Video News Releases

February 2009

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   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.

January 2009

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   The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Developing Economies

   28 January 2009

   The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends report.

December 2008

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   Protecting Male and Female Filipino Nurses Migrating Abroad

   22 December 2008

   When skilled workers can't make enough money at home, many migrate overseas. But without labour laws that protect migrant workers, the dream of working abroad can quickly turn into a nightmare. Women are especially vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, because they often work in sectors where labour law enforcement is weak. But when laws protecting migrants are effective, the dream becomes reality, with a surprising benefit when these workers return home.

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   Fighting Human Trafficking in Moldova

   18 December 2008

   Living in a poor rural area of Moldova, 17-year old Maria grabbed the chance for a better life when a family friend promised her lucrative work abroad. Instead she found herself doing forced labour on a farm in Russia, with no passport or money to get back home. Breaking this cycle of human trafficking will involve improving decent work prospects for Moldavians at home, as ILO TV reports.

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   Women's Cooperative Spins Ancient Technologies into Commercial Success

   12 December 2008

   When ancient technologies connect with modern methods, the results can change lives. It can happen even in places where hope is hard to come by. In one of the world’s most remote places in Argentina, reconnecting with the past is showing the way into the future.

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   HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Women in Rural Ethiopia

   01 December 2008

   When it comes to talking about HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopian communities, one of the major difficulties is that most women will not talk about the problem willingly, out of shyness, and the fear of isolation and discrimination if it is known they, or their partner is HIV positive. But one exceptional woman is changing that.

November 2008

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   Chaltu: Never Too Old to Change Her Life

   25 November 2008

   The world’s population is ageing, and living longer costs money. Because women live longer than men, they form the majority of older persons. As women age, supporting themselves gets more difficult. But even the most difficult situations can be changed, if there’s an opportunity. A seventy-year old woman at a small village market in Ethiopia is proof that it can be done.

October 2008

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   Equal Pay in Portugal’s Restaurants

   08 October 2008

   No matter how old, how experienced, how well educated or what the job, women are still paid less than men, all over the world. And traditional “women’s work” has always been chronically undervalued. But what if there was a tool that evaluates jobs based on the requirements of the job and not whether women or men perform them? It exists, and it’s being used in an unlikely place: behind the scenes of Portugal’s busiest restaurants.

September 2008

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   Taking Decent Work on Board

   16 September 2008

   When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 in February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia called it “making labour history” for seafarers around the world. Two years on, the MLC has been ratified by three key flag states representing nearly 20 per cent of the world’s gross tonnage. Many more ratifications and industry agreements are already under way. A five-year ILO action plan designed to achieve entry into force by 2011 is moving forward this month with two key tripartite experts’ meetings to adopt guidelines for flag State inspections and port State control officers. The ILO TV crew went on board the “City of London”, where the MLC is already being put to the test.

August 2008

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   Jobs for Young Women and Men in Kyrgyzstan

   04 August 2008

   When a country has a mismatch between what its labour market needs and the education and skills of its young people - what’s the answer? Kyrgyzstan is working hard to address this imbalance by training young women and men in job skills that are actually in demand in its transformed economy.