beate Andrees, Head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, one of the main problems in the fight against modern slavery is how to identify victims of this crime. The ILO plays a key role in training institutions to take legislative action that enable societies to implement and enforce laws that make modern slavery a crime.

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   Rights in Myanmar

   Reform process in Myanmar is irreversible, says ILO expert

   16 November 2012

   As US President Barack Obama heads to Myanmar, the ILO’s liaison officer in Yangon discusses the various changes this Southeast Asian country has been going through.

September 2012

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   Forced labour

   ILO hails US campaign against "modern slavery"

   28 September 2012

   The International Labour Organization welcomes US President Barack Obama’s strong stance against forced labour, which affects some 21 million people worldwide.

June 2012

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   News

   ILO lifts restrictions on Myanmar

   13 June 2012

   The International Labour Organization has lifted its restrictions on the full participation of Myanmar in its activities and decided to review the progress on the elimination of forced labour in the country next year.

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   Video interview

   The ILO's role in Myanmar

   11 June 2012

   The ILO`s Liaison Officer in Myanmar discusses the history of the ILO`s involvement in Myanmar, some of the challenges of dealing with forced labour in the country, and the role played by the ILO's unique tripartite structure in achieving progress.

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   Video coverage

   "Hard to See, Harder to Count": ILO Launches New Global Estimates on Forced Labour

   01 June 2012

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   Video interview

   ILO Reports Shocking Figures on Forced Labour

   01 June 2012

   New figures published by the ILO estimates the total number of forced labourers across the world to be nearly 21 million. Of these, 4.5 million alone are victims of sexual exploitation within the private sector. Beate Andrees, head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, discusses the report findings and explains the links between labour mobility and cross-border migration.

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   Article

   Questions and answers on forced labour

   01 June 2012

   New figures published by the ILO estimate the total number of forced labourers across the world at nearly 21 million. This means that three out of every 1,000 people worldwide are in forced labour today. These new figures aim to inform better global policy responses to end the crime of modern forced labour.

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   Article

   Behind the figures: Faces of forced labour

   01 June 2012

   Forced labour affects all regions and many different sectors, thus taking different faces, including bonded labour, degrading working conditions, trafficking, abuse of vulnerability. However, with a sustained commitment and resources, it is possible to combat forced labour.