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ILO Video Stories Home Page ILO videos can now be downloaded in broadcast quality via an internet-protocol TV channel (IPTV). ILO TV contains two sections:- A Channel Player ( http://tv.ilo.org/ ) where ILO video productions and video news releases can be watched online, with English narration. A Video News Manager ( http://tv.ilo.org/videoforbroadcast ), hosting downloadable broadcast-quality ILO video productions. Broadcast journalists can preview the footage before downloading, as well as view and print a shot list and script (in English). Video News Manager material is posted in international version (no narration or graphics) allowing broadcasters to record commentary in their own language using their own graphics. A banker for Sri Lankan women: Rupa Manel Silva April 2008 A new ILO report shows that empowering women economically plays a vital role in ensuring their equal treatment in labour markets and equal access to decent work. In Sri Lanka, Rupa Manel Silva is leading the way with a bank run by women for women. From small beginnings 20 years ago the bank she set up now has 60,000 active members and over eight million dollars in savings View video  Duration: 2 min. Script (PDF, 26 KB) Cambodia soap opera fights human trafficking,     child labour October 2007 The Khmer feature film "In the Dark" uses drama to alert people to the dangers and realities of human trafficking. Working with the BBC World Service Trust the ILO-funded film has been playing in Cinemas in Cambodia and shows audiences some of the ways traffickers trap and exploit their victims. The film is a re-cut (with extra story material) of episodes from Cambodia's most popular soap opera, "Taste of Life", which has more than 4 million viewers. English subtitles View video   Helping Afghan women become entrepreneurs March 2007 Decades of conflict have crippled Afghanistan’s economy. Now some Afghan women are taking their handicraft skills to the market and playing an active role in the country’s reconstruction and development. View video  Duration: 2 min. 12 sec.  (3.49 MB) Script (PDF, 17 KB) Download Real Player ILO Understanding with Myanmar March 2007 BBC World TV's "Asia Today" talks to ILO Executive Director Kari Tapiola about the Understanding agreed to with Myanmar which will enable alleged victims of forced labour to seek redress. View video  Duration: 2 min. 28 sec.  (6.90 MB) Download Real Player Rebuilding the Baphuon Temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia February 2007 The thousand-year-old Baphuon temple, one of the greatest treasures of the Khmer empire and its capital at Angkor, is currently the focus of a huge archaeological reconstruction effort. More than 300,000 stone blocks need to be reassembled. As part of this work a programme is underway to ensure that today’s Khmer restoration workers do not face the same dangers as their builder ancestors. View video  Duration: 2 min. 04 sec.  (3.77 MB) Script (PDF, 19 KB) Download Real Player Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting: Labour Migration November 2006 How will Asia manage the growing numbers labour migrants so as to benefit both sending and receiving countries while protecting the rights of this mobile labour force? Nearly half a million Indonesians leave home to work abroad each year, increasingly within the region itself. View video  Duration: 4 min. 46 sec.  (7.88 MB) Download Real Player Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting:      Decent work for the Millennium Generation November 2006 The Millennium Generation, the world's young people, 60 per cent of whom are in Asia, will be entering the labour force for the first time this century. In Angono, the Art Capital of the Philippines, a new generation of young artists is learning to blend artistic talent with marketable skills. View video  Duration: 5 min. 44 sec.  (9.72 MB) Download Real Player Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting:     Competitiveness, productivity and decent jobs November 2006 A look at the jobs crisis facing Asia and the rest of the world and the increasing importance placed on the promotion of decent work. A company in India is using the power of Information and Communication Technologies to help farmers improve their productivity and gain better access to global markets. View video  Duration: 5 min. 25 sec.  (9 MB) Download Real Player Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting:      Labour market governance and social protection  November 2006 The ILO's international labour standards serve as reference points for labour market governance, but there is still uncertainty and controversy surrounding some labour market reform issues. View video  Duration: 7 min. 45 sec.  (12.73 MB) Download Real Player The Sweet Taste of Success November 2006 After the December 2004 Tsunami thousands of people had to overcome both grief and financial ruin to start life anew. A business training course run by the ILO in Banda Aceh, has helped one woman develop her business skills and turn a doughnut-making enterprise into a success. View video  Duration: 2 min. 05 sec.  (3.6 MB) Script (PDF, 17 KB) Download Real Player Decent Jobs for "The Millennium Generation" October 2006 Nearly half of the young people in Asia – tens of millions of people -  are unemployed.  In Angono, known as the Art Capital of the Philippines , employers’ organisations are working with aspiring young artists to help them make a good start in the art business. View video  Duration: 1 min. 50 sec.  (3.3 MB) Script (PDF, 14 KB) Download Real Player Making Information Technology Work for Agriculture in India October 2006 Despite India ’s growing reputation as global IT hub, the digital divide inside the country is actually getting wider.  One company is trying to bridge this gap and use IT to reduce poverty by giving poor farmers access to technology and the internet. View video  Duration: 2 min. 01 sec. (3.5 MB) Script (PDF, 14 KB) Download Real Player Informal Gold Mining in Mongolia October 2006 Severe drought and loss of livestock has created a gold rush in Mongolia , as entire families of traditional herders to turn to illegal gold mining to survive.  More than 100,000 people are now involved in this dangerous and difficult work, but a new law has been proposed to that would make conditions better. View video  Duration: 2 min. 18 sec. (3.9 MB) Script (PDF, 16 KB) Download Real Player Post-tsunami road-building project in Banda Aceh  August 2006 ILO TV reports on a post-tsunami road-building project in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for CNN World Report. View video  Duration: 2 min. 07 sec.  (3.5 MB) Download Real Player Furniture industry  May 2006 ILO TV and CNN World Report look at the Indonesian teak wood furniture industry as it copes with competition from mass-production. View video  Duration: 2 min. 14 sec.  (4.06 MB) Download Real Player