Events
February 2007
June 2006
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"Kick the Ball" against child labour
The event on the 12th of June will be celebrated in Headquarters with the presence of Football stars that will “kick the ball” against child labour, in a match with children from the Geneva International School and the Signal de Bernex Football Club.
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Round table on Good Practices
in combating child labour - [pdf 73 KB]
During the International Labour Conference (ILC) a plenary discussion will take place on the new Global report. In the context of this plenary discussion a round table will take place focussing on the experience of three “first generation” countries of ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour.
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Round table with Ministers of the
Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries –CPLP
Round table discussion on the Ministerial Declaration and Plan of Action against child labour of the Community of Portuguese speaking countries
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Africa Cup of Nations - [pdf 108 KB]
An ILO campaign to fight child labour;
calling for the progressive elimination of child labour and its worst, most hazardous forms as an urgent priority
May 2006
April 2006
November 2005
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Switzerland vs France at the Geneva Stadium
A new edition of Red Card Campaign against child labour will be launched on the occasion of the Football match Switzerland vs France at the Geneva Stadium on 20 August 03, with the support of the Swiss Football Association and the French Federation of football.
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Call to Action
WDACL this year is not just a one-day event, but instead, the launching of a time-bound campaign to eliminate child labour in mining.
The ILO is making a major push to mobilize a broad coalition of partners that will work to see the eradication of child labour in mining.
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Youth Mobilization
WDACL will be recognized both in Geneva and in concerned countries worldwide on and around the 12th of June. The ILO launched the WDACL and the "12 to 12 Partnership Initiative" to bring attention to the problem and to give impetus to the global movement to eradicate it.
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World day against child labour 2005
This year World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) called our attention to a form of work that is dangerous to children in every way; child labour in quarrying and mining. It is physically dangerous because of the heavy and awkward loads, the strenuousness of the work, the unstable underground structures, the tools, the toxic chemicals, and the exposure to sun and water.
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SCREAM – Stop Child Labour - Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and Media
SCREAM is an education and social mobilization initiative, to help educators worldwide promote understanding and awareness of child labour among young people
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Red Card to Child Labour
In several sporting disciplines, but especially in football, the red card sanctions faults which are liable to exclusion from the field. In 2002, the ILO and IPEC decided to use the symbol of the red card to raise awareness in preventing, challenging and eliminating child labour.
June 2005
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World day against child labour 2005
The World Day Against Child Labour 2005 focused on one of the most hazardous forms of child labour: children who work in mines and quarries. The World Day Against Child Labour was recognized in countries around the world on 12th June (and on 10th June at ILO Headquarters in Geneva).awareness of child labour among young people. ...
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"A Call to Action" - [pdf 16 KB]
Global partners and tripartite national delegations express their commitment to work with the ILO to eliminate all child labour in mines and quarries witin a set period of time.
August 2003
December 2002
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Red Card and Real Madrid - [pdf 42 KB]
The Real Madrid football club and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are teaming up to raise a "Red card" to the child labour in its worst forms - a practice that traps one of every eight children - or some 180 million worldwide - in exploitative, often dangerous work.
June 2002
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World Day Against Child Labour
The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 as a way to highlight the plight of working children. Observed on June 12th, the day is intended to serve as a catalyst for the growing worldwide movement against child labour.
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Africa Cup of Nations - [pdf 62 KB]
Launch of the Red Card to Child Labour campaign
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