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September 2012

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   From Pakistan

   All aboard the women’s rights bus

   24 September 2012

   For working women in Pakistan, the bus ride to work can be particularly uncomfortable. The country’s National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has been trying to change that, with a bit of help from the ILO.

March 2012

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   News

   ILO and Australian government strengthen technical cooperation with US$31 million Timor-Leste project

   29 March 2012

   The ILO and the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste have announced a new US$31 million project to significantly improve road transport in Timor-Leste.

September 2009

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   Video

   Liberia : Women Building a Path to Prosperity

   22 September 2009

   After 14 years of conflict, Liberia is on the road to recovery. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has joined forces with the government and the private sector to help kick start the economy with a road building programme, where nearly half the workers are women.

June 2009

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   Video

   South African Auto Industry Coping with Global Jobs Crisis

   17 June 2009

   ILO TV looked at measures being taken by the South African auto industry and the government to protect the industry and workers during economic crisis.

November 2008

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   World AIDS Day 2008

   Driving for change: action on HIV/AIDS in the road transport sector

   28 November 2008

   In a number of countries, HIV prevalence is higher among road transport workers than in the general population. To respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in the sector, workers’ and employers’ representatives from around the world will meet in Geneva on World AIDS Day, 1 December, for a training and learning event. ILO Online reports from a border crossing between Kenya and Uganda.

June 2008

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   Video

   Road-Building for a New Liberia

   30 June 2008

   After years of conflict, Liberia is on a new path to recovery. A wide array of multi-lateral agencies, including the International Labour Organization are on the scene to help. These efforts include the building of a road, which will link villages in Mount Barclay to the main market town. Not only will this stimulate the local agricultural economy, the labour-based construction method is also creating much needed jobs, as ILO TV reports.

May 2008

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   Video

   ILO and UNHCR Partnership in Liberia

   16 May 2008

   UNHCR Liberia Representative Renata Dubini and ILO/UNHCR Consultant Sam Odera Oteng talk about the rationale behind the ILO-UNCHR Partnership: UNHCR's strong field presence combined with ILO's technical expertise on job creation, makes it an ideal partnership to guarantee not only a sustainable return but also to consolidate peace and stability in Liberia.

October 2006

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   Article

   International drivers: from delays to disease, a heavy load to haul

   20 October 2006

   An ever increasing demand for international road transport has brought up new and difficult challenges for the road transport sector, including excessive border delays, inefficient or corrupt border control officers and drivers' vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS. A new ILO report prepared for a forthcoming tripartite meeting at the ILO in Geneva examines socially responsible solutions to these problems.

July 2006

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   After The Tsunami: Building Roads To Recovery

   28 July 2006

   When the Tsunami hit the north east shore of Sumatra ten percent of the road network in Aceh province in Indonesia was destroyed. Local resource-based road works projects give much needed employment and re-connect isolated coastline communities to the city of Banda Aceh and beyond. ILO TV explains: