right to decent work

Madmundo.tv - Decent Work Forum

8/10/08
This fourth Decent Work film from Madmundo shows some of the highlights from the Liberia Decent Work Forum. The two day forum took place in Monrovia, bringing together NGOs, corporate managers and representatives of several African countries working to promote decent work throughout the continent.

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Madmundo.tv - Monrovia

8/10/08
This third Decent Work film from Madmundo accompanies Mary Robinson to Liberia on her field visit of a concrete decent work program put in place by the ILO to create jobs in order to revive the national economy and increase local living standards. Mary Robinson found an opportunity to measure the extent of the impact...
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World Day for Decent Work! Get Involved

6/10/08
October 7th, you have an opportunity to participate in the World Day for Decent Work. There are hundreds of events are taking place around the world, or participate online by signing the Decent Work Decent Life - Call To Action.


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Madmundo.tv - Mary Robinsons & Juan Somavia

30/09/08
This second Decent Work film from Madmundo captures excerpts from a conversation between Mary Robinson and ILO Director General, Juan Somavia, during the Oslo Decent Work Conference. They discuss how the decent work agenda can improve the current model for trade and globalization, and some of the concrete steps needed to make it happen.
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Madmundo.tv - Decent Work as a Right?

29/09/08
Madmundo.tv uses film to investigate globalization and the impacts it has on each of us. Their latest effort is focused on Decent Work. The Madmundo team filmed Mary Robinson and her colleagues at Realizing Rights on the "decent work road" from Oslo to Monrovia and to New York; filming events and interviews along the way.
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Decent Work and the MDG's: Update from New York

24/09/08
Ela Bhatt delivered a call for Decent Work and renewed commitment to uphold human rights and end global poverty at the High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals at the UN on 25 September. We're collecting materials to bring you more detailed coverage of what was a big week for some of the EHHR campaign partners; in meantime, here is a recap from some of our partner's websites.
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The Decent Work Road in September

16/09/08
During the last two weeks, the team at Realizing Rights has worked around the world and around the clock in support of two High Level events promoting the 'Right to Decent Work'. Both events are part of efforts to catalyze greater commitment to the Decent Work approach, as well as strengthen its emphasis within the MDGs.
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Rajiv Khandelwal

Fighting for Migrant Labor Rights in India - standing up for human rights
With few options in rural areas, many unskilled workers migrate to destination cities where they are often exploited by “labor agents” and made to work for long hours for little pay. Rajiv works to help seasonal, unskilled migrants who are primarily from lower castes and other marginalized communities.

Sompong Sakaew

Bringing Justice to Workers in Thailand’s Seafood Industry - standing up for human rights
Sompong Sakaew is a champion for exploited workers and their children in Thailand. In 2006 he founded the Labor Rights Promotion Network (LPN) to address discrimination against migrant workers in Thailand’s seafood processing center. Sompong’s investigative work with LPN was instrumental in a 2006 police raid of a Thai shrimp processing factory, which found 66 Burmese victims of forced labor in that factory.

Lillian Keene-Mugerwa

Uganda’s Pioneer of Labor Rights - standing up for human rights
Lillian Keene-Mugerwa works to defend labor rights in Uganda where few workers are unionized, many are cheated, subject to unhealthy conditions, and women and children are often exploited. The government lacks the capacity to uphold labor regulations and the few labor unions are not transparent or accountable.
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