News

June 2013

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   102nd International Labour Conference

   President Banda: Malawi champions “zero tolerance” of child labour

   12 June 2013

   In her first visit to the International Labour Conference, Malawian President, Joyce Banda, says that despite global efforts, child labour remains a “huge problem”.

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   © S.Sekhri / The Times Of India 2013

   World Day Against Child Labour 2013

   Ten million child labourers in domestic work

   12 June 2013

   To mark World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO publishes a report outlining the abuses suffered by millions of children working in family homes.

February 2013

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   ILO report

   ILO: Tougher measures needed to curb forced labour

   08 February 2013

   According to an ILO report, the need to deter would-be perpetrators is widely recognized, but more effort is needed to identify cases of forced labour and to prevent the crime.

January 2013

1. 

   Survey

   More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen

   15 January 2013

   A survey shows that 17 per cent of Yemen’s 7.7 million children aged 5-17 are child labourers, most of them performing unpaid work.

November 2012

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   Rights in Myanmar

   Reform process in Myanmar is irreversible, says ILO expert

   16 November 2012

   As US President Barack Obama heads to Myanmar, the ILO’s liaison officer in Yangon discusses the various changes this Southeast Asian country has been going through.

October 2012

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   International Day of the Girl Child

   ILO says discrimination against young girls must end

   10 October 2012

   The world must make sure that girl children find their rightful places at home, school and, as they grow up, at work - on equal terms with boys.

June 2012

1. 

   News item

   ILO survey: 5.5 million working children in the Philippines

   27 June 2012

   The government has announced it is scaling up the campaign to put an end to the worst forms of child labour by 2016.

October 2011

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   News item

   USDOL grants ILO USD 17.5 million to combat child and forced labour

   03 October 2011

   The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) has signed two cooperative agreements granting the International Labour Organization USD 17.5 million to support activities to combat child and forced labour around the world.

June 2011

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   News item

   ILO and FAO panel to highlight impact of pesticide exposure on child labourers in agriculture

   21 June 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) highlighted the impact of pesticides exposure on child labourers in agriculture during an international conference which was held in Geneva on Wednesday, 22 June 2011.

June 2010

1. 

   World Day Against Child Labour

   Brazilian football star Robinho teams up with ILO against child labour

   08 June 2010

   The Brazilian football star Robson de Souza, better known as Robinho, has lent his support to the International Labour Organization’s campaign to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Brazil.