ILO in the media

2009

  1. Video

    BBC World Business Report on ILO's Global Employment Trends 2009

    28 January 2009

    BBC World Business Report interviewed ILO economist Lawrence Johnson about the impact the global economic crisis on global unemployment, the working poor and vulnerable employment in 2009.

2008

  1. Video

    Forgotten ILO murals uncovered at the WTO

    22 July 2008

    ARTE reports from the World Trade Organization in Geneva, formerly the headquarters of the International Labour Organization, where forgotten murals about labour and workers have been re-discovered and put back on display. (in French)

  2. Video

    The Road Ahead for Liberia

    12 July 2008

    ILO TV reports for CNN World Report from Liberia, where road-building is part of a multi-lateral effort to help the country get back on its feet and people back into jobs.

  3. Video

    CNN awards ILO TV with "Best Business Report 2008"

    11 July 2008

    The ILO TV story "Child Trafficking in Burkina Faso" has won the 2008 CNN World Report Award for "Best Business Report". Selected from over 70 nominations from more than 40 contributors, the report highlights ILO efforts to prevent children from being trafficked in Burkina Faso.

  4. Video

    Empowering Ghanaian people in business

    25 May 2008

    ILO TV reports for CNN World Report from the coast of Ghana, where an ILO project is helping informal businesses to become more formal and give workers access to social protection.

  5. Video

    Banking for women in Sri Lanka

    11 May 2008

    Rupa Manel Silva is tackling poverty in Sri Lanka with a bank for women. ILO TV reports for CNN World Report.

  6. Audio

    Philippines radio show discusses employment trends for women in South East Asia and around the world

    07 March 2008

    With the release of a new report on "Global Employment Trends for Women 2008", Radio Veritas in the Philippines interviews the Director of the ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific, Linda Wirth.

  7. Video

    "Challenges ahead for the jobs market" Director-General is interviewed by CNN during the World Economic Forum in Davos, 24 January 2008

    24 January 2008

2007

  1. Video

    BBC's World Business Report focuses on productivity

    04 September 2007

    BBC's World Business Report talks about labour productivity and other Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) with Lawrence J. Johnson.

  2. Video

    CNBC World Business reports on child labour

    27 July 2007

    CNBC's World Business programme talks with the ILO expert Frank Hagemann and reports on global efforts to eliminate child labour.