Videos and Photos

2012

  1. Video

    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.

  2. Video

    Providing universal access to healthcare

    23 March 2012

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

  3. Video

    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.

  4. Video

    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.

  5. Video

    Youth employment advocacy in the Pacific

    06 February 2012

    Promoting youth employment in the Pacific.

  6. Video

    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. Video

    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.

  2. Video

    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.