Features

2010

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   Child Labour

   Fixing the future of Mali's child workers

   07 June 2010

   In Mali, approximately two out of three children aged 5 to 17 work. This represents over 3 million children. Few of them go to school and 40 per cent of children aged 5 to 14 perform hazardous tasks. The situation of migrant girls is of particular concern. ILO Online reports.

2009

1. 

   World Day against Child Labour 2009

   Migrant working girls, victims of the global crisis

   10 June 2009

   More than 100 million girls are involved in child labour worldwide, according to a new ILO report for World Day against Child Labour 2009. The report warns that the global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labour. ILO Online reports from Moscow where migrant workers and their children are the first to be hit by the crisis.