Video News Releases

2006 

• Decent Working Time & Time-Banking -
  28 July 2006 - Across the industrialized world, working hours are becoming increasingly unpredictable, creating tensions between workers and employers and putting “work-life” balance at risk, according to a new study by the International Labour Organization.
• After The Tsunami: Building Roads To Recovery -
  28 July 2006 - When the Tsunami hit the north east shore of Sumatra ten percent of the road network in Aceh province in Indonesia was destroyed. Local resource-based road works projects give much needed employment and re-connect isolated coastline communities to the city of Banda Aceh and beyond. ILO TV explains:
• Street children back to school in Morocco -
  21 July 2006 - A footbal pitch and a circus tent lure children off the streets, out of child labour and back to school in Morocco as ILO TV reports.
• Philippines and Indonesia: Child Labour in Footwear Industry -
  20 July 2006 - The footwear industry in Indonesia and the Philippines is a source of income for many poor families. An ILO training program encourages them to have safer workplaces and to send their children to school.
• HIV/AIDS prevention in Cameroon -
  13 July 2006 - ILO TV reports on how an HIV/AIDS workplace prevention program in Cameroon is becoming a model for the country and the region.
• Street children in Romania -
  11 June 2006 - ILO TV looks at the situation of street children in Romania for CNN World Report.
• Uganda: Child Labour in Tea Plantations -
  30 May 2006 - 40,000 children work in tea plantations in Tooro, Western Uganda. Across Africa nearly 50 million children work, the majority of these in agriculture. A new report from the International Labour Organization highlights the role played by Ugandan employers, trade unions and government in eliminating child labour.
• Morocco : Back to School -
  30 May 2006 - A circus school on the coast of Morocco is one innovative community effort among many to get children out of work and into school. According to a new Global Report on child labour from the International Labour Organization, the economic impact of eliminating child labour by replacing it with universal education yields enormous benefits.
• Street Children in Romania -
  29 May 2006 - Mihai is 14 and has been working on the street begging and washing windows since he was five. Nelu is 13 and makes bricks alongside his family. According to a new Global Report on child labour from the International Labour Organization, Romania and its neighbouring countries have the highest incidence of child labour in Europe.
• Women and sport -
  19 May 2006 - ILO TV profiles French professional woman boxer, Myriam Lamare for CNN's World Report.