Media Advisory: ILO to launch major new report on child labour

GENEVA (ILO News) - A global report providing new estimates of the number of child labourers worldwide and regionally, and analyzing progress to date in the struggle against child labour, is to be released on 4 May by the International Labour Office (ILO) here and around the world.

The report, entitled "The end of child labour: Within reach" (Note 1) is to be launched on 4 May at a wide range of events globally, including the ILO's American Regional Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil with ILO Director-General Juan Somavia.

The report has been prepared by the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and provides the most recent and wide-ranging assessment currently available on the extent of child labour and international efforts to stop it.

Four years ago, the ILO provided the first global report allowing a reliable assessment of the child labour situation and calling for the creation of an effective strategy to stop child labour. This year's report will present a new global agenda, building on lessons learned over the past years to achieve further progress in the elimination of child labour.

Launch details

The report will be available to the media in hard copy and PDF format through ILO offices. An executive summary of the report will be available in Arabic, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. A press release will be available as of Tuesday 2 May, under embargo as stated above.

Video news releases on child labour in different regions of the world as well as file footage on child labour is available to broadcasters by contacting the ILO Department of Communication, Radio & TV unit on +4122/799-6290/7935, or email TV_RADIO@ilo.org.

Interviews can be scheduled via the ILO Department of Communication with child labour experts. Please contact the ILO by phone or fax or request a list of contacts by email.

For more information, please contact the Department of Communication at +4122/799-7912, communication@ilo.org, or Tom Netter (chief, media) at +41-22-799-7973, netter@ilo.org, Hans von Rohland (English and German desk) at +4122/799-7916, rohland@ilo.org, Laetitia Dard (French desk) at +4122/799-8272, g6dcomm@ilo.org, or Luis Cordova (Spanish), cordova@ilo.org.

Note 1 - The end of child labour: Within reach, Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, report to the International Labour Conference, 95th Session 2006.