Video News Releases

November 2005

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   A WORKING ALTERNATIVE TO DRUGS TRADE IN BOLIVIA

   16 November 2005

   For many years, the epicentre of drug trafficking activities in Bolivia was in an isolated region called Chapare where the coca leaves were grown and processed. Today, a project to train young people to be entrepreneurs is changing the economic face of the region and creating thousands of new jobs for its youth. This report was prepared by ILO TV.

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   BOLIVIA TRAINS YOUNG BUSINESS RECRUITS

   14 November 2005

   In Bolivia, where the lack of work and poverty scar the social and economic reality of the country, an army of teachers and professors seek to plant the germ of a business oriented culture within the youth. For the ILO, the promotion of self employment and micro businesses are an integral part of the fight against unemployment. This report was prepared by ILO TV in La Paz.

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   AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

   14 November 2005

   In Balakot, devastated by the Pakistan earthquake, rebuilding shattered lives began with rebuilding the town. A pilot emergency employment programme run by the International Labour Organization put more than 800 people to work, paying them to clean up the streets and improve living conditions.

October 2005

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   MOBILE BEAUTICIANS IN INDIA

   13 October 2005

   A beauty service at home is a growing trend among New Delhi’s fashion-conscious women. But the city’s mobile beauticians are not only a convenience for busy urban women, but a way for the city’s enormous numbers of urban poor to increase their income. ILO TV explains.

July 2005

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   JAMAICA YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

   15 July 2005

   The International Labour Organization has found that nearly half of the world’s unemployed are under the age of 24. In Jamaica, the National Training Agency, known as HEART, gives young people the skills they need. ILO TV profiles the manager of a hotel school, who not so long ago was a trainee herself.

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   EXPLOITATION IN GERMAN MEAT INDUSTRY

   07 July 2005

   An ILO study detailed 42 cases of forced labour in Germany, where migrant workers in particular find themselves tricked into situations where they are forced to work for low pay -- or no pay. ILO TV reports from Germany on a new union set up especially for workers away from home.

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   Ukraine: child labour in mining

   07 July 2005

   In Ukraine, most legally-operated coal mines closed down following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Yet many families still dig for coal in illegal mines and children are expected to work, too. The International Labour Organization is working together with trade unions and the government to put an end to child labour and create new jobs.

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   FIGHTING TRAFFICKING IN THAILAND

   07 July 2005

   Many victims of trafficking leave home voluntarily in a desperate search for work, only to find themselves exploited. In the hills of Northern Thailand, efforts are being made to offer women and children alternative sources of income to encourage them to stay at home. ILO TV reports on how an anti- trafficking programme is supporting the development of eco-tourism.

June 2005

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   MAKING A LIVING UNDER THE SUN IN KENYA

   29 June 2005

   More than 90 per cent of all jobs created in Africa are in the informal sector, many of them in small open-air workshops. In Kenya, this kind of business is known as jua kali, or “fierce sun” and now well-established employers are working together with the ILO to link up with the informal sector to raise quality and working conditions.

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   Children Exploited in Mongolian Gold Rush

   27 June 2005

   Many working in makeshift Mongolian gold mines are children whose families seek a way out of poverty. The ILO is trying to remove these children from one of the most hazardous jobs in the world.