Video and audio stories

2012

1. Ending child labour in the Philippines

   01 May 2012

   CNN's Kyung Lah reports on child labour in sugar harvesting in the Philippines. Many child labourers are in rural areas where families live in poverty. The Philippine government is trying to fight the problem, by reducing the worst forms of child labour by 75 per cent by 2015. In Northern Mindanao, the ILO, the Sugar Industry Foundation, Busco Sugar Milling and the Coca-Cola Foundation are building schools to remove children from sugar cane fields.

2. Youth Employment Discussion

   17 April 2012

   ASEAN TV broadcast a discussion on youth employment issues as part of the ILO's Youth Employment Month events and to curtain-raise the Thai national youth employment event at Chulalongkorn University.

3. Youth employment in the Philippines: An interview with Lawrence Jeff Johnson on Mornings@ANC

   12 April 2012

   Mornings@ANC of the ABS-CBN News Channel interviewed Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines, on youth employment. According to the 2011 Philippine Labor Force Survey, 1.5 million young people, aged 15-24 were unemployed. On average, young people are more likely to be unemployed than adults. However, according to Director Johnson, even among those Filipino youth who were employed, 2.3 million were in vulnerable forms of employment in 2010. He said this is of equal or greater concern as young people are often left with little choice but to accept or create whatever work they can find, just so they and their loved ones can survive.

4. Timor-Leste: Career and Employment Guidance Centre (CEOP)

   04 April 2012

   Career and Employment Guidance Centre (CEOP) was established under the Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment Self Employment Promotion (SEFOPE) in Timor-Leste to provide training opportunities and employment support services for Timorese Women and Men. CEOP plays an important role in linking job and training seekers to the services and opportunities available. The ILO Youth Employment Promotion Programme (YEP) funded by the AusAID, is supporting SEFOPE by providing capacity building to CEOP

5. Timor-Leste: Auto Emprego (Self Employment)

   04 April 2012

   The Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment Self Employment Promotion (SEFOPE) of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO Youth Employment Promotion Programme funded by the AusAID, is promoting the "Self Employment Programme" which established the links between MFIs clients and relevant training courses, in order to facilitate business start-up, increase the business competitiveness and Create basic conditions for business consolidation and development for the Timorese

6. Migrant Workers' Radio in Thailand

   30 March 2012

   Thailand has more than two million foreign migrant workers but many are not formally registered to work and as a result are vulnerable to arrest, deportation or exploitation. The ILO's TRIANGLE project, supported by Australian Aid, the Australian Government's aid programme, has been working with the Royal Thai Government, social partners and NGOs to improve labour protection for migrant workers across the Mekong sub-region. In this short video, an ILO-supported radio programme proves its worth in reaching out to migrant workers in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai to inform them of their rights and responsibilities.

7. ILO youth employment month national event in the Philippines

   29 March 2012

   Over a hundred youth leaders from the Philippines joined the youth employment forum, “Kahit Saan, Kahit Kailan: Marangal na Trabaho para sa Kabataan Matatagpuan (Any Time, Any Where: Decent Work for Young Filipinos). The forum served as an opportunity to review the draft National Action Plan for Youth and discus the challenges that face many young people today. To learn more, please visit: www.ilo.org/youth

8. Employment opportunities for the youth: An interview with Ruth Georget on ANC Prime Time

   29 March 2012

   ANC Prime Time of the ABS-CBN News Channel interviewed Ruth Georget, Joint Programme Coordinator of the Millennium Development Goal Fund Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth. She highlighted the need to strengthen labour market information to match the demand and supply. The Philippine government identified youth employment as a priority but what is crucial is policy coherence to ensure decent and productive work for the youth.

9. Going back - Moving on : Philippines migrants return home

   26 March 2012

   This short video shows how successful interventions by an ILO project in the Philippines, supported by the European Commission, have empowered migrant workers returning, prematurely, from Europe to regain livelihoods back home. Working with the government's Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the project has supported a group of women returning from Eastern Europe who've now set up their own co-operative in the Philippines. We follow the story of four returnees, the establishment of the co-op and their home-grown successful businesses.

10. Going back - Moving on : Thai migrants return home

    26 March 2012

    This short video shows how successful interventions by an ILO project in Thailand, supported by the European Commission, have empowered migrant workers returning, prematurely, from Europe by helping them receive fair compensation from Thai recruiters who exaggerated employment prospects abroad.

11. Providing Universal Access to Healthcare

    23 March 2012

    Thailand's success on providing universal access to healthcare for all.

12. SPF Joint Team in Thailand: A Replicable experience

    23 March 2012

    A replicable experience on how the UN social protection floor joint team in Thailand is built, and what it has done to help the Thai government creates social protection floor in Thailand which will lead to a just society.

13. Child and bonded labourers in Afghan brick kilns

    07 February 2012

    A report on child and bonded labour in Afghan brick kilns, commissioned by the ILO and conducted by Samuel Hall Consulting, has found more than half of the workers surveyed were children, with the majority under 14, and that the brick kilns rely almost entirely on bonded labour. Most children began working between seven and eight years old, and by the age of nine almost 80 per cent of children are working. The brick kilns rely almost entirely on debt bondage and workers and their families are tied to a kiln by the need to pay off loans taken for basic necessities. The survey was carried out in two provinces of Afghanistan, Nangarhar and Kabul. Full details can be found at www.ilo.org/asia

14. Bridging the Gap in Viet Nam

    06 February 2012

    A story of Le Dong Sang, a farmer from Quang Nam Province, central Viet Nam, whose living condition improved through the Vegetable Value Chain introduced by the ILO

15. Youth Employment Advocacy in the Pacific

    06 February 2012

    Promoting youth employament in the Pacific

16. APYouthNet Podcast #3 (December 2011) -

    11 January 2012

    In this 3rd APYouthNet discussion podcast, APYouthNet members and panellists discussed the topic of "Youth Employment and Gender in Asia-Pacific- Closing the Gap". Expert panelists comprised: Ms Nelien Haspels (ILO Sr. Specialist on Gender and Women Workers issues); Ms Soonyata Mianlamai (recent graduate from Thailand's Chulalongkorn University); and Mr Matthieu Cognac (ILO Youth Employment Specialist).

2011

1. Decent work for domestic workers - ILO and SM Cinema

   25 December 2011

   A public service message of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines in partnership with SM Cinema, the largest cinema exhibitor in the Philippines, highlights domestic workers as workers with rights like others and that decent and productive work starts at home. The 30-second message was featured in 38 digital theatres of SM Cinema nationwide. Seen through the eyes of a child, the message featured two domestic workers as they provide support and care for families, but not within the same working and living conditions. The message supports the Philippines in its commitment to protect the welfare of domestic workers.

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   Video: Building a Sustainable Future with Decent Work in Asia and the Pacific

   04 December 2011

   Economically, the Asia-Pacific region has performed impressively in recent years. But the austerity measures in Europe and contracting consumer markets in the United States – Asia’s two largest export markets - are threatening the region’s continued growth. Growing unrest among the region’s massive, under-employed youth population and persisting unfair distribution of economic gains are challenges that must also be addressed. The ILO and its constituents in government, employer and worker organizations are trying to find a common approach that benefits all.

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   Video: Coordinated Macroeconomic, Employment and Social Protection Policies in Asia and the Pacific

   04 December 2011

   A post-crisis, macroeconomic framework that supports more inclusive and balanced growth requires a renewed commitment to full employment as a core macroeconomic policy goal. Trade and investment policies can work together with tax and social protection systems to support employment, and ensure that the benefits of growth and productivity are shared more widely. Some of the ways forward are the creation of a basic social protection floor and public employment guarantee schemes targeting the unemployed and working poor.

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   Video: Productive Employment, Sustainable Enterprises and Skills Development in Asia and the Pacific

   04 December 2011

   Even before the current series of economic and jobs crises the quality of jobs being generated was a cause for concern. Unless this issue is addressed it will not be possible to rebalance growth in the region effectively. Non-standard and informal employment, offering low pay and poor working conditions, have grown steadily and are contributing to growing inequalities in incomes. Closer attention is needed to reducing poverty, creating productive employment and social and economic mobility, with particular attention given to the needs of young people. The formal economy can be expanded in low and middle income economies in the region, and an enabling environment with support for sustainable enterprises is possible. Increasing investment in human resources and improving working conditions with and through engagement of the social partners can play an important role in this process.