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August 2012

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   Article

   Time for Arabs to live up to their call for social justice by protecting vulnerable workers

   15 August 2012

   Which Arab country will be the first to ratify the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers?

June 2012

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   Video interview

   Changes in Myanmar – the Minister's perspective

   11 June 2012

   Myanmar's Union Minister at the Ministry of Labour, Aung Kyi, gives his thoughts on the way his country's reform process has moved so far, how the relationship with the ILO has evolved, and what the next steps might be.

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   Video interview

   Changes in Myanmar: A workers' perspective

   11 June 2012

   Among the recent changes in Myanmar has been new legislation allowing for the formation of workers’ organizations. Among the first group of 15 to be registered was the Basic Labour Organization of the Aung Tile Factory, set up by Thant Zin Oo, Workers’ Delegate from Myanmar. He explains why he decided to form this new workers’ organization.

March 2011

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   Article

   The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years on

   08 March 2011

   The first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on 25 March 1911 that killed 146 young women workers, most of whom were immigrants. From the ashes of that tragic event, the pursuit of social justice for women and men ignited that day continues be felt around the world 100 years on. From New York, ILO On-line reports on the fire that changed everything.

October 2010

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   Video

   Opening Pathways to Training and Employment for People with Intellectual Disabilities

   15 October 2010

   People with intellectual disabilities represent nearly two per cent of the world's population, or some 130 million people. Because of stigma and discrimination, a majority are excluded from education, training and employment. This film examines what is possible for persons with intellectual disabilities so that they are able to access opportunities to obtain decent work and a better life.

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   Entrevistas en vídeo

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlights the courage of the 33 Chilean miners

   13 October 2010

   With the rescue team still at work, ILO Director General Juan Somavia spoke with ILO TV and emphasized the strength and courage of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, their families and the Chilean people who together made possible what seemed so impossible.

September 2010

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   Video interviews

   Global Voices: How the Crisis Has Affected You

   13 September 2010

   ILO TV interviews entrepreneurs, young people, unemployed people, employers and workers from around the world asking "how has the crisis affected you?". The collection of voices was shown at the 13 September joint ILO-IMF conference "The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion" in Oslo.

June 2010

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   Video

   Delegate Dialogues: Mohammed Mousa Jadallah, President of Petro-Chemical Mines Energy, Metal, Workers Union in Palestine (in Arabic)

   14 June 2010

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   Video

   Delegate Dialogues: Leopoldo Tartaglia, International Department, Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) (in Italian)

   11 June 2010

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   Press Conference

   Press Conference: New ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories

   10 June 2010