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October 2020
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Fair recruitment
Recruitment of Guatemalan migrant workers
14 October 2020
This video highlights the context and trends of labour migration in the Guatemala to Mexico corridor, with a focus on preventing and reducing unscrupulous practices during recruitment.
August 2020
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Article
On Mexico’s coffee farms, COVID-19 highlights need for fair recruitment
17 August 2020
Farmers and workers on the Mexico-Guatemala border have long relied on informal cross-border migrant labour, although these practices open the way to exploitation and abuse, and in the era of COVID-19, increase health and safety risks. Now, an ILO project is working with local organizations to promote fairer and safer recruitment practices.
October 2017
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Video
Towards securing rights of indigenous women domestic workers
30 October 2017
Ms. María de los Ángeles Sis, a domestic workers’ representative from SITRADOMSA (Guatemala), shares her experiences as an indigenous woman and domestic worker to highlight why decent work is critical for securing rights, and achieving women’s economic empowerment and gender equality.
June 2014
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New Report
ILO: Social protection helps people living with HIV keep their jobs
27 June 2014
New ILO study shows that social protection plays a key role in helping people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow treatment.
March 2010
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Video
Cumplir para construir
01 March 2010
The ILO Project “Verification of the implementation of the White Paper recommendations in Central America and Dominican Republic” aims at strengthening the capacities of national and local labor administration institutions, through the provision of technical assistance to planning, improvement of information systems and training of labor inspectors and other key law enforcement personnel.
June 2004
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Video
The real story of Cinderella: Children in domestic labour
11 June 2004
All children are encouraged to lend a hand at home. But a new report from the International Labour Organization, or ILO, highlights the plight of the millions of youngsters who are exploited in domestic service. ILO TV tells the real story of Cinderella.
March 2003
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Video
Danger: Children working – Guatemala fireworks industry
20 March 2003
More than 80 million children worldwide are employed in dangerous work, International Labour Organization figures show. In Guatemala, many work in the fireworks industry, but as ILO TV now reports, the challenge is to find poor families alternative sources of income.