Videos

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    Video: The ILO's Global Business and Disability Network

    02 December 2011

    Companies all over the world increasingly recognize that a diverse workforce is valuable: good for business and good for employees. Employers want to find the best talent, create a positive workplace and contribute to the communities in which they operate. Recruiting people with disabilities into the workplace and retaining those who become disabled while employed can help companies reach these goals. They are doing that with the help of the ILO’s Global Business and Disability Network.

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    ILO Director-General Juan Somavia Addresses the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance

    17 November 2011

    The biannual General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is being held from 15-18 November, 2011 in Cancun, Mexico. On this occasion the global cooperative community also marked the launch of the UN International Year of Cooperatives. Through a video message, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addressed the opening session of the gathering.

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    EU/ILO Join Forces on Unemployment and Creating a Greener Economy

    15 November 2011

    ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, and the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor are key participants in the global debate on unemployment and the green economy. Highlighting the strong partnership between the two organizations, they present two jointly produced reports that examine these issues and the approaches that are central to ensuring a fair and sustainable recovery process.

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    ILO/EU Commission partnership major catalyst for social and employment policies

    14 November 2011

    EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor, addressed the ILO Governing Body citing the urgent need to use the partnership between the ILO and the EU to address the critical challenges of economic recession and to manage the transformation towards greener economies.

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    Leading woman academic Jayati Ghosh receives ILO Decent Work Research Prize (Video)

    11 November 2011

    At a ceremony held at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Professor Jayati Ghosh received the ILO Decent Work Research Prize. Addressing the audience Professor Ghosh called for an urgent shift in economic policy to reduce inequality and address the needs and aspirations of working people.

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    Leading woman academic Eve C. Landau receives ILO Decent Work Research Prize (Video)

    11 November 2011

    At a ceremony held at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Professor Eve C. Landau received the ILO Decent Work Research Prize. Professor Landau discussed the important role of the ILO to further expand the scope of Decent Work through the adoption and ratification of international labour standards.

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    International Year of Cooperatives 2012: Cooperative enterprises build a better world

    31 October 2011

    The International Labour Office (ILO) hailed the proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly of 2012 of the International Year of Cooperatives as an acknowledgement of the fundamental role of cooperatives in promoting the socio-economic development of hundreds of millions of people worldwide, especially in times of economic crisis.

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    Risk of social unrest increases as deeper jobs recession looms

    31 October 2011

    Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO International Institute for Labour Studies, discusses the likelihood of a deeper global jobs recession in a grim analysis outlined in the World of Work report, issued by the ILO on the eve of the G20 leaders summit. The report projects that the global economy is on the verge of a new jobs recession that will further delay the global economic recovery and may ignite more social unrest in scores of countries.

  9. Video News Release

    Harvest Gardens in Argentina

    28 October 2011

    The area around Salta, in northwest Argentina, is a rich tobacco growing region, but for many of the local people, working in the tobacco fields is the only way to support a family. In the harvest season entire families worked in the tobacco fields, putting young children at the risk of child labour. But thanks to changing technology and a unique program for children implemented by the government and employers with support from the ILO, the long tradition of child labour in Salta is finally part of the past.

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    ILO Director General Visits "Occupy Wall Street"

    27 October 2011

    ILO Director General Juan Somavia went to Zuccotti Park in the financial district of Manhattan, to have a first-hand look and listen to the people of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.

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    A Social Protection Floor for All

    27 October 2011

    Social protection floor" (SPF) gives everyone access to basic social rights, services and facilities. and is even more urgent during times of economic crisis. The United Nations, led by the ILO and the WHO, has launched a global initiative to promote social protection for all. Individual countries are already taking the steps to make it happen, and are proving it can work, even in tough economic times.

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    Questions and answers on Global Employment Trends for Youth

    19 October 2011

    Interview with Sara Elder, ILO Economist at the Employment Trends Unit, Author of the report "Global Employment Trends for Youth".

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    Generation scarred by youth employment crisis

    19 October 2011

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned of a "scarred" generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.

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    Video Highlights of the 12th African Regional Meeting

    14 October 2011

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    12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of the Special Debate "Promoting employment and Decent Work for youth: A joint AU/ECA/AfDB/ILO initiative" - 12 October 2011

    12 October 2011

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    12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of the Special Debate "Efficient growth, employment and decent work in Africa: Time for a new vision" - 11 October 2011

    11 October 2011

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    12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of Business Africa Launch - 11 October 2011

    11 October 2011

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    12th African Regional Meeting: Video Highlights of the Official Opening Ceremony - 11 October 2011

    11 October 2011

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    G20 2011 Summit in Cannes: presentation by French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte

    03 October 2011

    Ambassador Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor and Sherpa of the President of the French Republic, presented the preparations for and challenges facing the forthcoming G20 Summit (Cannes, 3-4 November 2011).

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    ILO and WTO Directors-General Juan Somavia and Pascal Lamy launch a joint study "Making globalization socially sustainable"

    20 September 2011

    ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy announced the publication of a joint study by the two organizations that examines the way globalization is linked to employment, uncertainty and inequality in the labour market. Marion Jansen (ILO) and Marc Bacchetta (WTO), editors of the volume, summarized the findings in front of an audience at WTO headquarters on September 20, 2011.