Video News Releases

July 2008

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   Protecting Maternity in Cambodia’s Textile Factories

   14 July 2008

   Many women in Cambodia risk losing their jobs when they become pregnant. But most textile factories monitored by the ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia programme now offer maternity protection to their employees. For Ros Kimsreng, she now has the opportunity of keeping a good job and providing for her family’s future.

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   Working Out of Financial Crisis in Argentina

   10 July 2008

   In December 2001 Argentina was thrown into the worst financial crisis of its history. In response to the massive unemployment that ensued, the International Labour Organization is working with the government to adapt job training to meet the needs of emerging sectors, like Argentina’s tourism industry.

June 2008

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   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.

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   Moroccan Circus School Replaces Child Labour with Education

   30 June 2008

   A circus school on the coast of Morocco is one innovative community effort among many to get children out of work and into school. Girls like El Bouchtaouia, who use to work as a domestic labourer, are now getting a unique chance at an education and a better life.

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   Cameroon: The Challenge to Make Chocolate Child Labour Free

   11 June 2008

   There are over a quarter of a million children who work in the cocoa plantations of West Africa. It's hazardous work, which exposes children to highly toxic pesticides. ILO TV reports from Cameroon, where the International Labour Organization has been working to eliminate child labour from cocoa production and help children return to school.

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   Uganda: ENHAS Airport Ground Handlers

   06 June 2008

   With one of the best airport safety records in Africa, collective bargaining with the transport union and investment in staff training has paid off for Uganda’s Entebbe Airport ground handlers ENHAS.

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   New Skills and New Faces Revive Argentina’s Naval Industry

   05 June 2008

   South of Buenos Aires is Mar del Plata, a popular seaside resort and one of Argentina’s major ports. For years Mar del Plata had an important ship-building industry, but when the government liberalised the economy in the 1990s most of the ship-yards were forced to downsize or close down. The AREA programme has helped them get back on their feet, by bringing workers, employers and learning institutions together to address the needs of the industry.

April 2008

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   Out of Informality – Ghana’s Way to Decent Work

   02 April 2008

   In Ghana, local authorities are teaming up with informal workers to find solutions for reducing poverty and bringing decent work opportunities to their communities. It’s a new initiative that has been so successful in the two areas where it’s been trialed, that it’s going to be rolled out across Ghana in the months to come. ILO TV reports.

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   A Banker for Sri Lankan Women: Rupa Manel Silva

   02 April 2008

   A new report from the International Labour Organization shows that economic empowerment for women is vital for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and equal access to obtaining decent work. In Sri Lanka, Rupa Manel Silva is leading the way with a bank run by women for women.

January 2008

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   Global economic turbulence to spur unemployment increase, says new ILO report

   24 January 2008

   The new ILO Global Employment Trends 2008 report says market turmoil, rising oil prices and credit uncertainty could leave 5 million more unemployed this year.