Article
11 June 2010
The ILO Global Report “Accelerating action against child labour“, launched in May 2010 calls for “better targeted advocacy” based on “filling important knowledge gaps and making greater use of the media”. This story shows how a small-scale but successful child labour awareness programme in one of the Central Asian countries is putting this kind of advocacy to work.
Article
10 June 2010
Although Cambodia is emerging as one of the brightest economic growth stories of Southeast Asia, over 313,000 children are trapped in the worst forms of exploitation such as drug trafficking and prostitution. But the end of all worst forms of child labour in the country is within reach, according to Elaine Moore, a Phnom Penh based journalist, and Allan Dow from the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok who sent us this report.
Child Labour
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.
Child Labour
07 June 2010
Education is often cited as the key to eliminating child labour. But by itself, education isn’t enough. ILO Online reports from Bolivia showing how adding decent work for adults to education of children, together, with a quotient of political will, can make the equation work.